I GOT A GIFFIN GRIP FOR MY BIRTHDAY!!!

YEA!!!!!!!!!! I first learned about the Giffin Grip when I was teaching at high school. It is a tool that holds one's pot in place to be trimmed. Yes, I can trim without it, but with it I can check to see if I've done what I intended and put the pot right back into center. I can trim easily on the inside of a pot, and I can center in a hurry!!

I read the instructions and checked to be sure it was like the one I had used at school, and made all the adjustments to fit it onto my wheelhead.

There are posts and pads for five different sizes, reversible handles for plates and small bowls, and I can hardly wait to make a pot that needs to be trimmed!!!

Some people consider this tool a crutch, but I'll take it. My trimming life will be so much more simple and happy now! Thank you sweet husband for my birthday gift! ttfn

Aaaaa, Grasshopper...

BTW, at the end of the blog, way at the end, you'll find I've added an opportunity for you to learn of new posts via your email. Scroll on down if you're interested in that option. My friend has decided to learn how to throw on the wheel, so she comes out after work a couple of days a week and is doing very well! Here are some of her first bowls:

We used up all the white clay, so now we're into the Brooklyn Red. Here she is beginning to center the clay:

We wanted desparately to make a vase this evening, but that never happened. We did finally get a little plate (: and an interesting dish/bowl. Here are some pictures of the steps along the way:

These are the final products for the evening:

Tonight Grasshopper will be here to trim these two bowls and either work on the wheel again, or begin hand building so we can get a VASE! ttfn