Throwing inspired by Yorkshire Sculpture Park Visit
I decided to throw trying to get the same design to my plaster piece. I threw a total of six pieces with three of them failing. All the clay was recycled.
Starting four balls of clay.
Starting four balls of clay.
Centring the clay.
Centring the clay.
Starting to form a shape.
Starting to form a shape.
The bowl before I cut it.
The bowl before I cut it.
The first cut to be discarded.
The first cut to be discarded.
The useful part is left.
The useful part is left.
The second cut.
The second cut.
The final piece.
The final piece.
Centring the clay.
Centring the clay.
Starting to form the shape.
Starting to form the shape.
Ready to be cut.
Ready to be cut.
First cut.
First cut.
Second Cut
Second Cut
Final piece.
Final piece.
Good starting pot.
Good starting pot.
I knocked the piece and it tore itself apart.
I knocked the piece and it tore itself apart.
Centring the pot.
Centring the pot.
Pot ready to be cut.
Pot ready to be cut.
Inside view
Inside view
The piece cut up.
The piece cut up.
One of the pieces cut up.
One of the pieces cut up.
One of the pieces.
One of the pieces.
A pieces was too thin at the base.
A pieces was too thin at the base.
Consistency of the wall thickness.
Consistency of the wall thickness.
Different angle of a finished piece.
Different angle of a finished piece.
Different angle of a finished piece.
Different angle of a finished piece.
Different angle of a finished piece.
Different angle of a finished piece.
Side profile of a finished piece.
Side profile of a finished piece.
The two parts of a piece.
The two parts of a piece.
Sections from two of the five pieces.
Sections from two of the five pieces.
Throwing off a hump
Throwing off the hump is a technique that allows you to quickly make multiples by using the same block of clay.
The initial hump.
The initial hump.
Forming the first pot.
Forming the first pot.
Tweaking the pot.
Tweaking the pot.
Final pot.
Final pot.
The hump.
The hump.
The pot.
The pot.
Final pot.
Final pot.
The hump.
The hump.
Starting the pot.
Starting the pot.
Cutting the top to make it smooth.
Cutting the top to make it smooth.
Final pot.
Final pot.
All the pots.
All the pots.
Side view.
Side view.
Side view.
Side view.
The best five pots.
The best five pots.
Pots cut in half.
Pots cut in half.
Pots cut in half.
Pots cut in half.
Pots cut in half.
Pots cut in half.
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