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Tag: clay

January 23, 2020January 24, 2020

The space between

Posted by kathystoneware in clay, pottery, wheel throwing

The perfect cylinder escaped his hands, then tumbled around until he slowed the potter’s wheel. It happens sometimes, when trimming the bottom of a pot; the slightest misstep with a tool can result in what seems like utter disaster. The clay had challenged the artisan and threw his expectations off the wheel. He assessed the…Read more »

June 19, 2018June 20, 2018

Kathystoneware at Bethlehem VegFest

Posted by kathystoneware in Craft fair Prep, pottery, wheel throwing

The kiln has been firing with extreme regularity, prepping for the 2018 Bethlehem VegFest. With less than a month to go, I’m still adding to bins full pottery that will be for sale at the kathystoneware booth. Saturday, July 14, 2018 11:00 AM – 6:00 PMĀ EST at Daniel Rice Memorial Field 100 W. Lehigh StreetĀ …Read more »

April 30, 2018May 30, 2018

Yesterday’s grace

Posted by kathystoneware in hand building, pottery, wheel throwing

Ambition could be the title of the hopeful list of ware to be included under the next craft show tent. But I’m taking things one day at a time; throwing a dozen bowls one afternoon, and a clay brick’s worth of mugs on another. Large bowls next, and yesterday, it was teapots – only four…Read more »

August 8, 2016February 26, 2017

Clay delivery

Posted by kathystoneware in clay

Due to that once-a-summer deluge of rain, I stack the clay boxes onto an unfinished IKEA pine shelf-top; assuring that the boxes remain dry should a heavy rain seep across the floor.

August 2, 2016February 26, 2017

Helping a young child to throw on the wheel

Posted by kathystoneware in wheel throwing

When I throw with my grandsons, I use a couple of techniques to help them center, drill a center hole, and raise the walls with relative ease – even with the 5 year-old.

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