Stamp Making for Textured Pottery
Adding the Bottom
A course by Sarah Pike , Potter
About the video: Adding the Bottom
Overview
“Once the cylinder is formed, we will add the bottom. For my mug, I will make a flared bottom, but you can use the same technique to make a flat bottom. Just place the circular base slab on a non-stick flat surface and then attach it in the same way. ”
In this video lesson Sarah Pike addresses the topic: Adding the Bottom, which is part of the Domestika online course: Stamp Making for Textured Pottery. Learn slab building, carving, and stamping techniques to create functional ceramic pieces with custom handmade textures.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I'm going to add the bottom to my pot. Remember how I said that you could, at different points throughout the process, you could tweak it to make it more your design? At this point, you could just add a flat bottom. So I'm going to show you, I have a slab here, an extra slab here for the bottom. I'm going to put it in a bowl, but you could just put it straight on a table if you wanted to do it flat. So the first thing I need to do is flip my pot upside down. And I'm going to use my flower pot again. Now I just want to make sure that it is circular. And it's not quite circula...”
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Course summary for: Stamp Making for Textured Pottery
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Ceramics, Decoration, DIY, Fine Arts
Sarah Pike
A course by Sarah Pike
Sarah Pike is a full-time potter based in British Columbia. After studying ceramics at the Alberta University of the Arts, the University of Colorado, and the University of Minnesota, she built her own home studio and began commercializing her work via ceramics galleries and shops. She gradually transitioned to online sales, gaining a large following on Instagram with slab-built, artistically textured pieces that fuse functionality and aesthetics.
Sarah has seen her pieces featured in publications such as Pottery Making Illustrated, La Revue de la céramique et du verre, Forge & Carve, and Ceramics: Creative Adventures in Clay. She also connects with her community by teaching workshops and speaking at conferences.
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