139. Throwing a Tall Plum Bottle / Vase Taller with Hsin-Chuen Lin

After I finish, I would dry the top portion and then flip upside down and throw on the bottom portion and then add a foot to it. So that after you throw a tall piece, you can even increase the height of your already thrown piece. This piece of clay is around 8 pounds. Since I'm going to throw the bottom portion, so when I'm opening, I don't leave a foot. No, just all the way down to the back so that I will have a hole instead of a foot on the right bottom. still compressing the rim and my finger is going to hold it on the rim. So I remove the slip of my fingers and then put it on the outside of my cylinder. I also remove the slip of my fingers and put it on the inside of my cylinder too. And before I pull it up, in the meantime, I'm still bringing the bottom, bring it in so that it's even now. I'm going to pull up the top portion a little bit, make it a bit thinner. Okay, slippery, it's slipping on the center of my palm. You don't need to bring the cylinder all the way. While I'm sitting on the chair, it's more stabilized, to keep stabilize my hand. So this is the chuck I threw on the wheel and I keep it wet. Actually, it's not been brisk or dry, this is still kind of like a leather hard stage. So I want to make sure that it's fitting my base in here. Okay, and also, you want to make sure that your part is dry enough. I actually used a heat gun to heat it up. So when you feel the surface, it's not sticky. That's the right stage. But the bottom is still kind of sticky and wet. I don't heat up here, but I heat up here. So it will be strong enough for the shoulder to sit on my chuck. Okay, now I'm going to cut it off. So let me bring it here to show you. See that? The bottom is still quite thick. And you see that I have a hole here. So I'm going to let it sit right here for my chuck here. So I'm turning my part upside down. Okay, adjust a little bit. My chuck and my bottle is secure on the wheel. And you don't need to use the torch to dry it. You can let it dry naturally. Maybe the next day you will be able to do it. But since I'm doing the demonstration, I use a torch to dry the shoulder here and a little bit here. Okay, hopefully it's strong enough. I'm going to set it down since I'm going to hold it up a little bit higher. Okay, let me use a little more water here to wet it. And then now I'm just going to roll a piece of slab and attach to the bottom. I have my piece of slab rolled up. I'm going to place it right on top of it. And cut to the exact size. And the joint. Carefully attach. And maybe use a sponge to compress it a little bit. So after I attached the foot, I torch it dry again so that I can flip it over. So this is the finished lathe bottle. I told you that it was about 17-18 inches in height. And then I flipped it over and kept on pulling at the bottom. So now it's about 20 inches. It's hard for you to see. After I added the foot and kept pulling and setting it down, I increased about 2-3 inches of the height. So this is a very good way if you're going to throw something tall. Or if you're going to make something without a foot. All the way down without a foot. This is the way to do it. Dry the top portion while keeping this part still wet. Turn it upside down and let it sit on the chuck. And you can keep on pulling at the bottom. So to give you some idea of the height of this vase. Thanks for watching.