BungalowRanchstyle

Respectfully, in a 45 min class, 14 y/o are not gonna take trimming that seriously. Even if this is the Fame Academy of ceramics high schools. I’m a grown up who’s paid off all her BFA student loans and I’ll use a device that helps me trim (doesn’t trim for me) if it makes the entire gamut of my skills better.

Neil Estrick disallows them at his studio. They’re supposed to be learning, he says. It’s a 40 year old tool that aids in trimming. The actual trimming planning and skill is still done by the potter. Glad someone else compared this to wood fired kilns and car technology. Hobby potters are limited on time and spend their disposable income at your place of business. They’re still building trimming skill, knowledge, and confidence. You could buy a few and rent them to students. It’s in your interest to encourage skill building in a way that supports your studio as well. As an engaged learner, I just spent hundreds of dollars and hours learning and practicing this craft. I have a degree and career in Fine Art. I just centered and shaped my clay into the form I want and know how I’ll glaze it. I’ll be GD’d if I waste all my time by screwing up my piece while trimming because of some irritating, avoidable factor. If I take centering, lost time and lug clay, and accidents out of the equation, I can maintain my time/money investment and focus on perfecting my actual trimming.