Pottery: The Technique of Throwing 0713425008, 9780713425000

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POTTERY The Technique of Throwing John Colbeck Photographs by Bonnie van de Wetering

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B. T. Batsford Limited Watson-Guptill Publications, New York

© John Colbeck 1969 First published 1969 Reprinted 1971 7134 2500 8 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 69-12656 Printed and bound in Denmark by F.E. Hording Limited, Copenhagen for the publishers B.T.Batsford Limited 4 Fitzhardinge Street, London, W. 1, and Watson-Guptill Publications 165 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036

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Acknowledgment

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Section 1

Introduction

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Section 2

Clay Wedging Kneading Spiral kneading

10 11 13 15

Section 3

Wheels

8 Surface Thrown surface Turned surface 9 Tools 10 ‘Throwing and turning’ 11 Repetition 12 Throwing ridges 13 The use of calipers 14 Lids Throwing a lid seating Throwing small forms from a large lump of clay

96 96 97 98 103 104 104 107 109 111 116

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Section 4

Centring

Centring and opening large pieces of clay

120

24 Section 10

Section 5

Opening

Flat forms

125

30 Section 11

Section 6

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Throwing Vertical forms: cylinders Open forms Conical forms Waisted forms Spherical or ovoid forms

34 39 42 45 49 52

Section 7

Turning The process of turning

58 58

Centring forms prior to turning

68

Throwing on a large scale Open forms

129 130

Section 12

Tall forms

135

Section 13

Throwing in more than one stage Making thrown additions on the top of forms Joining together two leather-hard thrown forms Throwing on to the base of leather-hard forms

140 140 146 148

Section 8

1 Cutting off 2 Lifting off 3 Trimming the top of a thrown form Trimming with a wire Trimming with a needle or pin 4 Edges on thrown forms 5 Trimming the base 6 Turned feet 7 The use of throwing ribs

76 79 81 82 83 84 89 93 95

Section 14

Summary Suppliers in Great Britain Suppliers in the USA

152 155 156

Index

159

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Acknowledgment As an ex-student of his my sincere and enduring thanks are due to William Newlands for the help, encouragement and instruction in throw¬ ing which he gave me. I am grateful to Gilbert Harding-Green for encouraging me to produce this book, and to Thelma Nye for her advice during its production. Most especially I am indebted to Bonnie van de Wetering for the time and the understanding which she put into the work of taking the photo¬ graphs. J.C.

London 1969

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