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Odd Compulsion

8/30/2013

I have an odd compulsion for making miniature chairs. But I don't make them for my kilns at home, I only make them for wood-firing, and I've got one coming up in October. If I had to explain why I do this, my only answer is "because I start laughing every time I look at them."

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The Trick to Carving

8/15/2013

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The trick to carving a pattern like this onto a pot is to carve every single line with only one pass of the carving tool. If you allow yourself to belabor over the lines, going over them again and again, it takes way too long and your brain will get very bored. The trick to making each line with only one pass is to realize it doesn't matter if some of them aren't perfect. Your eye cannot see the ones that aren't perfect, you can only see the whole pattern that all of the lines make together.

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Odd Compulsion

The Trick to Carving

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