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.
Centring the clay.
Starting to form a shape.
The bowl before I cut it.
The first cut to be discarded.
The useful part is left.
The second cut.
The final piece.
Centring the clay.
Starting to form the shape.
Ready to be cut.
First cut.
Second Cut
Final piece.
Good starting pot.
I knocked the piece and it tore itself apart.
Centring the pot.
Pot ready to be cut.
Inside view
The piece cut up.
One of the pieces cut up.
One of the pieces.
A pieces was too thin at the base.
Consistency of the wall thickness.
Different angle of a finished piece.
Different angle of a finished piece.
Different angle of a finished piece.
Side profile of a finished piece.
The two parts of a piece.
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.
Forming the first pot.
Tweaking the pot.
Final pot.
The hump.
The pot.
Final pot.
The hump.
Starting the pot.
Cutting the top to make it smooth.
Final pot.
All the pots.
Side view.
Side view.
The best five pots.
Pots cut in half.
Pots cut in half.
