Big Bowl

At the beginning of the week i threw a large bowl and i just got to trim it today. The trimming was a little more difficult than normal but i havent had the experience of trimming a foot as large as i did.

This picture is after i trimmed the foot. I really like the curve of the form but i wish that i had a better foot. Next time i'm going to have to prepare for a larger foot when im throwing it and leave about 3/4-1 inch of clay on the bottom. This will help alot with the structure of the bowl for when its drying and it will allow me to have a better looking foot.

Besides the large bowl i didnt spend anytime this week throwing really. In the last couple months i have been looking at ceramic videos on youtube and looking at the art of different potters to get different ideas and learn more techniques. I came across a website that showed some of the pottery that is made at some sort of a festival in china. Here is what i came across.

There is no way that these pots were completely thrown in one piece; im guessing about three pieces for the body and one for the neck. These pots also could have been thrown with the coil method. When i further recearched this festival i came across these videos.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePDqNYcFWno&feature=related. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlCTWa3cos4&feature=related

It is very very interesting and i have never seen anything like it. Let me know what you think!

Also if anyone is interested in large wheel thrown pots you should definately check out this video. The song is kind of annoying but it is deffinately an interesting video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uyqEcX2Ekc&feature=related. This guy throws an amazing pot in about five minutes.

Anyways i have lots more amazing videos but i think i'll save them for a different post! Audios!