I made these oval casseroles a few weeks ago.
Since wheel throwing involves making round forms (that is the hope at least), altering the forms to get oval or even square shapes take a few extra steps. For these, I started with throwing the sides. I opened the clay all the way to the bat leaving no clay on the bottom.
After allowing each piece to dry to leather hard, I cut it off the bat and squished in the sides to make an oval ring.
Scored and slipped the bottom edge.
Then stuck it to a slab to make the bottom.
Trimmed off the excess.
(Not shown is all the work to make sure that the joint was really strong between the sides and bottom. If not joined correctly, cracks can open up. That is never a good thing.)
Added some texture for interest.
Attached handles and done!
As you can see, these two pieces are different from the ones at the top of this post. (Check out the handles) There are so many different things that can be done with the handles. I can't decide what I like the best.
I will share pictures of the finished pieces when I've got them. I am very excited about these and hope they turn out well.
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