September 14, 2001, Newsletter Issue #55: Imagination with Pinch-pots

Tip of the Week

Think about the applications of the pinch pot technique.

We have done shells, bottles, fish, etc., but the uses are endless. Pinch pots can be used as sprigs on larger pots (as handles or adornments), made into pumpkins, for soup tureens, or as animal sculptures. Dragons lend themselves well to this technique, as do birds and the human form.

Delving into pinch pots, slab and coil, as we have lately, should give you the knowledge to decipher how a pot is made by looking at the finished article. This may sound strange, but ceramics is about problem solving. In order to create your vision you need to know how. There is no point in creating a bird, wings first, as you know they cannot stand the pressure of the building process of the body, so too, all ceramic structures have their steps. These steps enable the artist to achieve the desired results, cleanly, and with the least amount of double handling and maximum flow of procedure.

This step mentality, will give you a firm grounding of the procedures used in a piece, to achieve the best results, with the least resistance, and is well worth thinking about and noting.

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