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Friday, September 19, 2008

Week 2 resources

SIMON LEACH - how to quickly finish & fettle mugs (YouTube)
This is how English potter Simon Leach finishes mugs. Pay special attention to how he "thumbs off" the bottoms of his mugs (starting at 3 minutes and 30 seconds); we'll be doing the same thing to the bottom of our bowls.

SIMON LEACH - back to basics - GP bowls !
Simon Leach makes bowls very similar to ours. Note his technique for lifting the bowl off the wheel with his fingers. 450 grams is about 1 pound, and 15 centimeters is about 6 inches, by the way.

Bowlworkingdrawing .pdf
Working drawing of this week's bowl, with dimensions and clay weight (Adobe PDF document)

demo notes bowl.20080918.pdf
Step-by step notes for making the bowl for week 2 (Adobe PDF document)

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