(pieces and finished pots, before and after, by Gary Rith)
SO, I really like making hoops and loops out of clay to use as handles, on teacups, on mugs, as a knob atop a lid, and big ones for a teapot handle, either on the side or over the top. Like the examples I just made here.
Watch the video below, I'll show how I make them, talking you through the whole thing....
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9 comments:
Excellent! Love the the fact that one ring can be the handle and spout for the teapot.
Question: How comfy in the hand are the full ring handles on the mugs? (And I do realize that this is kind of an irrelevant question since it's such a personal thing, but I'd thought I'd throw it out there anyway.)
Jerry, as a matter of fact, those oare only the second ring handles I have made for a teacup, the first are in the kiln, fired and cooling today! But if you have seen f!estaware, that is what THEY did with teacup handles, actually....
Wow - one of my coworkers just watched you do this with me! Thanks to Missus P for the fine video work :-)
You're a natural on camera :-)
Oh! thanks, I talk about how I like certain ideas and how they connect, but then you try to make it clear somehow with a before and after
LOOPY! cracked me up as a title.
It's an old in-joke with some old friends from high school days. I'll have to point them to your post for a giggle (and to watch you make pots, of course).
gary... i like the play of the geometric handles on the more organic cups and teapot shapes.
I 'tink I saw a BUNNY! I did I did! I did see a little bunny! On the handle of a mug! :-D
thanks for that demo - super cool... can't wait to try it out next time I'm at the wheel in class... people will wonder what I'm doing... I'll have to give you all the credit for showing it though... great idea :)
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