I spent a lot of energy today throwing some 10 lb dishes and messing around with handles on them. I think I made 10 or 11 and only kept 3. Still it was good to experiment but maybe I should have chosen a smaller pot.
My plan was to throw the dish and attach handles while it was still wet, getting a bit of distortion into the pot in that process. I've been doing that with my jars lately.
I tried a number of things on this first pot.
This one ended up with a wild rim, no handles, and not what I wanted.
After cutting these handles out I folded them over but not with success. The handles looked fussed with and not tall enough after folding. I may give this another chance but next time I'll let the pot set up for a couple hours before folding the handles over.
I'll add some handles to this square dish tomorrow. I've made smaller ones like this so it was a bit of a challenge to make it from 10 lbs and not look too floppy and loose. I'll see if I like it tomorrow, if not it can go in the pugmill.
I kept the two dishes below also. Both have been done before. I don't know if they will get handles or not. Probably not the wavey one.
My plan was to throw the dish and attach handles while it was still wet, getting a bit of distortion into the pot in that process. I've been doing that with my jars lately.
I tried a number of things on this first pot.
This one ended up with a wild rim, no handles, and not what I wanted.
After cutting these handles out I folded them over but not with success. The handles looked fussed with and not tall enough after folding. I may give this another chance but next time I'll let the pot set up for a couple hours before folding the handles over.
I'll add some handles to this square dish tomorrow. I've made smaller ones like this so it was a bit of a challenge to make it from 10 lbs and not look too floppy and loose. I'll see if I like it tomorrow, if not it can go in the pugmill.
I kept the two dishes below also. Both have been done before. I don't know if they will get handles or not. Probably not the wavey one.
