Making a Fluted Bowl

[muditsallabout]

Beautiful bowl and a great technique! I'll be practicing this one soon. Love watching your videos :)

[zem1956]

i made one similar , using your technique, but have not gotten the long lines to give it a shell look

[DCuzick]

@sasukefangirl1000, porcelain is smoother and very white, and a little more difficult to work with than stoneware.

[DirtKickerStudio]

Beautiful!

Is it an optical illusion or are you throwing with a really fast wheel? When I'm throwing porcelain I have to show down the wheel to keep the piece stable.

[DCuzick]

@DirtKickerStudio, Hi there, good to hear from you again. The wheel is going fairly fast at the beginning, but is slowed down as I progress along and the bowl gets thinner. I am not sure if it appears faster than it really is or not, the square bat may cause an illusion of speed, but as I mentioned the clay is pretty stiff and so can stand up with a little faster wheel speed. Happy potting, keep getting dirty.

[myworld1019]

How did you trim the foot without damaging the shape ?

[DCuzick]

@myworld1019 Trim the bowl when the top is leather hard, it will sit on all of the various points along the rim. Just make sure that the top is not too hard, so that it has a little give in it. Try it, it is really pretty easy.

[free2throw]

Beautiful!! Thanks for sharing. Can't wait to try it.

[ThatLynnGirl]

I love harbor freight but the $10 heat guns only work once then you have to replace them. I've had 2 so far. Bought the free replacement warranty but I hate wasting the gas. LOL I just used my hair dryer this time but I over-stretched my bowl and got a flop. I will buy a "real" heat gun and go again! Thanks for the reply!

[JacquesGuto]

Really super cool, and it looks simple enough. Going to give it a try now.

[SharJoyC]

Thanks for the wonderful video. I think I just might have to get a torch! I do a lot of altering on my thrown and handbuilt wares, spending a few days in the processes before a piece is completely finished. This would certainly speed up the production! Thanks, Sharon

[quickhalfpint]

Thank you for sharing. Have done the scallops but never took it that far, which really sets the pot off well. n

[MamereClaire]

Your work on the detail of a pot is impressive. Too many of us are throwing "good enough" when we could be throwing "really good "pots.  Thanks for sharing. Claire

[jmg1957]

well done..........................­

[brookfieldpottery]

Yet another really interesting video! I found the altering technique inspiring and it has led me to think about using it on my larger pots, to create organic shapes.

Thanks for sharing.

Mark.

[monkeybss]

Thank you for this, very thorough! I was trying to do scalloped forms for some time but I never really succeeded ! Now I know why, I was working on a very wet form.

[ThatLynnGirl]

OHHHHHHHHHH that's awesome!! OK did you edit out more torch work or did you just keep pushing clay after the one drying session?

[DCuzick]

@ThatLynnGirl Hi Lynn, I thought that I wrote a reply to your question, but I don't see it so... Yes I did do a second heating for about half a minute or so. If you don't have a large torch, get a heat gun from Harbor Freight, they have heat guns for about $10. Be careful with the electrical tool around water! Let me know if it works for you.

[hymiejb2253]

Thank you so much David for all of your videos!  They have helped to expand my bag full of tricks!

[itsmatt0]

Im digging this. Im gonna have to give this one a try. thanks for the video.