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Sunday, March 7, 2010

Throwing teabowls "off the hump" with master potter Jerry Horning

Video: Master potter Jerry Horning throws teabowls "off the hump"

Throwing off the hump is a way to make lots of smaller pots quickly from a single piece of clay. Pots made this way will need to be trimmed later.

The first thing Mr. Horning does is center a huge lump of clay; notice how he braces his arms while he does this. Also watch how he centers the very top of the clay just before he makes each teabowl.

-Jay