Detail of an altered porcelain vessel.
Made back in 2008.
The process I came to depend on for safely altering a thin porcelain vessel was to let it get to leather hard. Trim the foot as usual. To alter it I rotated it at a usual throwing speed and introduced water (*with a damp, not wet, sponge) back to the section that I wanted to alter. Use a tool while rotating the vessel, to manipulate the piece.
It's a matter of trial and error.
If it were easy, it would be boring.
*Thanks Anna.
If it were easy, it would be boring.
*Thanks Anna.
