What are the largest pots you've thrown?

My largest pot was a bowl I threw about two weeks ago. I started off with 25lbs of clay, centered it and in the end I had a bowl with a diameter of 20.5in and a heigth of about 11in. When the bowl was ready leather-hard I ended up trimming 8.5lbs of clay from it, which made me realize I probably could have thrown something much larger.

As far as tall pots are concerned I regularly throw vases 14-15in tall, but haven't gotten past that point yet. ;) So who about you folks, what are the largest pots you've thrown?

Reply to
sam
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Maybe so, but don't forget a large bowl needs a sturdy base while you're throwing it. If you don't leave enough at the base of the wheel, the sides may collapse from the weight of the top of the bowl. Better to trim than to have to discard the whole thing.

I'm more of a medium pot thrower than a large pot thrower. My largest pieces are some of my flameware pots: a tagine that's 12 in. in diameter (not including handles) and, with the conical top, 12 in. in height. I also threw a 12 in. wok, and a 12 in. platter. I guess a foot is as big as it gets for me.

Deb R.

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Deborah M Riel
32 inch bowl from around 15 pounds. when dry it reached JUST less then the 28 inches i needed to get it into my electric kiln. once at cone 10 it was around 26 inches... hard to explain to people how much clay shrinks... and my stretching from the inside only seems to expand clay further then the cook book shrink rates...

i often do "arm pit" cylinders, and shaping the vases shortens the height to maybe my elbow. i haven't done the cylinder on cylinder technique enough to get much worthwhile yet.

see ya

steve

steve graber

Reply to
Slgraber

I can only throw about 10 pounds. Making big tagines was a challenge and fun. Must do more. I do enjoy stretching myself at times, but more to do with what I can do with up to ten pounds of clay. I don't want to strain myself by trying to centre more. One day I will master the coil throw technique. I have joined two thrown pieces to make a base for a bird bath. Big is not really my aim though.

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annemarie

You are certainly correct Deb, a large bowl does need a sturdy base especially during throwing. I may have been able to thrown the bowl a little larger but I may also have risked losing it. =)

I'm also more of a medium pot thrower myself, but recently I've challenged myself to throw larger pots. Working with more clay is a good test of skill and I've appreciated what I've learnned from the experience. Furthermore, people really seem to like large bowls around

12-18in diameter.
Reply to
sam

A 32 inch bowl from 15 lbs is remarkable, well done. Would like to see a photograph of a bowl like that some time.

As far as how much clay shrinks, we typically estimate that it is around 14%.

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sam

Can pictures be posted in this newsgroup? I'd love to see both your tangines and your bridbath!

Reply to
Stephanie Coleman

Pictures could be posted to alt.binaries.crafts and then post a this NG to let people here know. When posting the image(s), start the subject of the post with the word POTTERY so the message is easy to identify.

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f/256

That is nice to know. Thank you. Do you know what the size of the files should be limited to?

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jedi

I don't think there is a limit per se.

Having said that: They shouldn't be too large, BTW, you can have 2 images having the same physical size (pixel size) and one being larger in kilobytes than the other. The larger the images in Kilobytes the less likely people would be willing to download them and see them, I'd limit the images to no larger than 150K. Another aspect is how large in pixels they are, some people post images that in order to see them you have to scroll down/up and left/right, I'd limit the image to no more than 700 pixels high and 700 wide.

I just posted an image at "alt.binaries.crafts", its subject is "POTTERY: test image"

BTW, the image is not that of a ceramic object, I am not potter yet, but hope to be in the near future.

Guillermo

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f/256

The bird bath is not worth seeing :o) The tagines are sold. I will have a website eventually and will put my work on it for people to see. My IT son is meant to be creating my website, but its a bit like the plumbers house with the leaky tap. Cheers Annemarie

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annemarie

i don't know how accessible it is around the world but yahoo has a "groups" area with several pottery groups useful for posting photos. i used one for a long time but as a site there was little traffic from other potters so i just don't go there much ~ but i know my pictures are still there.

from a spam point of view if you set up an account to use as your spam collector your main address doesn't get too much trash from the group area.

see ya

steve

steve graber

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Slgraber

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