TF-04 · Ash yellow tile
Trimming and Feet
Reading leather hard, centering a dry pot, and trimming foot rings that match the rim.
- Some wheel experience
- 10 lessons
- 1 h 30 min
- Pairs with Sunday open studio
Free lesson
Reading leather hard by touch
7:15 · captions and transcript
About this course
Trimming is where a heavy pot becomes a light one. It's also where most members lose pots, usually because of timing. This course teaches you to read leather hard by touch, hold a pot without it flying off, and carve a foot that belongs to the rest of the form.
You'll make
- A bowl with a trimmed foot ring
- A cylinder with a clean, flat base
- A carved or faceted foot, if you want to try one
What you need
- A few thrown pots at leather hard
- A loop or ribbon trimming tool
- A foam bat or a few coils of soft clay to hold the pot
Curriculum
4 units · 10 lessons · 1 h 30 min
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Unit 1: Leather-hard timing
2 lessons- 1.1 Reading leather hard by touch Free 7:15
- 1.2 Rewetting a pot that went too dry 6:40
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Unit 2: Centering and holding
2 lessons- 2.1 Tap centering, slowly 9:20
- 2.2 Clay lugs, chucks and foam bats 10:45
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Unit 3: Trimming
4 lessons- 3.1 Loop, ribbon and a sharpened strap tool 8:30
- 3.2 Trimming a bowl foot ring 15:20
- 3.3 Trimming a cylinder base flat 7:50
- 3.4 Thin enough? The tap test 5:25
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Unit 4: Feet
2 lessons- 4.1 Foot rings that match the rim 8:10
- 4.2 Carved and faceted feet 11:35
The rest of the tile wall
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