Thrown bowl with two foot ring alternatives, plus decoration

There is something very satisfying a few thrown bowl. They’re the most functional of objects, no longer vastly titillating to fabricate even supposing there are so mighty of alternatives for size and percentage. It is possible you will most seemingly seemingly seemingly exercise this minute bowl within the kitchen or for ornamental functions; the varied is yours!

You can have:


681g (1½lb clay) – earthenware or stoneware


Instruments for throwing – water bowl, sponge, cutting wire, rib


Turning instruments of preference

Earlier than you beginning:


A reminder when throwing – to set wordy repetition!

Frequently compress the clay on the rim after every opt – pinch the rim gently between your fingers and thumb, on the identical time resting the forefinger of your other hand on the rim and making exercise of soft stress

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Prepare the clay by kneading it smartly to place end away any that that that you can seemingly seemingly bear in mind trapped air, then accept as true with it accurate into a tough cone shape.

Declare:  this bowl is thrown at once on the wheel head nevertheless need to you aren’t confident about doing this, throw a pad for a batt, then fix the batt to the wheel head, giving it a thump along with your fist to stable it in feature once centered. For info, talk over with: claycraft.co.uk/how-to

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Dampen, nevertheless don’t flood, the outside of the wheel, then allege the clay as end to the centre as that that that you can seemingly seemingly assume regarding the utilization of the concentric lines as a e-book.

Dribble fairly of water over the outside of the clay, then pat it all the procedure down to find obvious it is miles stable.

Centre the clay. Originate by dribbling fairly of further water over the outside, then cone the clay up between both arms, making exercise of equal stress from both facet to make a decision on out it vertically.

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Proceed by pushing the clay down along with your perfect hand (thumb fairly of over the tip) whereas making exercise of regular stress along with your left hand on the facet. This may per chance well seemingly also merely level it off and produce it to centre.

You’re aiming for a dome shape with straight aspects.

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Alongside with your left hand soundless on the facet of the clay, preserving the mass to centre, flatten off the tip of the dome with the fingers of your perfect hand.

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Originate out the centre by pressing the fingers of your perfect hand down by strategy of the clay to within 15mm of the wheel head, steadying your perfect hand along with your left for a refined action.

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Persevering with to toughen the coolest hand with the left, draw the clay back in direction of your physique till the uncomfortable is opened to a width of roughly 7cm.

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Compact the clay within the underside of the bowl by working your fingers over the outside from the centre to the outer edge several times.

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Cuff into the outer uncomfortable of the clay with the perimeters of your arms to build a allege from which to make a decision on out the wall.

The resulting mass may per chance well seemingly also merely soundless trace worship a thick doughnut.

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Alternate the allege of your arms and enjoy the fingers of your left hand within the accept as true with, along with your perfect-hand fingers reverse on the outside.

Carry the wall to a straight-sided cylinder, fairly of narrower on the rim than the uncomfortable and roughly 11cm high.

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Carry the wall yet again along with your arms within the identical allege, nevertheless this time making exercise of bigger stress from within to gently belly the shape outwards till you find in direction of the rim, need to that that you can seemingly seemingly also merely soundless ease off the stress. This may per chance well seemingly also merely build the inward, enclosed shape.

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Carry the wall one final time to refine the shape. It is possible you will most seemingly also merely must exaggerate the belly for a balanced accept as true with, or skinny the wall fairly of further. Prefer the time to find the proportions proper nevertheless enjoy in thoughts to place the rim fairly of closed in from the widest level of the wall.

Compact the clay on the rim.

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Sponge out the slurry from the interior of the bowl, fastidiously drawing the sponge up the wall and working it briefly over the rim whereas supporting it between your finger and thumb.

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Now work over the outside wall with a rib to place end away the excess slurry, supporting it from the within along with your other hand.

That is foremost need to you’d like to enjoy a refined surface to dress later.

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Using a wooden modelling tool or perfect rib, place end away the excess clay across the foot of the bowl and surface of the wheel.

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Underwire the bowl once, preserving the wire taut between both arms and drawing it backwards from the far facet of the bowl in direction of your physique.

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Role the fingers of both arms under the bowl, proper above the foot, then fastidiously opt it off the wheel onto a board.

Allow the bowl to agency to leather laborious in preparation for turning the foot.

TURNING THE FOOT

Earlier than you beginning: 

Generally, potters find several bowls in every throwing session, so one of the best and quickest technique to desirable them is on a clay pad.

The weight of clay desired to find the pad will rely on the width of the bowls to be trimmed nevertheless assuming some may per chance well seemingly also want a diameter up to the width of the wheel head, 3-4lb shall be required.

