I was going to ask about the cardboard wall but I realize that the tool you use raises everything up above your tub. How much of a mess did you make before you had to jury rig that?
Also if there's a way of taping that to the outside of your wheel, that would be awesome. The constant scraping against the cardboard makes it a real ear scrape for headphone users.
Yeah, without the cardboard basically everything goes on the floor, so I made that pretty much immediately after getting the Giffin Grip! I'll definitely modify/remake it to avoid the rubbing. I've been meaning to do it for ages, but never quite got around to it yet.
It's a balancing act. The more diluted it is, the more the foot will shrink as it dries and you'll barely have any elevation. But if it's too thick then the foot won't apply well and will be less even. I aim for just liquid enough that if you do a dot the top will naturally round off, if it holds the sharp peak then it's too thick. You can minimise shrinkage while keeping it fluid by adding a deflocculant like sodium silicate, but it adds complexity to the slip making process as there are more variables than just diluting with water.
It's hard to say for sure without seeing them, but it could be that your batts aren't smooth enough for the clay to pop cleanly off, your clay isn't robust enough to do it this way, or that you didn't compress the clay enough. The last one is most likely and easiest to test. When coning the clay, try and cone in as much as possible at the base. You're aiming to get compression right to the middle of the ball of clay. Then leave a little more clay when opening up initially, and compress it down to the required level afterwards with a sponge. That should fix the issue, but if not then it might just be that the batts/clay aren't suited to it.
hello..I made a wood spoon rest after watching your video. Thank you for being an inspiration to me.
That centering 🤤
I was going to ask about the cardboard wall but I realize that the tool you use raises everything up above your tub. How much of a mess did you make before you had to jury rig that?
Also if there's a way of taping that to the outside of your wheel, that would be awesome. The constant scraping against the cardboard makes it a real ear scrape for headphone users.
Yeah, without the cardboard basically everything goes on the floor, so I made that pretty much immediately after getting the Giffin Grip!
I'll definitely modify/remake it to avoid the rubbing. I've been meaning to do it for ages, but never quite got around to it yet.
That was excellent thanks
May I ask how thick is the slip?
It's a balancing act. The more diluted it is, the more the foot will shrink as it dries and you'll barely have any elevation. But if it's too thick then the foot won't apply well and will be less even. I aim for just liquid enough that if you do a dot the top will naturally round off, if it holds the sharp peak then it's too thick.
You can minimise shrinkage while keeping it fluid by adding a deflocculant like sodium silicate, but it adds complexity to the slip making process as there are more variables than just diluting with water.
Made a few spoon rests on wheel and let them dry overnight on bats...they all had s cracks on bottom. Should I have covered them? Or wired them off?
It's hard to say for sure without seeing them, but it could be that your batts aren't smooth enough for the clay to pop cleanly off, your clay isn't robust enough to do it this way, or that you didn't compress the clay enough.
The last one is most likely and easiest to test. When coning the clay, try and cone in as much as possible at the base. You're aiming to get compression right to the middle of the ball of clay. Then leave a little more clay when opening up initially, and compress it down to the required level afterwards with a sponge. That should fix the issue, but if not then it might just be that the batts/clay aren't suited to it.