How to Make an Interesting Recessed Foot on a Mug Deborah Schwartzkopf

If you are someone who likes to combine throwing and handbuilding to make interesting forms, today's video is for you. In this clip from Deborah Schwartzkopf's video Pieces & Patterns, she demonstrates how she makes the super cool bottoms of her cup forms with a slab and a bisque-fired mold.

She then skillfully attaches the base to a bottomless wheel-thrown cylinder, which she then darts and alters to make the shape just right. The best part about this is that once you make the bisque mold for the recessed foot, you can repeat it over and over again! –Jennifer Poellot Harnetty, editor

Learn more about Deb Schwartzkopf's Pieces & Patterns: Complex Forms from Handbuilt and Wheel-Thrown Parts.

**First published in 2015.