This rim is on a large bowl made with paper clay, finished with oxide, no glaze.
I used #20 copper wire for the spokes. With a little twisting they are attached to the pot and they are flexible, making the weaving, or mostly twining in this case, quite easy.
Clothes pegs may be difficult to find but they are a great help when weaving. Extra hands of course would be even better!
Decisions .... include some beads between the rows of weaving or twining? I tried a few to see how I liked it but decided to just keep on twining and add some beads at the top.
Finished! I decided to pulled the wires quite tight on the single bead spokes and then relax the tension a little on the others to create a wave-like movement around the rim.
Lots of tiny beads and washers!
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These have such a wonderfully organic feel to them. Your fiber additions to your work are always interesting.
ReplyDeleteThanks for showing us all the different angles. It's a very nice bowl and I particularly like the designs on the outside.
ReplyDeleteIt's spectacular! Thanks for the view into your process.
ReplyDeleteWow, this looks great. Love the wave motion you created. Simply beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLove this piece, well done.... great to see your workings too....
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic bowl. I love, the color, patterns and the weaving! Is this a new variation of previous experiments with clay and fiber? I think it is a winner.
ReplyDeleteGina, this is gorgeous. the patterns on the gla are glorious and the weaving and beads are such a wonderful addition and worth all the work they took.
ReplyDeletewow, Gina... this is a beautiful piece of art!!! who knew you could do this with clay?!
ReplyDeletePaper clay intrigues me. It's yet another way to combine clay and fibre. Aren't I clever to have noticed that:-)
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