#kurinuki

[1slushy]

pics from ceramics. Its odd to have gone for so long w/o doing it, and then hopping back into it... im hoping i can make little maccready and or pippy related pieces on the side cus we're able to fire whatever we want 😭🙏

[kaliakrapottery]

Kurinuki and wheel thrown pottery handmade candles with unique scents.

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[offalteeth]

Teapot to go with that cup! It's also got the blue mason stain marbled in. Can't wait to see it fired, you really couldn't tell the blue was there on the other piece either, so 🤞🤞🤞

[offalteeth]

Marbled in some blue mason stain, and it turned out SO COOL

I can't wait to glaze it!

[offalteeth]

Playing around with kurinuki

[sheepyhollows]

via little lamb

[no-caro]

[bigmammallama5]

i love your kuriniki attempts they’re so blocky and delightful! the different textures across the surface are fascinating, and i just want to turn them over and over in my hands. what did you enjoy most about making them? google tells me this is a very different technique than forms of pottery you normally do, was there anything unexpected that came up while you were making the little guys?

Thank ya!! Kurinuki (kuri nuki?) is a technique I've seen other potters at the studio try and really liked how they faired in the wood kilns! Also I really love learning new skills AND this seemed like a good attempt to slow my making process down because after 12 years I've gotten so efficient on the wheel it takes me 5-10 minutes to throw a decent pot now. Granted I do spend more time with them trimming, adding attachments, and slip/glaze so it's not like I'm rushing them or giving those pots less attention (I do my best to give each one the individual care it needs).

It was a real challenge to carve them out to feel light and balanced, and I did go through the wall of the middle sized one on accident. Finding (and failing) to find that balance was rewarding and something I want to get better at. And maybe get a different trimming tool that's one of those L-shaped tools and not a loop. I also want to try making some more that are a little more deliberate with texture direction and less "purposefully random", though that was pretty fun to just carve away and see what happens. The process of helping each one sort of emerge from its solid block wasn't too far off from how I visualize a lump of clay on the wheel! Then finding that fine line of maintaining texture but eliminating the super sharp edged that could create burrs was another challenge altogether-I think I started with clay just a touch too soft so I need to find that balance too.