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domed lid making

updated wed 18 sep 02

 

Lorraine Pierce on mon 16 sep 02


There is an excellent series of photographs of a DOMED LID being thrown
,right side up, in the book Pottery, the technique of throwing, by the
English potter John Colbeck; pages 114-115. This book was first published in
1969, but you may find it thru interlibrary loan.It is a very complete book
of functional throwing technique in the English tradition. (cost me $10 in
the 70's!!)

I liked the opening; "Throwing itself is an incomplete process.It is only
part of the larger process of pottery making." Amen. Lori Pierce
in New Port Richey Fl.

John Kimpton Dellow on tue 17 sep 02


Lorraine Pierce wrote:
>
> There is an excellent series of photographs of a DOMED LID being thrown
> ,right side up, in the book Pottery, the technique of throwing, by the
> English potter John Colbeck; pages 114-115.

This technique is hard on the finger nails . One opens up a
doughnut and pull up then close over .
A knob can be thrown at the same time . the gallery is turned
later , by putting the lid upside-
down in a chuck.
I prefer to throw lids off the hump .

John Dellow "the flower pot man"
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