Cone the clay up and flatten it to bring it to centre. Asserting the allege of your left hand nevertheless hooking your thumb over the rim, beginning out the centre of the clay with the fingers of your perfect hand. You don’t must bother regarding the depth of the outlet or thickness of the uncomfortable; the massive majority of the clay needs to be pulled out to accept as true with a fairly of thicker rim.

Proceed to attract the clay back in direction of your physique till it’s virtually as broad because the wheel head. Utilize your left hand to regular your perfect as you’re employed.

Execute off by working your sponge over the pad to place end away excess water, then a rib to place end away the outside slurry and totally flatten it.

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Role the bowl on its rim on the pad, as end to centre as that that you can seemingly seemingly. Holding a finger rigid against the facet, rotate the wheel. In case your finger misses the outside in locations, the bowl isn’t centered. Alter the allege and repeat the exercise till your finger touches the facet of the bowl continuously.

When you’re obvious the bowl is centered, press it down lightly onto the pad to stable it in feature, then preserving it in feature along with your left hand – thumb over the uncomfortable – beginning to desirable the clay on the outside fringe of the foot along with your chosen turning tool.

This foot has a vertical wall, so affirming this, slit the final size to one which’s in percentage to the bowl itself.

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Using the titillating angle of the turning tool, decrease an inner ring, 5-6mm from the outer fringe of the foot. Minimize down vertically into the clay to build the inner wall – it needs to be the approximate depth of the wall on the outside when done.

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Now beginning to desirable away the clay within the ring, working from the centre to the outside edge.

Think regarding the interior curve of the bowl, imagining the shape if the foot wasn’t there. Your map is to repeat the interior curve within the foot and desirable the clay to the identical thickness because the leisure of the bowl.

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Proceed to desirable the interior of the foot till you’re fully joyful with the curve, then function up by cutting a tiny bevel on both the inner and outer fringe of the foot. Soften the bevels by working a finger over them to refined away any burrs.

Now work over the outside of the bowl itself to slit any that that that you can seemingly seemingly bear in mind bulk within the wall across the foot ring and toughen the profile.

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When you’re fully joyful the shape has been totally sophisticated, decrease fairly of notch on the tip of the foot, the place it meets the physique of the bowl, the utilization of the tip of the turning tool. This may per chance well seemingly also merely accept as true with a extraordinarily perfect display glaze to later.

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When done, fastidiously opt the bowl off the pad and enjoy it someplace to dry, challenging for bisque firing, or continue along with your chosen decoration procedure if it needs to be utilized on the golf green stage.

AN ALTERNATIVE FOOT RING

The accept as true with of a bowl can even be altered moderately dramatically by the shape of the foot. The angled instance on this subsequent possibility will seemingly be used in oriental wares. While the feature of the fragment is by no means altered, this style of foot makes the bowl seem extra ornamental – something to exercise decoratively maybe, or for less apparent functional exercise.

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As for the old foot, centre the bowl rim-down on the clay pad.

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Press the bowl down lightly onto the pad to stable it in feature. Declare the place the foot begins; you’ll must consult that within the next crawl. Originate to desirable the clay on the outside fringe of the foot along with your chosen turning tool held at an angle that can let you much needed away the excess following the curve of the bowl.

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Now decrease a groove within the clay on the level the place the surplus clay meets the physique of the bowl – this can rely on how mighty clay you’ve allowed for the foot, so a explicit depth can’t be given, nevertheless you’d like to evaluate back to the place the foot started forward of you started to desirable and allege the groove there roughly.

Utilize the tip of the turning tool, as confirmed.

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From the groove, slit the dimensions of the foot fairly of further, affirming the inwards angle of the decrease and the allege of your left hand preserving the bowl in feature.

TIP


Terminate the wheel periodically and quandary on the profile of the bowl – the foot must always be in percentage to the leisure of the accept as true with for balance. It needs to be apparent if it looks to be to be like disproportionate, so continue till you’re joyful with the shape. Aim for a flowing line

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Turn your consideration to the allege under the groove line, and desirable away the excess clay from the physique of the bowl. Originate on the groove itself and transfer the tool down over the wall to slit the majority and toughen the final profile shape.

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It’s perfectly acceptable to interchange your turning tool with a metal kidney at any time the place the outside needs refining. It is possible you will most seemingly seemingly seemingly if truth be told desirable spacious surfaces of thrown wares with a kidney if the clay isn’t too dry, nevertheless they aren’t sparkling for cutting in dazzling detail. Their main back is that they compact and refined the outside, challenging for dazzling detail decoration later.

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Speed a finger over the allege of the groove to place end away any that that that you can seemingly seemingly bear in mind burrs left within the back of after cutting into the clay and to melt the perimeters.

