TMC | BlogMy intentions for this small vase was to ruffle the edge to give the very simplistic form some style, while a straight walled design is still great, you can’t keep just making the same old same old haha
I actually got the ruffled design inspiration from a piece of Remued Pottery we have up on the tab… Read More “Wheel Thrown Ruffle Lipped Vase”
Sometimes you don’t have much of an idea about what design you want to do on the wheel.
A lot of the time you tend to go about the design as you go, letting the clay do the work for you. With this particular pot I didn’t quite know what I wanted, all I knew was that I had about 800 grams of clay and … Read More “Struggling with Ideas on design – Wheel Throwing”
Improvising from a little mishap 😄
Sometimes the clay will throw you a curve ball and try to ruin your efforts haha
But if this happens relativity early in the throw, it’s still saveable!
Just use a potters needle to cut the top from the pot and bring the wall up again, you’ll have to make a pot smalle… Read More “Improvising from a little mishap – Wheel Throwing”
I THREW 4KGS OF CLAY!! 👀🥳
This was just too good to cut down to 15 or so seconds so I thought I’d make a long form video
As a potter, throwing a large amount of clay on a wheel head can be both thrilling and exciting. It’s very much a test of skill and how far you have come in your throwing tech… Read More “I THREW 4KGS OF POTTERY CLAY!! 👀🥳”
Here is another little bulbous pot made up
And Happy Mother’s Day to all the mums out there too
By the way good little tip for throwing pots
Wedging clay:
Wedging clay before throwing it on the pottery wheel is an important step that helps to eliminate air bubbles and create a consistent tex… Read More “Here is another little bulbous pot made up”