Bowls! I keep telling myself that gentleness is needed in that it takes awhile to get back into the rhythm of all this. So for now, I've decided to make familiar forms and this bowl form above is one I'll make a bunch of.
This second photo was the prelude to the bowl with the rim above it. I realize I posted it in my previous blog post, but I'm showing it because it shows the subtle differences between the two. Both are bigger than cereal bowls and have pretty thin walls- about 1 1/2 lbs.- 2 lbs. More bowls this weekend! In time I'll increase the amount of clay and make deeper ones. All things in good time, I tell myself. So thankful for my emerging studio too. Looks to be good throwing weather this weekend- with it being in the upper 70's here. :)
On another note, does anyone have suggestions for whether to get a gleco trap to put under the sink or not? Wisdom? If not.... how do you catch the clay instead of clogging up the drain in the sink... o seven better yet, clean your wheel?
3 comments:
Well my "sink" is a bucket and a water hose so I have no wisdom for you, but I love the bowls!
tracey- haha- do you just let the water in the bucket evaporate in time and then reclaim the clay in time too?
Amy, I do have a trap in my sink, which is where I wash my hands and small tools. However, the throwing H2O with clay is taken outside and hosed out of the bucket into my garden. Also hose down my towels and apron as it would probably clog my washer.
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