Watch a pottery tutorial exploring the creation of a new angular bowl shape to replace a retired design. Follow along as the potter weighs and wedges clay, throws the bowls on a wheel, discusses wiring techniques, and trims the pieces. Learn about form, function, and cross-sections while observing the entire process from raw clay to finished product. Gain insights into the thought process behind developing new pottery forms and see before-and-after comparisons of the bowls' weights.
Designing and Creating a New Angular Bowl Shape in Pottery
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- The retired pot in question
- The replacement!
- A comparison and cross section
- Weighing out and wedging clay 530 grams
- Throwing the bowls
- Talking wiring off wire
- Ware board chat
- Trimming the bowls the next day
- Turing the foot of the bowl
- A before and after, weight wise
- The finished bowls
- Clean up!
Taught by
Florian Gadsby
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