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Group: rec.food.drink.tea · Group Profile
Author: Jason F in Los AngelesJason F in Los Angeles Date: Aug 14, 2008 16:54
On Aug 14, 4:33Â pm, niisonge yahoo.com> wrote:> I made it back to Canada, got out my clay, and re-hydrated it. It's
> ready to work on now. So maybe tomorrow I will give it a try. So far,
> I haven't done anything yet. I really don't know what I'm doing
> anyway, hahaha. BTW, you don't need a potter's wheel to build a
> teapot. You can hand build one - using various techniques. That's what
> I'm going to attempt to do. Let's see how it turns out. But before
> that I guess I have to make some clay-working tools first.
My current path with throwing clay: bowls-->cups-->vases-->lidded
jars-->teapots
bowls: learn the basics of centering, drilling, pulling, shaping,
trimming, and start practicing attaching lugs/handles
cups: learn how to throw cylinders
vases: learn how to alter cylinders and to collar
lidded jars: learn how to make and fit lids, flanges
teapots: if you know how to make a lidded jar and handles, all you
have to learn now is the spout.
I've got bowls down, and I can make some cup shapes better than other.
I've thrown a few vases that I made some loose-fitting lids for, but i
still need to work on my cylinders before I try to collar more jars.
Handbuilding I haven't even started yet, but I found an awesome local
supplier of some red sculpture clay that looks remarkably like hong ni
grogged with duan ni...
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