Sadly today was my last day at Winchcombe Pottery. Lauren and I have exited the shack and are preparing to go over to her parents house in L.A. It was an amazing learning experience and I have lots of pictures and videos so will continue to write about my time at Winchcombe for a while yet.
Having shown I could make beakers I was tasked with handled beakers! Very exciting stuff!
They are very similar to beakers but you push a convex curve into them, and obviously have to put a handle on them too. Matt said he wants a thousand making. I'm not sure he is being serious. I hope not anyway.
And here's a video of me making one:
Having shown I could make beakers I was tasked with handled beakers! Very exciting stuff!
They are very similar to beakers but you push a convex curve into them, and obviously have to put a handle on them too. Matt said he wants a thousand making. I'm not sure he is being serious. I hope not anyway.
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| Here are some examples of handled beakers from other potters at Winchcombe. |
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| Cone up the clay. |
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| Cone down the clay. |
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| Put a hole in it with your thumb. |
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| Open it up. |
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| You wantot open it wider than you need the finished base to be. |
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| This move is pulling the clay up into a think-ish cone. |
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| Make sure the top is centred. |
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| Now you are ready for the first proper pull. |
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| You need to work on getting all the clay out of the base. These pots are only 10oz of clay so you haven't got much spare. |
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| Once it is almost the right height and width you can begin shaping. |
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| I use a credit card to push the curve into the body. |
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| Most of the presure is coming from the card, not the inside fingers. |
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| Remove the puddle in the bottom. |
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| Take off the skirt around the base. |
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| Wire it off. |
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| Scrape your hands clean. |
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| I dry my hands too. |
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| Carefully lift it off. |
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| To join its pals on the board. |
And here's a video of me making one: