I am not dry thrower...

I am not dry thrower...
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Fluted platter

I threw 21" platter using two 7lb clay. The latest batch of clay is very soft, it was very easy to throw. For the small pieces, I am having the hard time not collasping as my wall is thin. I used the heat gun to stiff up the clay just before the final shaping. Then, I added the fulted rim.

Fulted bowl trimmed.

I have been glazing last three days, and the kiln is finally loaded. I hope I can fire the kiln tomorrow. There is the winter storm warning in effect, expecting solid 8-10” of snow. It will be all right as long as not much wind to deal with. Will see.

Here is the video of the trimming the fluted bowl I threw the other day.

Throwing a fluted bowl.

Birds need some food in this frigid weather. Thanks to grain hoppers, they scored big today.

The bisques are unloaded, and the next batch is loaded today.

Let's try something new. Video of me throwing fluted bowl. I use about 1 lb of clay. I do not weight the clay, instead measure the length of pugged clay, 2.5 inch long. Width of thrown bowl is 21.5cm (8.5”). I grew up with the metric system, and am still not able to use the inch very well, especially smaller than inch (1/8, ¼). Just confusing.

Throwing a fluted bowl.

Birds need some food in this frigid weather. Thanks to grain hoppers, they scored big today.

The bisques are unloaded, and the next batch is loaded today.

Let's try something new. Video of me throwing fluted bowl. I use about 1 lb of clay. I do not weight the clay, instead measure the length of pugged clay, 2.5 inch long. Width of thrown bowl is 21.5cm (8.5”). I grew up with the metric system, and am still not able to use the inch very well, especially smaller than inch (1/8, ¼). Just confusing.