Pinch Pots

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I learned that you have to start with the shape you want your pinch pot to be. If I wanted a circular pinch pot for example, I would have to start with a ball of clay. From there, you would make a little divet and start pinching around the edges and thinning it out, making sure to feel the thickness with your fingers. You want the same thickness of the sides all around. You can make it tall, short, flat, wide, curvy, whatever you want it to look like. Once you are done shaping it, make sure your sides are smooth and there are no cracks or bumps. Cracks like to form on the top of your pot so be careful of that.

Contrast is important on a pinch pot to get it to stand out more and make it pop. I did this on my pinch pot with the yin-yang shape by using two different colors on each side and a very different color in the middle. I also did it on my pinch pot with two sides and rings by putting a different color on the indents. The grey stars on my yellow pinch pot also contrast well. Contrast brings out qualities of a piece and makes it stick out among other pieces that might be boring.

If I were to make another pinch pot, I would make one that was very circular that almost rolled off of the table. I feel like that would be very satisfying and kind of like an illusion. It would be a sphere, but with a small hole cut out at the top. For glaze, I would want to try a dripping effect with a base color and then dripping downa contrasting color on the outside. The inside would be the same color as the base color. I would do a light pink and medium grey, or a light blue and intense orange, or a purple and light green.

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