I spend my Thursday evenings over at Wobage Farm near Ross-on-Wye learning to throw on an evening class run by Jeremy Steward. Recently Jeremy invited Adam Keeling of Whichford Pottery to come over and give us a demonstration of large scale throwing. Adam arrived with car full of clay and threw a selection of terracotta garden pots including a huge 3 section Ali Baba jar, we were all very impressed.
Drinks and homemade cakes provided by the Wobage potters made it a very memorable evening, my thanks to everyone concerned.
Starting to throw a big flowerpot
Flowerpot, engaging with the audience
Flowerpot, pulling up the cylinder
Shaping the flowerpot
Flowerpot, finishing off the rim
Long Tom, bottom section done, throwing the top section upside down
Long Tom, bottom section done, throwing the top section upside down
Long Tom, both sections thrown
Long Tom, force drying the bottom section
Long Tom, force drying the top section
Long Tom, joining the two sections
Long Tom, removing the bat
Long Tom, working on the decoration
Ali Baba Jar, base section done, throwing the middle section
Ali Baba Jar, measuring the diameter of the middle section
Ali Baba Jar, drying the base section before joining
Ali Baba Jar, drying the base section before joining
Ali Baba Jar, joining the middle section to the base
Ali Baba Jar, force drying the top section
Ali Baba Jar, adding the top section
Ali Baba Jar, smoothing the joins
Some of the completed pots