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If
you want to turn a vase at the wheel it is nccessary to use
some good and sufficiently plastic clay. After kneading it well
enough, you make a ball out of it, and place it in the centre
of the wheel disk ( it must firmly adhere to it). |
At
this point the clay must be moisted and centred, while the wheel
is turning. Then, using your fingers, you raise the vase and
give it the wished shape. The shape of the piece will later
be refined by means of tools such as a wooden or an iron smoothing
plate. |
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In
order to detach the vase from the wheel disk you cut it at the
very base with a steel wire. The finishing or "returning" process
is carried out when the piece is "leather-hard", using proper
tools, which can also be homemade. |
This
stage of the drying up process is also the right time to stick
handles or other applications to the piece. The vase can now
dry up completely and be fired. |
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