Andy Currivan

CLAY
FIBER
GLASS
METAL
MIXED MEDIA
WOOD
 


The following is a sample of Member-supplied information about CLAY. This is a tutorial from the Raku event in 2000. Your comments about this content are welcomed. Send them to hawaiicraftsmen.org.


TUTORIAL
Demonstration by guest artist Steven Branfman

Photos and Notes on Steven Branfman's techniques as demonstrated at the Wet Clay Demo, Slide Lecture and Workshops during Raku Ho'olaule'a 2000


Wedging at WCC's ceramics lab. He uses 12 pound chunks of clay wedged into a bomb shape.

Textured pots produced earlier in the day

A teabowl thrown on the hump and textured before expansion

Textured teabowls thrown earlier

Texturing a cylinder

Expanding a form covered in dry ball clay

Expanding a cylinder dry

Shaping the neck without using water

Continued