Well it’s been another good week around the studio. Not great… but good. I’ve been throwing, slipping, and trimming small canisters all week. This time around it‘s 2 to 3 pounders. This is the initial weight of each ball of clay when I initially start throwing it. They seem to generally lose a half a pound or more as they go through the process. The weight is lost in trimming and water weight.
And then there are the lids…lots of them. I throw my canisters first and then come the abundance of lids. 
I’m rather particular on their fit, so I usually throw quite a few more than I need and toss what’s not used in to my reclaim bucket. I revisited the lid making process for a new local blog I’m playing with. If you haven’t seen how I make my lids yet, take a quick look. It’s one more approach the making a lid.
I’m rather particular on their fit, so I usually throw quite a few more than I need and toss what’s not used in to my reclaim bucket. I revisited the lid making process for a new local blog I’m playing with. If you haven’t seen how I make my lids yet, take a quick look. It’s one more approach the making a lid.
1 comment:
like the step by step on lid making... i've always not enjoyed making lids, maybe i should do what you do and just make a bunch more than i need. i dig the incised band around the cup in the picture... been fooling with that a bit myself, the shape is different but just above where the foot starts i'm gonna try a deep groove to catch a bit extra glaze... we'll see
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