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Summary: Attach a spout to a ceramic shoyu bottle with score marks and slip. Learn how to attach a spout to a bottle 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
"Okay, now that we've got our hole, we got our spout. Let's see which way this spout likes to sit. And notice this hole in this spout can be a little bigger so just take your needle tool and widen it up a little bit. And since we didn't let it setup too much, we can still manipulate this. So, you want to get some scratches on here just use your needle tool that's cool, anything will work a fork. A fork is really good to have when you're doing assembling pieces. Little bit of slip, scratch and slip. Just a little bit you don't need much, okay and then it goes like this. Right in there, okay? And since I'm going to make another one, I'm going to work on this one. I'm going to let that setup just a little bit so I don't put a bunch of finger prints and stuff all over it and which is how I like to do things here and it goes right there."
eHow Article: Ceramic Shoyu Bottle Spout