Thrown and altared
Mar. 3rd, 2016 12:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
offcntrSince I've less than 100 lbs. of clay left until the truck from Clay Art Center arrives, I've been working on special orders, and projects that are time-consuming rather than clay-consuming. Including the altar set.
I made two of each piece, of course, plate, chalice stem and bowl. Dried them slowly and carefully, using plastic as needed to make sure top and bottom pieces matched in moisture. Trimmed them when leather hard, then scored and slipped the top of the stem and bottom of bowl.
With the stem centered on the potters wheel, I attached the bowl, doing my best to keep it level and on-center, then wiggling it gently to set the joint. Afterward, I flipped it over, worked a small coil into the seam to reinforce, and smoothed the inside with a blunt wooden sculpting tool. I also scraped and smoothed off any excess clay from the inside of the base.
Patens dry much slower, so I just flip them over and leave them to trim in the morning.
I made two of each piece, of course, plate, chalice stem and bowl. Dried them slowly and carefully, using plastic as needed to make sure top and bottom pieces matched in moisture. Trimmed them when leather hard, then scored and slipped the top of the stem and bottom of bowl.
With the stem centered on the potters wheel, I attached the bowl, doing my best to keep it level and on-center, then wiggling it gently to set the joint. Afterward, I flipped it over, worked a small coil into the seam to reinforce, and smoothed the inside with a blunt wooden sculpting tool. I also scraped and smoothed off any excess clay from the inside of the base.
Patens dry much slower, so I just flip them over and leave them to trim in the morning.