Tulip mania

[offcntr]

So, the main four pieces of the tulipière came out well, first try--I love newly pugged clay--and I've been piecing the rest together over the last four days, amidst the other throwing I've done for my own stock. Here's some progress photos.


You'll note that first two pieces have cookie jar-style lips. I've measured with calipers and will trim a little so each successive piece fits into the lip of the one beneath it. Last little piece will invert under the first, to make a nice graceful pedestal foot, like so. The spouts are thrown separately, like for a teapot, and assembled when leather-hard. They seem a little large, but will shrink in firing; also, the customer says they will also be used for gladiolus, so I'm making them a little generous.

After another night in plastic, I did a dry fit of the pieces, then took it apart again to add the decorative handles. Et voila!

Glazing is gonna be a challenge.

Comments

[dine]

good job! though I must admit that I'm not classy (my family never had anything like that) and they all look odd to me. but I'm pretty sure you'll conquer the glazing, and it'll be stupendous when completed

[ioplokon]

🙀🙀🙀

How was the process so far? The vase forms seem fun to throw, but all the spouts seem very annoying.

Also, did you pull the handles? They're very big!

[offcntr]

Spacing the spouts was tricky--I had to print out a spacing guide--but attaching wasn't too bad.

I did indeed pull the handles, though I preform them a bit--think of a flattened carrot--and let them stiffen up in a curve before I attach them.

[rachelmanija]

WOW.