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i hate trimming feet on pots

updated sat 27 oct 07

 

Dolita Dohrman on wed 24 oct 07


I love to trim but am often dismayed at how much I have to trim. It
is just a matter of throwing skill I guess and, as always, will take
time to improve. I actually take pride in finishing the feet on my
bowls carefully and will glaze the inside of the footring. Also want
to make sure it is nicely compressed and smooth with no sharp edges.
I love the way the footring raises the bowl off the table and sets it
off. The only pieces on which I do not trim a footring are mugs, I
now use a wiggle wire to cut off my mugs and I like the way that looks.
I do find trimming the most relaxing stage of the process. Throwing
is wonderful but one can lose a lot of pieces on the wheel.
Glazing...well, don't even get me started!
Dolita

On Oct 23, 2007, at 9:28 PM, sacredclay wrote:

> I hate trimming feet on pots.I hate it!

Ivor and Olive Lewis on thu 25 oct 07


Dear Sacred Clay,
If you have no purpose for a foot ring then it seems a senseless thing =
to do to waste time throwing a pot that has to be trimmed. But there are =
forms that will not function if a footring of the correct proportions is =
not incorporated into the design.
One of the joys of Bowl or Basin making is to throw pots that will nest. =
This works best when the design incorporates a footring. Such footrings =
have to be generous in depth so that the outer contour of the elevated =
bowls can be contained within the space created by the contour of the =
inner space of the lower bowl in which it stands.
I would imagine that the Lark 500 Bowls book contains some enlightening =
examples.
Best regards,
Ivor Lewis.
Redhill,
South Australia.

James and Sherron Bowen on fri 26 oct 07


Jerry Horning's video set "Making Pots on the Wheel" is a must see for any
potter. The part where he shows how to make a lop tool is especially good. I
always thought that having the flat edge on the outside of the lop made more
sense that the way Kemper and Dolan did it. If you use a finer piano wire
you don't have to sharpen it, but it is only for nearly wet clay then. I
met Mr. Horning a few times and found him to be just like he is in the
videos. A real pleasure to be around. He passed too soon. I am still looking
for an affordable yunomi by him.
JB


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