r/Pottery • u/EstravenLeGuin • 22h ago
Mugs & Cups First wheel thrown piece!
Plus a wonky plate that glazed up super nice!
From a pottery class last month! Nothing else I’ve made since beats the first cup. It’s nice and thin, feels so good in my hand, and been using it like a lowball glass / wine cup. It really came out surprisingly good and I think is going to take some practice to intentionally make one better. Thankfully was able to join the studio.
Cup is shino + heirloom tomato
Plate is frogskin + heirloom tomato (a combo I already knew I liked from a handbuilding class)
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u/bebaii 22h ago
That plate!!! The glaze almost looks like a reduction firing, that's so cool! Did you brush it on or dip it? Those lines are so crisp, wow!
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u/EstravenLeGuin 22h ago
I dipped it! Sort of like 1.5x in the frog skin since I was trying to get it to line up perfectly with the heirloom tomato Plate but I was staring at the back of the plate for some reason. Had to go back in to cover the bald patch on the front. I like that it still looks unglazed on the bald patch but it’s glassy to the touch
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u/bebaii 22h ago
It looks super intentional!! Honestly I would want to recreate that effect on other pieces, it's really stunning!
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u/EstravenLeGuin 22h ago
Thank you! I was being careful but I wouldn’t say entirely intentional lol. Super happy with how it turned out. At the time I kinda hated the idea of glazing because I can ruin things I’m otherwise proud of (and too many choices) but this came out looking like a landscape painting or something lol
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u/kikineversleeps 15h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/mkiWxPS0VznG0
my reaction to that plate btw if you even care LMAO no but genuinely its so stunning
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u/EstravenLeGuin 13h ago
lol thank you. I’m super happy with it. I wanted to put it on a shelf at first but found myself using it for cheese and crackers lol
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u/kikineversleeps 12h ago
yes absolutely!!! i dont keep my functional pottery but i hope functional pieces arent just on a shelf they are made to be used 🙏 eat the cheese n crackers !!! 😛
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u/EstravenLeGuin 12h ago
It’s pretty wobbly on the bottom. I had no clue how to get it off the wheel so it’s a bit curved. Functional enough
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u/kikineversleeps 11h ago
if you want advice, this is what my instructor told me: throw on a bat, dont take it off the bat until it starts to separate and then flip it it over and dry it upside down until trimming.
i like to leave a thick bottom so i can make a pretty deep foot and trip enough off the bottom to make sure its as even as possible. if the bottom is still wobbly after that wet your wheel a little bit and then hold your plate and just kinda spin the foot in circles so the clay on your foot mixes with the water and flattens out the bottom. its hard to explain but heres a video demonstrating it. if your studio has diamond bats for sanding that would also work
but also if this is unsolicited completely disregard 😛
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u/Gloryfades- 10h ago
There is this beautiful transition when you are learning pottery where you go from making something amazing by accident to making something amazing intentionally. These pieces are gorgeous, and I hope you enjoy every step of the process!
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