I was going to try an experiment to make a pitcher with handle and spout being actually part of the pot. (I apologize to anyone who may have already done this, I don’t mean to copy. I think I see things and they percolate through my consciousness until I suddenly think I made them up myself.)
In my attempt I used more clay than I usually do, coward that I am, and was so thrilled to pull this big vase I didn’t have the heart to distort it to do my experiment.
btw my photos are looking pretty fuzzy, if anyone has any tips, let me know. I take them in VGA setting and change them to 5” (dpi 72).
So, with the blob of clay I had cut off the big piece, I tried my idea on a small scale. I am thinking I might cut the piece out between the spout and the body of the pot, but then it might look more like an ordinary pot. I kind of like the flat section there between the two.
This photo was taken immediately after throwing and the thing is very soft and wet. I’ll work on it tomorrow to clean it up and take another photo for another posting. I can see where a bottle brush would be needed to clean the inside and the spout on a pitcher this size, that’s why I had originally thought to make it large enough so the neck would accommodate my hand. If I ever am able to throw another tall cylinder, I’ll try again.
I’m about out of Standard 244 so I’ll be going back to my Standard 240 white stoneware in a week or so. Looks like I’ll have to put all my tools and sponges through the dish washer and washing machine before I get back into the white clay.
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