Deidre Haignere Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 Are you sometimes torn between throwing and handbuilding? How do you solve this issue? I love them both and move between them, alternating--a month or so doing one, and then I switch to the other. Sometimes they mesh! Diana Pancioli Potters Council Board Member dianamp@comcast.net dianapancioli.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 hi Diana, I wouldn't call it torn between. it is a matter of...what is needed down the road...are there shows or orders required? I hand build and throw. my recent work has been porcelain carving. I am planning a new series of slab pieces when I get back from the Potters Council tour of Tuscany. I am really being inspired by all we are seeing. So I guess my answer is more how do I respond to inspirational experiences and what way is best to express it. marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Never. I avoid handbuilding as much as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederik-W Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 Hand building is my thing. I don't find spinning a pot or bowl on a wheel interesting at all. In Africa the locals hand-build amazing round, very symmetrical pots without a wheel. Who needs a wheel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clay lover Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 I do both and which ever I am doing is my favorite! As the spirit moves me and as shows demand. Usually a month or more at one, them something will inspire me and I switch. But not at the same time or switching day to day. So far..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bciskepottery Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 I've never seen it as an "either/or" situation. I do both, but tend to do more hand-building because of the forms/items I make. Couldn't imagine being restricted to one or the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edith Marie Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Hello Deidre. I see that you have a problem, doing both is part of your creativity. I like to do both in fact sometimes I incorporate hand building with a thrown piece and I am trying something new for me, throwing a foot and adding it to a fairly large & flat handbuilt bowl.....sometimes I do both at the same time, throw some pieces and then handbuild using forms or pinch pots. What I am learning is to find what works for me, what I feel like creating, putting my own spin on my pots. I can be a slow learner because it is easier not to step out of my comfort zone, but then I meet up with a friend and throw something large using more than five pounds of clay....a very large bowl, plate, vase.....with my friend who makes these items. Happy Potting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denice Posted June 15, 2012 Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 I consider myself a handbuilder but I do get this urge to throw. so when someone request a thrown piece I am happy to oblige, it helps me keep my throwing skills intact. Denice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teardrop Posted June 15, 2012 Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 Nope. I'm stuck on handbuilding for the present. Not sure I want the mess of a wheel...and when I look at the "pitchers" that are out there on Google/Etsy/etc....all I see are altered thrown vessels with a handle slapped on them. As fast as some folks can toss a vessel...pull a spout and slap on a handle...they seem very common, similar, and uninspired to my (untrained, LOL) eye for the most part. Yes...there are exceptions... like >>your work<<..... LOL.... 90% of the comments I've recieved have been in the realm of "I haven't seen anything like this".....which is either gonna be real GOOD...or..um...real BAD when we go to market. Either way....it's for the head, not the wallet....and if I sell anything and make someone happy I will be happy as well. teardrop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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