CLEAN UP

Among other things, I threw a group of four "lip bowls" this morning. They are stoneware and were thrown out of about 4lbs of clay and once thrown the lips were altered and the stamps were impressed at the four points around the bowls. Once they start to set up a bit, I go in and correct the lines of the lip so that they have a continuous and even curve especially where they have been stamped as well as smoothing off some of the sharpness that was left from the throwing. This clean up part takes just a minute with a damp sponge and then I wait until they are leather-hard to tool the pot and give them pedestal still feet which gives them a small, stable base and a compatible profile to the form. In the end I only threw six pieces today as we had to wait on the heating/cooling guy to clean and service the furnace today and I set about making three various slips and just waited. I think it is always interesting how a window of Noon to Two becomes 3:40 in no time.