A potter, Thom Chambers, throws pots in a Volkswagen van while driving
around Laguna Beach, donating the wet clay pots to the environment.
Shot with super 8 film by Fred Stodder in 1979. Music by The Mike Mays
Quartet. Fred Stodder’s ceramic art can be viewed at
www.fredstodder.com
You can blame Brendan Tang for finding this one : )
More and more frequently lately i’ve been getting emails and instagram messages asking about how I achieve the thin drawing lines on my functional dishes. Hopefully without risking any and all future workshop invites I’m going to share the secret today. I draw the images in pencil on bone dry clay, cover that in wax and then use cheap dollar store sewing needles to carve the drawing through the wax in into the clay surface. I then use a black underglaze to fill in the lines.
When I posted this on instagram the lovely Grace DePledge mentioned she used sewing needles as well (albeit the other end) and suggested finding a mechanical pencil that would hold the needles to save my fingers. Brilliant! Thanks Grace!
