Images by Edouard Bastarache, text by Steven Goldate
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| The clay has been wedged. | Patting the clay into a round form, ready for centering.
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The clay on the wheel, ready for centering. |
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| Centering the clay. | Bringing the clay roughly into the initial shape.
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Making the initial depression in the clay. |
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| Starting to form the wall. | Pulling out the wall.
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| Grips for forming the wall. |
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Bringing up the wall. |
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| Bringing up and thinning out the wall using left and right hands. |
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| Continuing to raise and thin out the wall. | Giving shape to the form.
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Forming the belly. |
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| Forming the neck. | ‘Collaring’, i.e. squeezing the neck to bring it in.
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Smoothing out the neck after collaring. |
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| Collaring the neck further. | Consolidating the neck.
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Cutting off an uneven rim. |
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| Removing the cut off rim with a swift flick, while the wheel is turning.
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Refiing the neck.
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Smoothing the rim with a piece of wet plastic. |
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| Finishing the lower curve (note how the left hand is steadying the right hand). | Contemplating the finished piece. | Whew, not bad! |