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Summary: Adding movement alterations to a ceramic platter creates artistic flare. See how you can add movement to a clay piece 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
"So I was noticing here, these edges here. I'm not liking them. I'm just going to bring them in. Just like that. Alright. Do the same to this one, just fold it in. Now it's all looking interconnected. Fill altered. Then leave these pieces disconnected down there. I was noticing this really needed to come up over here. And this probably should do the same. Alright. Now that's starting to look really cool. Now you just go and clean up any little fingerprints. Or any little things so you can get a perspective of what you need to do now. Because if it's covered with fingerprints, and covered with little things, it's going to distract your mind. You won't be able to give it all. All you can. So it's got some movement going on here. I really like it."
eHow Article: Ceramic Platter Movement Alterations