Carving a dahlia bowl | eileenVLpottery 

Cindy Perry I’m glad you love it and thank you for the suggestions! I just recorded a real time plate throwing video that I’ll have up soon!

eileenVLpottery oh, I'm so happy to hear that. Can't wait to see it and more! Thank you.

It’s a little stiffer than leather hard. With larger or thinner pieces, I’ll give them a spray part way through and cover them for a bit to even out the moisture if it dries too quickly.

Just posted a new video about my tools! Thanks for watching!

Thanks Annalisa! You actually don’t want to go too thick on these because that’s when you run into issues with cracking. It starts slightly thicker than I would go on a piece I’m not carving, but not by much. I throw them pretty similarly and just leave a bit more on when I’m trimming the foot. In fact, when I do the carvings on porcelain, they are translucent in the carved areas. A finished carved piece is much lighter than a piece of the same size that hasn’t been carved. The main thing is you have to dry the piece really really really slowly. I keep it covered completely for a few days after I carve it out and then slowly uncover it until it is bone dry. I also put it on a slow bisque cycle to baby it through the first firing. If you aren’t the one doing the firing, I wouldn’t stress about it, the slow drying is the most important part. The cracks happen when the thick and thin areas dry at different rates, which is why you don’t want it super thick to start. You should give it a go! The more you do it, and the easier it gets! And don’t worry about making mistakes, it’s just clay! You can always start over, and the time wasn’t wasted if you had fun and you learned something!

@@manateepottery thank you so much!!!!!

Thomas DeGree thanks! I’m glad you found it helpful and inspiring! Hope it turns out beautifully!

Rodney H thanks! I’ll film and upload some more of the pottery process soon!

I'm excited, looked at you items on sale at www.eileenvlpottery.com/fashion Very very nice! I'll be watching, thanks...

cutie girl 1234 yes, it’s a white stoneware clay, thanks!

Redblade What you’re referring to would be called a tapestry. It is also equivalent to hanging a painting on the wall. Sometimes the purpose of a piece of art is just to make you happy. Think of it as a sculpture that happens to be shaped like a bowl. Have a wonderful day.

Tapestries have the exact same function as a carpet: to warm, to keep the chill away. With modern heating systems they are pretty much both decorative anymore.