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It is possible you will most seemingly seemingly seemingly return to any of the old steps need to you aren’t totally fully joyful with the shape of the bowl. One notice of warning, though – there’s something very satisfying about turning clay, and it’s easy to find carried away and desirable too far. When you’re doubtful regarding the thickness closing, opt the bowl off the pad and check. Return it to the identical allege need to you’ve resolved how mighty you’d like to play with.

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As for the principle foot, build the dimensions of the ring by cutting a groove 4-5mm in from the outer fringe of the clay, yet again the utilization of the tip of the turning tool. From this level, decrease down vertically to build the depth of the ring.

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Pleasing the clay from within the ring, working from the centre out to the established wall.

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Remembering to visualise the curve of the bowl, continue to desirable the clay within the ring till it’s the correct depth.

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As that that you can seemingly seemingly explore from the picture, this foot has moderately a sure trace from the principle one. Many makers exaggerate aspects in foot rings to provide them a explicit function. Let’s notify, they may per chance seemingly also merely decrease bigger grooves and angles, exaggerate size to elevate the bowl, or flare the foot outwards and decrease areas away. There are various chances, nevertheless the key to success, as frequently, is instruct, instruct, instruct.

Assign apart to dry forward of bisque-firing.

DECORATING YOUR BOWLS

Utilize stable underglaze colors for courageous impression or a extra subdued palette for a refined function.

You can have:

Tracing paper and refined pencil

Underglaze colors of quite quite a bit of

Sequence of brushes in varying sizes from fan-shape to dazzling-tip

Clear glaze to suit the clay form

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Paint the outer surface of the bowl in your chosen uncomfortable shade of underglaze. Two coats will doubtlessly be required for a stable, block function – one coat will give a extra water-washed surface, the varied is yours.

Include the allege within the foot ring nevertheless no longer the foot ring itself.

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Measure the external circumference of the bowl at its widest level, then divide the dimensions into three sections.

Minimize a sheet of tracing paper to the dimensions of 1 division, making it the identical depth because the wall of the bowl from foot ring to rim (no longer if truth be told including the foot ring).

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Plan your chosen build on the tracing paper the utilization of a refined pencil so the build will effortlessly transfer to the outside of the bowl.

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Now divide the bowl into three sections on the foot with a exiguous pencil designate.

A cookie cutter pre-spaced with a marker pen is a priceless tool to enjoy for this if it’s something you is also doing on a fashioned foundation. Utilize a 360º protractor to allege the marks accurately; then, you’ll frequently enjoy a transient procedure of effortlessly dividing up a given allege, namely need to you designate all the cutters to accommodate varied foot dimensions.

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Execute obvious the tracing paper build is pencil-facet down, align it to the principle designate made on the foot of the bowl, then draw over it yet again to transfer the build to the outside.

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Repeat the transfer of the build twice extra across the bowl, every time aligning the starting display one of many marks made on the foot.

When done, draw over the lines on the bowl with the pencil to explore them extra clearly and tie the build within the place info overlap.

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Paint within the detail of your build in your chosen shade of underglaze, starting with the bigger aspects first.

Notice as many coats as desired to totally duvet the shade under.

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Now paint within the finer detail of the build the utilization of the accurate brush for the job.

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A reliable ending detail is to add a feature of your build within the foot ring need to you enjoy allege.

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Evenly sgraffito any further detail you’d like to must add, the utilization of a pin by strategy of the underglaze build to the shade under.

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When you fetch, that that you can seemingly seemingly trudge away the interior of the bowl undecorated and merely instruct a clear glaze, so you enjoy the distinction of the clay physique shade inner and the decoration outside.

Alternatively, continue the uncomfortable underglaze shade on the within, taking care to no longer brush over the build on the outside need to you duvet the rim.

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When dry, duvet the bowl in a clear glaze and fireplace to your clay’s optimum temperature.

ALTERNATIVE DECORATION

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Using the identical shade as fragment of the principle bowl, so that they’ll sit together visually when fired, paint a background of underglaze shade shapes across the outside of your bowl, both inner and out.

Switch a build to the outside as you doubtlessly did for the principle bowl, nevertheless this time, outline the build most attention-grabbing the utilization of a dazzling brush and courageous shade.

Lengthen the build to the within of the bowl in fragment, if it if truth be told works, then add any further feature info as applicable.

Glaze the bowl in clear as forward of and fireplace to your clay’s optimum temperature.

Amaco Velvet underglazes enjoy been used to dress the outside of these bowls in colors that enjoy been blended for non-public preference.

Bisque-fired to cone 04 (1060ºC,1940ºF) and glaze-fired to cone 05 (1046ºC, 1915ºF) in an electrical kiln.

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