Below is a low resolution article writen by Matt Taylor on how to throw textured pottery.
See the Clay Times magazine, January 2008.
I appreciate the nod of using The Steve Tool, and the article offers the concept in general of "texture and stretch" pottery.
How to throw a pot with The Steve Tool?
Watch Athena do one!
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Wild Texture on Pots!
"One Tool, Many Results"
~ Yes it works for hand building or sculpting as well as thrown pieces. One tool can be configured many ways for many different texture results.
Textured surfaces can add another layer of interest to your shapes and also control runny glazes.
See detail pictures below and on the gallery page.
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Further Description:
The Steve Tool is a texture application tool. It is a re-invention of the wheel designed specifically for clay. ~ It doesn’t clog easy so you get lots of raw texture! Use the tool to apply texture to thrown or hand built work.
No more stealing toys from the kitchen!
The same Steve Tool can be configured into many variant designs by rearranging the disks over the shaft in assorted patterns.
Loosen the nuts, adjust the plastic disks into alternate locations & retighten the nuts. It's just a wheel, so let it spin.
Use it for pastry? Why not? We steal from the kitchens, why not start using a pottery tool for pies, pastries, etc? It's only right...
To use The Steve Tool, throw a cylinder. Scrape the side clean with a rib. Roll the texture wheels around the spinning cylinder & move slowly up the cylinder (or fast, your choice).
After texture is applied, form the shape from only the inside of the cylinder. You’ll see how the texture becomes “part of the pottery” & not simply “applied texture” which is how texture looks when applied to a finished pot.
You’ll see patterns mimic nature. The patterns add to the tactile feel of your pottery.
Stretch the pottery until the walls get very thin & you’ll feel the texture come through to the inside of the pottery.
You’ll be inspired to try other effects from texture work.
Try filling in the texture with contrasting clay, then trim smooth at the leather hard stage. Try texture on thick or thin wall cylinders.
Some of my recent work has used holes pierced through the textured areas near the lip or in the body & I add weaving materials to the pottery for mixed media results.
The Steve Tool readily pays for itself in the first pot sold!
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Graber's Pottery, Inc
2058 North Mills Avenue, #217
Claremont, CA 91711
951-675-5468 steve@graberspottery.com
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Some Testimonials:
I finally put my "Steve Tool" together and used it last week. I could not believe how beautiful my bowls were! Everyone in the studio came over to watch me make another and another...each unique...and simply stunning!!
This has to be the best money I've ever spent on a pottery tool..Thank you for a wonderful product!
Carla
The Steve Tool works great, and thanks for the rib. In the next few weeks I'll do some experimenting and let you know what happens.
Dennis
I have been throwing clay for just over a year and when I saw your tool in Clay Times I knew I had to have it! My wife will kill me if I take one more kitchen tool down to my studio because I 'just love the pattern this thing makes!".
