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| Photo by Lydia Huggins Katie Herrington centers a ball of clay on the wheel. |
Katie Herrington, a senior art major at
University of the Cumberlands, creates a future mug out of clay on a potter’s
wheel. The 10 minute process includes centering the clay on the wheel so it
doesn’t become crooked, opening the vessel, pulling up the walls, collaring the
vessel to give it shape, trimming the uneven parts, and taking it off the wheel
to dry out a little bit before a handle is added. Then, it’s ready for the
first firing in the kiln.
Once the pot has been fired for the first time,
it can then be painted with glaze. For the glazes that Herrington used, she paints the pottery pieces with three layers of glaze and then
sets them in the kiln to be fired again. After the second firing, the pieces are
ready to be used.
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| Photo by Lydia Huggins The clay continues to be centered. |
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| Photo by Lydia Huggins Herrington slows down the wheel by pushing the peddle with her foot while she creates an opening in the clay. |
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| Photo by Lydia Huggins After pulling up the walls of the clay, Herrington collars the vessel to shape it into a mug. |
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| Photo by Lydia Huggins A needle tool is used to trim the uneven rim of the mug before taking it off of the wheel. |
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| Photo by Lydia Huggins Various vessels that Herrington made sit on the table to dry out before being put in the kiln. |
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| Photo by Lydia Huggins Herrington paints a glaze onto a mug she threw on the potter's wheel. |
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| Photo by Lydia Huggins Opening the kiln after a glaze firing is like opening presents on Christmas day. |
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| Photo by Lydia Huggins Herrington reaches into the kiln to inspect the final products. |
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| Photo by Lydia Huggins The newly glazed pots glisten in the sunlight. |
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