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Theme: Throwing
Throwing is the most popular pottery forming method. The wheel has a certain mesmerizing magic about it as your hands center then plunge into the spinning clay, bringing a shape to life. Like handbuilding, there are many techniques and nuances involved with throwing, as creative potters continually add their ‘spin’ to standard methods and materials. Here you’ll find a selection of artists’ ideas on making multiples, using porcelain, throwing large or reinventing a kitchen tool.
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High Profile
by William Schran
Design once, throw many. Here’s how to design, make and use throwing templates to help assure you get pots that will help you on the way to making multiple pieces that resemble each other. Between the template and a little practice, you’ll be making thrown sets in no time.
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The Pancaker
by Keith Phillips
Inspired by a kitchen gadget from
the 1950s, Keith’s Pancaker is the perfect gift for holidays and
special occasions. This how-to pottery project allows for lots of room
for creating your own unique form while giving you every detail about
the mechanism. Anyone for perfect pancakes?
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Getting Started with Porcelain
by Antoinette Badenhorst
Choosing
a white clay body might look like a simple choice, but because of
porcelain’s unique working characteristics, a little advance
information is in order. Antoinette discusses the in’s and out’s of
working in porcelain and provides some direction depending on what you
want to achieve.
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Throwing Big
by Michael Guassardo
Leading
South African studio potters David Schlapobersky and Felicity Potter
share their technique for throwing big pots. In David’s step-by-step
how-to, you’ll discover the art of centering a large amount of clay,
flash drying with a torch, then adding coils to continue building.
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In the Mix: Reticulation Glazes
by Robin Hopper
Reticulation
glazes from a group of specialixed glazes that show patterns of heavy
crawling, or reticulation. The patterns look similar to lichens, lizard
skin or leopard skin depending on the glaze base. This excerpt from
Robin Hopper’s best selling book The Ceramic Spectrum gives you two
base glazes and 20 color variations.
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Tools of the Trade: Going Green
by Bill Jones
If
you have the itch to go green in your studio, you may be interested in
getting a kick wheel. In this overview of what’s available, you can
choose between top of the line models and economical kits to custom
wheels.
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Supply Room: Buying Porcelain
by Antoinette Badenhorst
Porcelain
artist Antoinette Badenhorst provides some sage advice about how to
determine whether porcelain is the clay you’re looking for. If so, she
also includes a lot of tips that will prevent some of the most common
problems that arise with this temperamental clay.
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Tips from the Pros: Sun Screen
by Paul Andrew Wandless
Screenprinting
ranks as one of the most popular printmaking techniques. If you’re looking for
a simple way to transfer complex design, patterns or images onto ceramic art pieces, then this is the perfect
project. Paul provides a step-by-step and product information
for PhotoEZ.
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Instructors File: Throwing: A Three-Stage Approach
by Jake Allee
To
answer the question “How do You Teach Someone How To Throw” Jake Allee
gave it a lot of thought. If you use his “nuts and bolts” three-stage
technique, you’ll discover why hands-on experience is just part of the
throwing process. Click here to download Allee’s throwing worksheet.
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Off the Shelf: The Basics of Throwing
Review by Sumi von Dassow
David
Cohen is more than just another throwing book. Captivating and well
written and presented in a systematic way that incorporates design and
aesthetics. A book for potters at any level of proficiency
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