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I screwed up a couple of pieces last week and ended up putting faces on them with clay from the wheel trough. Unfortunately, my mistakes may be more interesting than mu successes.

Marcblur 3 weeks ago

Great idea!

namleknip 3 weeks ago

I'm assuming this wouldn't work for wooden batts would it? Since the wood dries out and the clay falls right off. Unless you were to babysit it a little... Maybe I will try this some time at school! It's a very creative idea! thanks!

SnowLeoLuv 1 month ago

I can't thank you enough for such a great idea. I had one flop and I let it sit overnight and when I turned it back over the next morning, it looked like a perfectly shaped star, but instead of it being sharp, it had rounded points. I LOVE it!!! Thank you so much for this idea.

muditsallabout 2 months ago

@muditsallabout I'm glad it worked out for you. Try different shapes, especially wide forms, and see what you get.

DCuzick 2 months ago

What kind of clay did you use for this?

ImCuRaa 2 months ago

Wouldnt it be easier to just mush it back into unused clay and remake it..?

HellHound60248 3 months ago

@HellHound60248 You can get some really cool "loose" pots using this method, as well as saving the flopped pot.

DCuzick 3 months ago

@DCuzick Hm, alright. and also, Kudos to you for responding to people in a video you made a year ago.

HellHound60248 3 months ago

Very cool idea thanks I will try this sometime.

MegaWisdom777 4 months ago

Thank you Thank you what a wonderful idea and now a whole new creative idea in clay is born LOL. I can see in studios across the world hanging flopped pots everywhere.

DavidsGem 4 months ago

@DavidsGem It's funny that you say that about the hanging flopped pots. I did a workshop at a college a while back and demonstrated the technique, someone told me later that there were pots hanging all around the classroom. Thank you for your comments.

DCuzick 4 months ago

Thanks again, I had a bowl flop on me today and I tried this and it worked like a charm and this "flopped" bowl ended up being one of the best looking pieces I had for the critique.

Rareroo28 4 months ago

Thank you so much, this is a great idea. I have just started throwing for the first time during the past month or two in my ceramics class and I have had plenty of flopped bowl and I didnt think they were fixable so I just cut the walls off and end up making really small bowls with whats left of the base, but this idea will help me so much now. Thanks again.

Rareroo28 4 months ago

just when you think all the original ideas are gone, you run across this :D

TheDraindeimo 5 months ago

Excellent idea!

namleknip 6 months ago

wow.. he put that bowl together in like 2 mins flat. it takes me 45... shows my ceramics skill !

exohhsarahlove 10 months ago

I actually did this two days ago with a large platter I was throwing. I hadn't seen this video until today, glad I'm not the only one doing it XD

zlatanislov 11 months ago

"it die!" as my teacher said it now i can give first aid 2 my dying pots!! XD

yumenami13 1 year ago

That solves my problem... Now I will have more pots... Yeah!

conniefi 1 year ago

It looks like a heart!!

clogden21 1 year ago

@clogden21 agreed!

UsernameColonBlank 6 months ago

That is so cool. thank you for sharing

clogden21 1 year ago

This is a great technique. I teach a unit of pottery to my ms students and as you can imagine there are many flopped bowls that we will be able to try this techniques.

Thanks

skalbfle2000 1 year ago

I am so glad I watched this video a while back, as I had a bowl collapse the other day. No problem, I used your advice and now have the most beautifully shaped bowel, it is in the bisque fire right now. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience.

wphlea 1 year ago