How To Trim And Make A Foot Ceramics

We ve all heard the saying it s all in the details this sentiment rings especially true in functional pottery or any fine craft.

How to trim and make a foot ceramics.

There are a lot of approaches to creating rims and feet that hold their own on a piece and today we ve compiled a couple of good little nuggets from mark peters. In this video i show how i trim a bowl and the foot. Make sure to like and subscribe. But if you skip trimming you have to make sure you do something to make your feet look finished.

You should see a steady clay ribbon peel away. That s why i love the technique demonstrated in today s video clip. A weak rim or a feeble foot can be the difference between a good pot and a bad pot. Learn how to trim a plate foot with tips from a master potter in this free ceramics video.

In this excerpt from his dvd lively forms and expressive surfaces mark peters shares his no trim foot technique. Start to cut into the outside mark of the foot. Adjust and move the trimming tool to an angle that maximizes the best clay removal approximately 30 degrees. Otherwise a lovely pot can look sloppy.

Next place the square right next to the marked line so you can use it as a guide then press down on the tile with the glass cutter and drag it along the line. Trim away approximately inch from the cut away support slab and reinsert it into the raised foot area with newspaper between it and the base. To cut a ceramic tile using a glass cutter start by using a pencil and a square or a ruler shaped like a right angle to measure and mark your tile. Trim a foot on a ceramic plate or platter by placing it upside down on the potter s wheel.

Now trim the clay from your marker on the wall c in the illustration above to the base of the foot ring using the memory of the bowl s internal form to guide you in terms of the curve you want to achieve figure 12. 3 remove the extra clay and use a rib to compress the angled edge.