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How to “tool” the foot of your thrown bowls…. Tooling = using the wheel to clean and trim the bottom of a wheel-thrown pot Also called “trimming” Foot = the circular ring you create on the bottom of your pot when you tool. What you need:. 3 medium lumps of clay Potters wheel Loop tools
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Tooling = using the wheel to clean and trim the bottom of a wheel-thrown pot • Also called “trimming” • Foot = the circular ring you create on the bottom of your pot when you tool
What you need: • 3 medium lumps of clay • Potters wheel • Loop tools • Patience
Here the artist has smoothed out the outside edges of the bowl. Now he is ready to tool the inside of the foot
Here the artist is tooling the center of the bowl to create the foot. See the ring?
Check out this step-by-step guide to tooling… http://ceramicartsdaily.org/education/ceramic-art-lesson-plan-mimbres-decoration-technique/?floater=99
Watch these short videos… • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_MIuIwjl3c&feature=relmfu • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0-lvQiHJZ8&feature=relmfu • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuOXD8A10aw&feature=related