Darcy Kane Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 I do my best not to be the one stuck emptying the dishwasher, but when I do end up with the job I hate the puddles that form on the bum of bowls and mugs. I usually use a dishtowel to mop up trapped water before removing the cups/mugs/bowls. I make a majority of my pieces flat on the bottom so they don't need to be trimmed but occasionally one has to use a foot. I don't remember where I saw it, but some ingenious potter put a few small notches in the foot ring to let the water drain out. I might see if I can incorporate a notch or two with a signature, two birds; one stone sort of thing. Anyone else cooked up a good solution to trapped water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 I have done foot rings with cut outs so that the bowl looks a little more fancy, but have also pierced some round holes in the base of the foot ring to allow drainage. Be careful when glazing that they don't close up-it helps to bevel inside and outside of hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmism Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 I put most of my bowls that have feet on an angle so 90% of the water drains off. My mugs and a lot of my small cereal type (1lb) bowls have no feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Bridge Pottery Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Good idea with the little beveled hole. When you do things right, nobody knows you have done anything at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamt Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 I've done foot rings with 3 cutouts equally spaced. That seems to work. I like your idea of incorporating the cutouts into a signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantay Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 Any pics??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 potter here puts 2 holes in the footrings of larger dishes and platters.Then they can be hung if buyer wants to. If I place a deeper footring on pot, I notch, 3, the footring for certain shapes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamt Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 Here is a picture of a possible solution, kind of what I said above. Not the prettiest, and I don't usually glaze the bottom. But the contrast helps the example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthfan Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 I have copied an idea that I saw on a range of plastic containers on sale in Australia. I turn the bottoms flat and mark where the foot rim would have been. Then I stick on small balls of clay, evenly spaced along the marked line. To get the little balls the same size, I extrude the clay from a clay gun and cut equal lengths which I then roll into balls on my damp palm. My computer will draw regular shapes of any number of sides. I print them and cut them out to use as a guide for the placement of the little balls. Top each ball with a little dab of wax emulsion, and the bowls and cups are ready to raw glaze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biglou13 Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 http://flyeschool.com/content/japanese-tea-bowl-feet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 This maybe a pet peeve of mine but-life is to short to worry about the amount of water inside a slanted foot in the dishwasher.I unload the dishwaster all the time with hand made bowls and the drops go away as I stack the bowls up.Its not even kind of a problem. If you are bothered by this cut out parts of the foot but be aware this also will cuase it to-chip or warp depending on how and wear its done I have cut out the feet of colenders as it needs to drain but that a funtional issue-water in the dishwasher is a nit picky issue. One of the places pots suffer over the years (say 30+) is chipped feet so cut them out with this in mind. Rant over. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantay Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 One of the places pots suffer over the years (say 30+) is chipped feet so cut them out with this in mind. Mark, noted. Once I began making pottery I started looking at the bottoms of everything. One thing I have started to do is make the out side of the foot under cut and rounded. I have learned to be very careful with my pots before bisque firing to maintain a very smooth and unmarred surface. Nothing completes the look of a pot/bowl like a good foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Slightly rounding the edge of the feet can extend the time before chipping starts , a sharp abrupt edge to a foot will chip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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