New lidded form, fresh from the kiln. Some lids pop off easily, others need some encouragement.
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A nice calm trimming session 2/2

Porcelain mug - step two complete! Next will be handling/finishing touches before bisque firing.

(maybe I will also learn to edit these to fit the 60 second limit)

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A nice calm trimming session 1/2

Porcelain mug - step two complete! Next will be handling/finishing touches before bisque firing.

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Finding a little peace in a quiet corner of the studio.

Porcelain mug - step one complete! Next will be the trimming and handling.

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A second round of wedging to prepare half of the reclaim I processed in my previous post for wheel throwing. Hopefully some of these angles are a bit more helpful to people looking to get the hang of this technique.

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I left my porcelain reclaim unaddressed for too long, resulting in roughly 22 lbs for me to process. Spiral wedging is a great technique for removing air bubbles from and homogenizing moisture levels in your clay.
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Exploring the tones of some porcelain pieces. I'd like to come up with a nice simple melody to try to replicate (with these or other pieces/tones), any suggestions?
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Spiral wedging 6 pounds of porcelain (part 2 of 2) - filmed at 60 frames per second so .5x playback speed should hopefully look smooth.
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Spiral wedging 6 pounds of porcelain (part 1 of 2) - filmed at 60 frames per second so .5x playback speed should hopefully look smooth.
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Trimming a porcelain bowl for an upcoming sale. I will try to remember to post pictures of finished products!
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Trimming a porcelain jar using the modular carbide trim tool I designed and built using surplus industrial materials - the carbide bits are industrial planer teeth, and the post is an internally threaded stainless steel 3d printer guide-rod.
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