Tuesday through Friday work

[morgaina]

I'm having a good time in the studio this week. Although I have got a little done,it is a constant struggle trying to keep the studio warm and that is taking up a percentage of my productive time and physical energy.
It's been a while since I have been to a city to buy clay so am getting it from a regional neighbor. This is good because he is a friend, an entrepreneur, and it is local clay. But the clay is....short. Thus it takes a lot more effort to get the shapes I want than a fatter clay like B-Mix does and it's much more difficult to get any kind of height.

I have several of the "Lark 500" series of craft books. I've found it interesting that so many of the pitchers in the "500 Pitchers" are jug styles from the high Medieval era. My own jugs (hur) are beginning to feel blurred between modern and medieval.

The tallest jug in this set is 12" tall.


Trying different things with the feet.


The photo is somewhat misleading the bowl on the right is about a 3qt capacity and those on the left are soup bowl size.


The tallest goblet is 9" tall, the shortest goblet is around 7" tall. I have a commission for 2 Communion sets, one is supposed to be considerably larger than the other set. There is a reason but I don't remember why.

Comments

Re: Jug handles

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's about it. Pat the clay into a shape like a soft cone, a little shorter & thicker than you use for pulling a handle the regular way. Attach it securely to the place where you want the handle to begin, pull, then attach the other end to the lower part of the pot.

The benefits include taking less time and fuss (you don't have to wait for the pulled handle to dry some before attaching it to the pot). It's less likely to collapse once on the pot, and it's usually more graceful & attractive.
And I don't know about anyone else, but I have dropped waaaay too many pulled handles on the floor.

Re: Jug handles

[redbowofdl.livejournal.com]

I've dropped a few and usually wished afterwards I had swept the floor before I got started. I'll try the way you described. How dry should the vessel be - hard leather hard condition?

Re: Jug handles

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

What is it with those drying pulled handles? Why do they like to leap to their deaths?

Hard enough that it doesn't warp when you pick it up. Just about like the moisture content of a pot you put a handle on the other way too.

Re: Jug handles

[redbowofdl.livejournal.com]

Maybe I won't see the cracks I get in the handle as I bend it in a curve if I pull it while on the vessel.