Nearly done!! this big guy is awaiting a rim and that will happen tomorrow now, he's all wrapped up with heaps of placky and overnight will give todays coils time to consolidate and firm up.. then a little base tidying up and some slip and mark making... woohoo!!
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| trimmed and awaiting the slip now :)) |
The rim I score up ready for the next coil..
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| the pug all bright and shiny got its first workout today :)))))))))) |
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| a new batch of recycling drying out on plaster.. |
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| The Sculptural clay!!!! ready to start again with the platter making... |
And this is how I wet down clay that I mentioned in the previous post...
If it's a bit too stiff for me to throw....slice her through and dunk a towel in the bucket loosely wring out and wrap up the clay in layers..tomorrow I flip the stack and the moisture settles out ready to wedge up..
Looks like everyone has big pot fever this week, seen several blogs about them. Lookin' good! I have pug envy :)
ReplyDeletehowdy trace, funny isn't it....the pug purrs :P
ReplyDeleteI, too, covet your pug!
ReplyDeleteI never thought of the towel idea to soften clay. I'm gonna give that a try... I'm finding that my hands do much better when the clay is on the soft side.
hey patricia what a find eh!!!! oh the towel is the greatest..next day clay is soft as :))
ReplyDeletehi ang, that's a big 'un. i enjoyed the video of adding the coils. i used to do that with slabs so i could go up 6 or 7 inches at a time but the pots weren't on a wheel and ended up all asymmetrical. looks like fun though
ReplyDeletehowdy jim.. mmm all done now and on to the next one :)) I usually go up 3 coils at a time and pull it up a bit.. just for speed i did 2 on this one, i Then give the pot time to firm up for the next layer usually the next day depending on the weather really..
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