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Summary: After forming your clay pottery project torching it is a quick way to harden your piece so that you can work with it right away. Learn tips on this technique from a clay pottery expert in this free video clip.
Emily Owen was born and raised in Austin, Texas. Owen earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and a bachelor's of Science from the University of Texas in Austin with a total of 180 hours...read more
"Now, the next step can be done without torching the bottom but I find that when you're first trying to do these kind of forms, it makes it a lot easier if this part is stabilized. The reason why that is, is because as you start to pull this in, you're going to get a lot of torque on the bass, and if it's still wet, it can twist and fall down and you don't want that to happen. So a good way to avoid that is to torch just the bass. Get your torch going, turn the wheel very slowly, and just give it a nice, good torching, up to the point where your clay begins to get very thick, that you've left for the neck. And you don't need this to be completely dry, you just want to have it torched enough so that it's strong and it's not going to torque as you make the neck. And now that we've got it just a little bit drier and a little bit stronger, we can go ahead and pull in the neck."
eHow Article: Clay Pottery Torching Tips
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