Probably most importantly, when you are doing a pot like this is to make sure you leave us thickness in the walls when you initially throw the pot up to height.
This allows you to cut into the surface of the client with a wooden knife and have enough thickness in there to not only keep the integrity and strength of the pot, but also to allow it to dry quite evenly, You don’t want your cuts to be too deep as having thicker and thinner parts on your wall can lead to cracking in the drying process
Good little tip to minimise the risk of cracking is to spray your pot with a water bottle. Every couple of days in the areas that are drying out quicker than the others. I’ve found it helps!
Another thing you also want to do is make sure you sponge is relatively damp when you are pushing the clay out from the inside, creating the “belly” of the vars. You don’t want there to be too much friction between your hand and the wall otherwise you will get a slight twist effect. Now I like the twist effect on this particular one because I wanted it to be quite unique, but if you don’t want the walls to twist too much, the best thing you can do is to use a soft white mud sponge tool, I find this sponge glides across the surface of the clay a lot easier then say a traditional sponge
After about 48 hours, you can then tip the pot upside down on the wheel head and trim. The base good little tip is to tap the middle of your base when you are trimming it to hear when you are getting close to the right thickness, you can hear I said when it is too thick, and you’ll hear a slight drum tone when it is getting to the right thickness
As always, hope you enjoyed this post please feel free to leave a comment if you do have any more questions or if you like the pot you see on the video have a lovely day and as always happy potting 🤗🤗
