Thursday, January 24, 2013

Pottery - Coils and Extruding






















So, last week we learned about using rolled coils to build pots. It's a much older technique and not nearly as pretty as the pinch pots.  Rolling the coils reminds me of playing with Playdoh as a kid.  Then the teacher of the class showed us this huge extruder - similar to Play Doh toys in the way you push clay through a pipe with a shape to create coils or tubular shapes.  Great group of people that I have met in the class and the teachers, Paul and Barbara, are so talented and nice.  Last night, we had a work session and just sat there for a couple hours working on projects and getting to know each other.  Fun.

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