Monday, February 17, 2014

Handled.

This week I rethrew some forms that I liked that I had previously thrown too small. I still have trouble accounting for shrinkage. My new balls were 1lb compared to the 1/2lb I had used before. My main focus was pulling handles. I found that pulling right off of the form helped me to better fit the handle to each individual form. All of the handles were started and pulled basically the same way. Depending on the size of the form I start with the base of the handle, where it is attached, is wider or thinner. I feel I have made significant progress in pulling handles although more practice is definitely needed. I wanted to continue to work on handles that were cut out of the rim and folded back to make a handle but focused on pulling. I WILL come back to those mugs!

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