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pottery class some more
Nov. 15th, 2010 11:16 pmThis is week 7, and next week is the last bisque firing, so we're all trying to finish up trimming so things can be let dry ASAP. Of course it's raining constantly and tonight the studio is having the wet vac people come, so that's not going to be real helpful. Oh well.
Yesterday I did some trimming and threw two plates mostly-successfully; one has a weird weak place in the rim, but I hope to think up some way to make that work. (I failed at two plates. They're surprisingly hard.) Today the plates were not dry enough to trim, but that thing where I threw over a dozen pieces last Thursday kept me very busy anyway. I still haven't trimmed through the bottom of any bowls, though I've come really close and they may yet crack or give out in use due to being too thin. Tapping them and listening is surprisingly useful.
[ETA] Oh, and we're going to do a raku firing in week 10! It sounds inherently awesome since this involves getting the pots red-hot and then throwing them in a bin full of sawdust or other combustible materials so they burn in funky, unpredictable patterns. Hope I get good photos!
( Photos! )
Yesterday I did some trimming and threw two plates mostly-successfully; one has a weird weak place in the rim, but I hope to think up some way to make that work. (I failed at two plates. They're surprisingly hard.) Today the plates were not dry enough to trim, but that thing where I threw over a dozen pieces last Thursday kept me very busy anyway. I still haven't trimmed through the bottom of any bowls, though I've come really close and they may yet crack or give out in use due to being too thin. Tapping them and listening is surprisingly useful.
[ETA] Oh, and we're going to do a raku firing in week 10! It sounds inherently awesome since this involves getting the pots red-hot and then throwing them in a bin full of sawdust or other combustible materials so they burn in funky, unpredictable patterns. Hope I get good photos!
( Photos! )
