November 20, 2009
Handbuilding Video: How to Make a Handbuilt Textured Ceramic Hors D’oeuvres Tray Using Just, Your Hands, a Lump of Clay, a Spring and a Sponge
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For this week’s video, I sifted through some more of my footage from the Expressive Surfaces Workshop last month. There’s a ton of good stuff that I am excited to share with you all, but it will take time to get it all edited for posting. I did manage to prepare this cool little video from Mark Peters though. Mark is so good at taking a simple idea and the most basic of tools - a lump of clay, a sponge, and a stretched-out spring - and turning it into a loose, yet elegant piece of pottery. Have a look and then give this one a try! - Jennifer Harnetty, editor. |
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This video was filmed at the Potters Council Expressive Surfaces Workshop in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Tags: Handbuilding Techniques, Handbuilding Videos, Mark Peters
CJ | November 20th, 2009 at 11:39 am
As I didn’t have any springs to stretch out, I had my students wrap wire around a marker and then stretch it out. Worked beautifully
Brenda | November 20th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
I really enjoyed this and would like to try it. It would be great in the future if a picture of the finished product could also be posted to help us realize the goal.
Faye | November 20th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Thanks so much for sharing. It will be an adventure to try something new…. now if I could only …..
ali | November 20th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
loved it , great JOB!
http://www.alitaj.com
Dwain | November 20th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
it would be nice if one could hear what the demonstrator was saying. i had the volume of the video and the volume on my computer at 100%. an external microphone would help tremendously and asking the demonstrator to speak up would too.
as one poster stated, a finished product would help in realizing the goal of the exercise. good video.
Linda | November 20th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Good video, great idea! Thanks for sharing.
Carla | November 20th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
I liked the method simplicity. I might try this approach on my sculptural work. Many thanks for sharing.
Carla
Amy | November 20th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
what is the surface of your table made of? Nice Technique. Thank you.
jo | November 20th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
I wish you would post the length of the video.
Clair | November 20th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
I would really like for these videos to show the finished glazed pieces after showing us the process. Can we get more of that in the future? Thanks for considering.
Andrew | November 20th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Great video! Very helpful. For those that need to see a finished product-heres a tip: make one and fire it! A little input from your creativity will help you make something different then what the teacher has provided.
Pat | November 20th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
I am running downstairs to my workshop. Can’t wait to try the tray.
WHEE!!!
adela | November 20th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Found this very interesting. Am going to try out straight away. Would love to see the finished piece of work.
BECKY | November 20th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
It is a pleasure to see hand building appreciated, demonstrated and promoted!
Elsie | November 20th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Thanks for the video - great idea! Also a good idea using wire wound round a marker to create a spring effect. Thanks CJ! Using the newspaper to be able to turn the clay is a simple idea, but one I hadn’t thought of as I mostly work on the wheel. Thanks for that too.
Tracey | November 20th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Thanks very much!! A nice simple idea.. and I could hear it just fine :-)
Nancy | November 20th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
Can’t wait to try this. The video was of good quality, and while the audio was a bit low, I was able to understand it. Thanks for the idea.
Faye | November 20th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
This looked easy, beautiful and would make a great gift.
kate | November 21st, 2009 at 11:54 am
Great idea…can’t wait to try it. I too would like more info about what the table was constructed out of…
fluer | November 21st, 2009 at 3:55 pm
oh my ! what a lovely idea, do you have many more we could see?
I thought the teacher showed it efottlessly wish I could be so graceful in my efforts
I am trying to teach muy self so any video demonstrations are b…dy
marvoulouse
thank you for sharing.
fluer | November 21st, 2009 at 4:07 pm
what a little bit of imagination can do
it was fast clean stylish
what more could you ask for if making a present for chrissy
thank you
Alan | November 21st, 2009 at 7:31 pm
I started using that spring and slap technique in 1991 after watching Jeff Mincham from Aus, who i believe is the originator of the method, at Aberystwyth, Wales, UK.
The best ’springs’ to use are either old style curtain wires or bicycle brake cables, both of course with the outer coating removed, then stretch the metal core to produce an expanded ’spring’. However, you can make your own springs from wire, which depending on diameter will give shallow or deep furrows.
Nice Hors d’ouvres dish tho!
Mark | November 21st, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Thanks for all the great comments! The table surface was Hardie Board. It’s a cement fiber board that is mostly used as under tile countertops. It can be found at Home Depot type stores. This was the first time I worked on a table like that and it really worked well. It was good for wedging too.
I don’t do a whole lot of handbuilt stuff so this piece is kind of new. I wish we had a photo of a finished one but Jennifer shot this right before the workshop started and I had only finished and fired 3 of these prior to the workshop. Not enough time to shoot photos.
I hoped to show how you can make a very simple piece with a cool texture and very few tools and this is good example of that. You can take this little technique and do a million different things with it!
When I showed this to the workshop participants, they tried it and came up with some great pots, many of which were way better than mine!
Mark Peters
Bella | November 23rd, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Muito legal! Vou tentar…abraços
ROBERTO | November 23rd, 2009 at 6:23 pm
Belo, simplesmente belo!
Seria possível a divulgação de um texto inerente ao caso transmiido no vídeo?!
Obrigado
Roberto Valadas Preto
Laurie | November 24th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Thank you so much for the video of your slab tray. It has so much style, and being so simple in construction. I do appreciate all of the how to videos. They are great and they inspire me to do something different than my usual. And they teach me new techniques. Thanks again for your contribution.
Bonny | November 26th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
Where do we see the answers to these questions? I love watching the videos and it always inspires me. Also, they bring down my blood pressure. Good job.
CAROLINE R | November 27th, 2009 at 10:38 am
nice creative piece..
personally, I do mostly handbuilt and or sculpture
the finished piece I like others, would have liked to be seen
caroline in az
Valerie | December 6th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I am always a day late and a dollar short of watching these videos. As i have done handbuilding for over 20 years, I love to see other potters doing the same. I love this piece in the video. How inspiring! No matter how long we have done things, we can always learn something different. I gotta get out to my studio and get to work!! thanks for the great video.
Penny | March 23rd, 2010 at 6:04 am
Nice! Thanks for sharing.