26. Throwing / Designing Mugs / Cups on the Potter's Wheel with Hsin-Chuen Lin

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Uploaded by on Oct 15, 2010

To buy my work, please visit my Etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/hsinchuen.
Here is a different video version of the making mugs focusing on throwing.

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  • Is working from the hump more about preference or speed of completion? I've yet to try this method, what would you say is the best tip for a beginner? Thanks for the great videos!

    

  • @tmwow Hi, throwing off the hump is my personal preference and it was also the way I was trained. I think it is also an Asian method of throwing many little pieces at a time.

  • When you're wiring off the cup/mug are you using a piece of yarn? When I throw off the hump I can't get the bottom to cut evenly as I'm using a metal wire.

  • @frankiejHC Hi, Please watch my video #21. I should have a good explaining on how I cut off the hump.

  • The following is my respond to one of viewer's s crack question on my video#25:

    "There is nothing to do with the string cut-off or throwing part. My way of avoiding S crack is to trim the bottom thin enough. How thin? I'd say about 1/8 inch. Also, dry your pots naturally instead of put them under the sun."

    So far, if I trim the foot within the range of the thickness, 99.9% of my pots are all perfect without crack. The problem is how can you tell the thickness of your bottom?

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  • That's amazing!!!! may i ask what you are using to give it that sort of texture?

  • What kind of wheel do you have?

  • Amazing! I just started the wheel back in September at school and love it! Great videos!

  • @hsinchuen Ahh, gotcha! I understand the process. I was wondering what type of string you're using to cut the pieces off? Sorry if I was unclear. I asked my teacher and while she doesn't use this technique to cut off the hump, she suggested using fishing wire. Would that be a suitable substitution?

  • thank you for posting your video. could you please tell me what kind of clay you use? is that porcelain? i'm trying to throw porcelain now and find out that it's very difficult to throw. do you have any suggestion?

  • @WiserStealth

    You can also avoid S cracks by compressing the center of the bottom of the pot. Pressing from the inside and outside does this.

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