Webb Pottery Throwing Demo Mugs

[chanyangnet]

geesh~~ he made it 3 minutes....

it takes me about 10 minutes to make one... :)....and

[webbpots]

Throw every day and you will be amazed how much faster your throwing becomes. :)

oh and it was me throwing, not Lowell. Thanks for posting! Anne

[DirtKickerStudio]

Pretty darn nice mugs. What are you firing to?

[webbpots]

Thanks.. I'm glad you like them :)

They're fired cone 10 in a gas kiln, and made from local clay found near our studio

[DirtKickerStudio]

@webbpots I thought they looked ^10. Way cool.

[wowtillie]

I mainly have one concern when I trow, and its the step between centering and pulling it up. I see how you did it in the video, but do you have any other suggestions on how not to lose the center while doing it?

[webbpots]

Depending on the size pot you are making, you might use slightly different techniques to open. Regardless..

A couple of keys to success:

1) steady motion & even pressure as you pull the clay outward; and

2) the support to the outside of the wall must be held stable. Here I use my thumb, but for larger pots I use my right hand).

I brace my arm/elbow firmly & closely against my side and/or leg to give my right hand the support & stability it needs to hold steady, & give better control

[atomicengineer]

I somtimes make stuff with Gray Kyotie Klay. It's the best, well thats what I think anyway.

[webbpots]

For functional ware, we generally use local native clay we dig a few miles from our studio.

What kind of clay is 'Gray Kyotie Klay'?