TMC | BlogA tapered vase for you today, while this wasn’t initially what i wanted to create, it is still a vase none the less. There was a large kink in the clay from some scrapes I added to the clay ball, while I thought this wouldn’t create a issue, a lump of slightly harder clay made my plans come unstuck
Got this dimple bowl for today! Im really happy with how circular i got the top lip once i added the dimples. Helped i left it attached to the wheel and use a bit of whammy to smooth it off, I think they will add a great design element to the piece and should look awesome when glazed!
Few Tips:
Got a little vase for todays throw! I have included some information below, Im definitely going to be working on larger base designs for some pots. My main goal is to make something similar to this and add a rustic/wooden looking handle, but we will see how it goes!
Few Tips:
* Wedging: Wedging … Read More “Let’s make a pot!”
Well for todays video Im showing you how I make this “Flop Pot” as I like to call it 😄, This is only the second one I have made so far but I’ll definitely be doing more soon, this natural design is something i really enjoy making and i think it gives some great shapes and shadows, something that can… Read More “Lets make a flop pot part 1 & 2”
In this video today ill be talking about some general information about how i’ve trimmed my recently made pot of and few tips and tricks on trimming yourself
More information in the below 🤗
**1. The Importance of Trimming:**
Trimming is the stage where excess clay is removed from the base of a po… Read More “General Information On Trimming Your Pottery Pots”
Got a different video for today, this is the first time I have added grog to a clay body!
My experience with this black clay has been interesting, it’s a very “plastic” clay body, which some people may find great, but me personally, it’s a little hard to get it to work the way I want it to.
Throwing a little bowl today with some reclaim clay that is leftover from some hand building, we generally like to use all the clay up during the process to save ourselves having buckets full of reclaim clay 😄
I will give some things that you can do when you are throwing something like this which sec… Read More “Using some reclaimed clay today”
So today’s pot didn’t turn out the way I initially wanted it to go but I do think I just found a new design!
Majority of the time, I’d usually just throw something like this out once it collapses, but for some reason I decided to play around with the walls to get a possible abstract look, and h… Read More “Stumbled upon a new design”
This is a dark bodied clay with some pretty heavy grog in it, I had some good fun making this little vase or bottle however you want to call it, Hope you enjoy!
A few extra tips I couldn’t fit into the video
(function(document, history, location) { var HISTORY_SUPPORT = !!(history && history.p… Read More “Using some new clay today! ”I thought Id run through a few pointers while throwing this pot too
This white clay is one of the best looking clays when fired, you could almost say it gives a porcelain look, its a very plastic-like clay and have no grog whatsoever, this can make it nice and playable to use but also has not m… Read More “Get this little conical bowl for today! ”