What's this? A pottery post on the pottery blog? Who could imagine?
I'm starting work on kinetic sculptures. The basic idea is to have a central support (in this case a cone) with a separate piece that balances on the apex of the cone. This will be achieved by having extensions of the balancing piece much lower than the top of the cone so that the center of gravity is lower than what is balanced on top of the cone. If that's not clear, then you'll have to wait until I'm further along.
At any rate, this is a prototype cone. I threw a cylinder then collared it into a cone shape. The depressed portion on the top was done by attaching a small lump of clay and shaping it.
The photo below shows the parts for a larger cone thrown in two pieces. The bottom portion was thrown as you would a bowl. The top is inverted with the wider part at the top. It should be ready to assemble in a couple of days. More pictures then.
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