I had a very unsuccessful day in the studio. Unfortunately, I destroyed everything that I created! I have not reached my 10 thousand hours yet, for sure. However, I was able to trim my two mugs and bowl from last week. I also practiced pulling handles. I attached handles to the trimmed mugs.
As you can see, the bottom of this bowl is definitely not perfect. Yet, I feel it is an improvement to previous bowls that I have trimmed. I think that my bowls are tending to be a little off center, making it even more difficult to trim them. My next day in the studio I want to go back to basics. I plan to watch some centering videos while I work, as well as make some simple cylinders. Hopefully, this refresher will help me.
My mugs are bulkier than I would like them to be; but, they are on a larger scale than ones that I have made previously. I am still getting the hang of controlling a larger amount of clay. Hopefully, I will be able to thin out some of my work in the future. I also feel that I could use improvement on my handles. I want to practice pulling some next class.
Handles do take lots of practice... you can try pulling them not on the mug but off of a larger chunk of clay,putting them in the desired shape by bending the large chunk of clay then cutting them off and letting them set up a bit to then be attached to the mug...
ReplyDeleteGo to youTube and search "simon leach handles" he provides some great tips in multiple videos.