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Summary: Dismount a ceramic shoyu bottle from the wheel using a needle tool. Learn about ceramic bottle dismounts with tips from a master potter in this free ceramics video.
Chris Cook received a BFA in ceramics and sculpture from Southern Oregon University where he studied raku, studio ceramics, stoneware, and various firing techniques under Jim Romberg....read more
"Alright, now we've got our shoyu bottle. It's ready to come off. So we want to make that foot. I want to look in there and find out where the bottom is. I mean I made a mark, but just to make sure. We want to take the tool and flatten down. Oops, see that junk getting in my way? It's not good. Flatten down just like that. And that groove right there is where my needle tool is going to fall in and this thing is going to jump into my hand and make it's way onto the ware board. Just like that. OK? A shoyu bottle. And I can already tell by looking at all these. That's why I made three of them so I could tell. When this thing, just like these guys, when the bottle gets close to what needs to be on it, something will jump out and tell you OK, that's the one for that bottle. You always want to make more of what you think you're going to do. You don't want to limit yourself."
eHow Article: Ceramic Shoyu Bottle Dismount