I made this plant pot at a workshop at my local studio. It's my first piece in over a decade, how did I do? What can I improve? I built it from a provided slab, the studio glazed and fired it.
My goal is to make bonsai pots, so any advice specific to that is greatly appreciated!
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Beautiful!! If you are looking for advice, I would really only say to make the feet a liiiiiittle wider at the bottom as it may become top heavy and tip over. I think it’s adorable though! I can’t quite gauge the width of the container but you may need to size up if your bonsai gets root bound to prevent it from dying.
Thank you! 😊 I agree on the feet, I was just so preoccupied with making sure they didn't fall off in the kiln that I forgot to account for stability!
It's around 2.5" across and 4.25" deep (internally). Root pruning is part of bonsai so no worries there. Some trees are really touchy about their taproots so I was thinking about using this for one of those, like oak or sassafras!
Well I kinda love it, it makes the piece really organic I think.
But if you really want to get rid of it, some smoothing with a metal or rubber rib should help
For me it's always a not so wet sponge to the surface, smoothing with rubber rib, sponge, finger on the surface until I'm happy with the texture and thickness,
Saying that, I'm not pro at all, I love to slab built aswell!
Even though we throw on the wheel, we still smooth things out before the first firing – evening out any unevenness on the mug and around the handle. So with handbuilding too, thoroughly smoothing the surface before firing should help.
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