Editor’s Note: Tool OCD
I have 37 needle tools. And, I’m not at all ashamed about it. All of them are metal, with a … Read More
Tag: throwing stick
A Close Inspection of a Custom Clay Tool Kit
Selecting your tools is an important part of making. Every tool creates a different mark, and it is up to … Read More
Doug Casebeer: The Stories Tools Tell
2 Casebeer throwing a cup in his studio at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, Colorado, 2015. Photo: Brianna Horn, Anderson Ranch Arts Center.
3 Casebeer throwing a pitcher with a wooden throwing stick, 2015. Photo: Brianna Horn, Anderson Ranch Arts Center.
4 Casebeer using a wooden stamp on a tea bowl, 2015. Photos: Brianna Horn, Anderson Ranch Arts Center.
5 Casebeer’s throwing demonstration, pitcher and tea bowls, 2015. 6 A greenware and a fired tea bowl with a stamp, 2015. Photos: Brianna Horn, Anderson Ranch Arts Center.
The tools of a craftsman reveal much more than technique or the mastery of material. Tools … Read More
In the Studio: Egote Throwing Sticks
Some Japanese pottery tools look like pieces of art. Egote, Japanese throwing sticks, are such tools. Egote literally means a … Read More
Blended Influences
Learn to paddle tall, thrown cylinders into flattened bottle forms, giving you a blank canvas to explore surface decoration. … Read More
How to Whack Flat Planes into Your Wheel Thrown Pottery
Paul Linhares was introduced to paddling work when watching Yixing teapot makers use paddles to skillfully shape clay slabs into … Read More
How to Use a Throwing Stick
Tall narrow-necked forms are challenging to master as a potter because, once you begin to collar in the neck, getting … Read More
How to Make Ergonomic Pottery Throwing Sticks
As we saw last week in the three finalist videos from our DIY Clay Tools Video Contest (Don’t forget to … Read More
