In Form I Teaching Techniques
Throwing the Cups
When
When you
you eventually
eventually get
get to
to the
the assemassembly
bly part
part of
of your
your pan,
pan, you’ll
you’ll be
be using
using the
the
six
six most
most similar
similar cups
cups you’ve
you’ve thrown.
thrown. As
As
mentioned,
mentioned, the
the first
first two
two cups
cups you
you make
make
are
are trials;
trials; so
so making
making eight
eight cups,
cups, one
one after
after
the
the other,
other, is
is the
the wheel-project
wheel-project goal.
goal.
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There
There are
are two
two details
details to
to keep
keep in
in mind
mind
as
as you
you throw
throw your
your eight
eight cups:
cups: the
the inteinterior
rior walls
walls of
of each
each cup
cup will
will need
need to
to be
be as
as
smooth
smooth as
as possible
possible —
— the
the fewer
fewer fingerfingertip
tip ridges
ridges on
on the
the wall,
wall, the
the better.
better. Also,
Also,
the
the wall
wall of
of each
each cup
cup will
will need
need to
to flare
flare
outward
outward slightly
slightly from
from floor
floor to
to rim,
rim, with
with
no
no overhanging
overhanging edge
edge at
at the
the inside
inside rim.
rim.
This
This allows
allows you
you to
to remove
remove your
your baked
baked
muffins
muffins easily.
easily.
After
After you’ve
you’ve thrown
thrown your
your first
first or
or second
second
cup
cup and
and established
established the
the details
details and
and sizes,
sizes,
set
set up
up aa simple
simple gauge,
gauge, or
or ‘pointer,’
‘pointer,’ on
on
your
your wheel.
wheel. A
A pointer
pointer is
is used
used in
in place
place of
of
aa ruler,
ruler, saving
saving aa lot
lot of
of time
time when
when meameasuring
suring your
your wet
wet pots
pots [see
[see commercial
commercial
Fulwood
Fulwood Measure
Measure tool
tool ad
ad on
on page
page 7].
7]. To
To
make
make your
your own
own temporary
temporary pointer,
pointer, press
press
aa 6-oz.
6-oz. ball
ball of
of soft
soft clay
clay to
to your
your wheel
wheel tray
tray
edge
edge at
at the
the 12
12 o’clock
o’clock position.
position. Then,
Then,
press
press the
the end
end of
of aa chopstick
chopstick or
or aa similar
similar
long,
long, thin
thin stick
stick into
into the
the clay
clay with
with the
the
point
point of
of the
the stick
stick positioned
positioned very
very closely
closely
to
to the
the rim
rim of
of the
the cup.
cup. Throw
Throw the
the rest
rest of
of
your
your cups
cups and
and size
size them
them identically
identically by
by
stretching
stretching each
each cup
cup rim
rim to
to the
the pointer
pointer
tip
tip (Fig.
(Fig. 3).
3). Be
Be aware
aware that
that ifif you
you bump
bump or
or
move
move the
the pointer
pointer tip
tip at
at any
any time,
time, itit will
will
need
need to
to be
be repositioned
repositioned to
to maintain
maintain your
your
desired
desired measurements.
measurements.
As
As aa finishing
finishing step
step on
on each
each of
of your
your eight
eight
cups,
cups, use
use your
your rib
rib tool
tool to
to remove
remove the
the wet
wet
throwing
throwing slip
slip from
from the
the outside
outside wall.
wall. The
The
resulting
resulting tacky
tacky wall
wall surface
surface will
will allow
allow
you,
you, using
using dry
dry hands,
hands, to
to pick
pick up
up each
each cup
cup
near
near its
its base
base and
and move
move itit from
from the
the wheelwheelhead
head to
to aa ware
ware board
board (Fig.
(Fig. 4).
4).To
To complete
complete
your
your project
project demo
demo within
within one
one class
class peperiod,
riod, force-dry
force-dry your
your eight
eight bowls
bowls to
to aa soft
soft
leather-hard
leather-hard state
state in
in the
the sunlight
sunlight or
or with
with
aa blow-dryer,
blow-dryer, ifif possible.
possible. While
While that’s
that’s
taking
taking place,
place, move
move everyone
everyone to
to aa workworktable
table and
and demo
demo ‘Handbuilding:
‘Handbuilding: Part
Part 1.’
1.’
Making the Slab
Following
Following the
the diagrammed
diagrammed details
details on
on
your
your erasable
erasable board,
board, roll
roll out
out aa 33//88"" thick,
thick,
rectangular-shaped
rectangular-shaped slab
slab using
using your
your
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