I thiiink it came from the normal way to center clay, wherein you throw a lump of clay forcefully and magically hit the center of the wheel perfectly and with enough force that the clay will stick when you start to spin and mess with it
I cannot do this 😂 and my teacher just taught me a method that works better for me 💃
Other potters let me know if I’m wrong in my etymology! nostr:npub178twhjvh2ca5ch6t4cyndk4uhmqdmy05m5gt9yfa6jrfm64y4hhq8p859k nostr:npub1jdyval8xjea8u2fmhkxxf20cwl55g3xgc425e235yyx6n3qdvn3skuvqya
according to google, it's because the old english word "thrawan" meant to twist or turn, and was used to describe making pottery because the wheelhead turns round and round. the common meaning of "throw" (the derivative of "thrawan") has changed in modern english, but the "throw" is apparently still being used to describe the making of pottery.
so basically it's an etymology thing
Like you nostr:npub1q6ya7kz84rfnw6yjmg5kyttuplwpauv43a9ug3cajztx4g0v48eqhtt3sh, I would have guessed that the reason it was called throwing literally involved flying clay. Once somebody who was throwing next to me didn't lock down his bat down correctly to the wheelhead and the piece flew off a remarkable distance, passing just above my piece and below my nose.
i'm sick of instant gratification. i just want to exercise a little more control over my life and push it in a healthier direction.
i will never eat fast food again.
(i think broadcasting this will hold me to it.)
you don’t have to do anything but die.
porcelain vase
#ceramics #clay #vase #pottery #art #artstr
back in the studio after about a week away and it feels like i’m breathing again.
#ceramics #art #pottery #artstr #proofofwork
hopefully as nostr continues to expand, communities will grow in all of our niches.
due to a storm, the power in my house has been out for the last 5 or 6 days.
it just came back on, and i will forever regard electricity with that much more gratitude and reverence.
#gratitude #power
tried to make a bitcoin cup, but the slip/glaze combination betrayed me and marred the sgraffito image.
suggestions on quotes or imagery for a remake?
https://void.cat/d/UNhCLrFabgKmfPaYVoqmfD.webp
https://void.cat/d/Xs3ybiphZaexhPWwSoQaGU.webp
https://void.cat/d/U7ubNnycDRgu2RxXAazqXH.webp
#ceramics #cup #glaze #bitcoin #clay #porcelain #art #artstr #asknostr #pottery #sgraffito
a whiskered dragon’s face
i own this vinyl it’s sick
tough choice but probably ramones
skanking skeletons scour discretely
searching in circles for something to seek
scared of the scars they inscribed on their skulls
they scheme some more scalding mistakes
#poetry #art #artstr
inspired by "a song dedicated to the memory of stormy the rabbit" by AJJ i have started writing short alliterative poems.
the laughable loquacious lion lunging
great lengths in looking and longing
for the likes of the belated uberman leap
lividly lurching through life
#poetry #art #artstr
porcelain kaonashi cups came out very nicely!
https://void.cat/d/LafrRAtY7csCqdoBXfh1Xi.webp
https://void.cat/d/89g2MfMyTAmCzxqMmTzmha.webp
#noface #clay #ceramics #art #artstr #cone6 #ghibli #spiritedaway #kaonashi #カオナシ #pottery #cups #proofofwork #porcelain
small sketch i did for a carving on a test tile.
i am obsessed with drawing ugly.
https://void.cat/d/5qJaJG8Xi1KgGizCwBFgsK.webp
#art #artstr #sketch #drawing
vases can look very different with flowers in them...
https://void.cat/d/2z4yUUimZ7P55qBa8Mvv4a.webp
#clay #art #artstr #ceramics #vase #flower #pottery
wasn’t planning on it, but maybe I can work out something subtle…