568. Detail on How to Throw a MKM Roller Texture Covered Jar with Hsin-Chuen Lin 林新春 滾花紋蓋罐拉坯示範

All right, so today I am going to do a rotor texture again, and I will give you the complete guide how to achieve the result that will be better. Okay, and before I started, I am going to choose from the collection of MKM rotor texture, and I will pick one that I like. Okay, so this one is one of my favorite texture, so I will use this to do the demo. And it's nice of MKM that they send me free sample to experiment on different textures so that you will enjoy the texture after I make another one. So these are all the collection. And if you wonder where to get the rotor texture, you can just Google it. Just type in MKM, M, K, M. And MKM rotor texture, it should pop up from different site that it's easy for you to choose from the different texture. And also before I started, here is the PVC pipe that I bought from Home Depot. I bought a two feet, two feet, and then I just cut it into two pieces. So one is a little bit higher and one is a little bit shorter. So when I'm making something that I have, I could choose the height, different height to do that. And this is going to be insert into the cylinder after I pull up the cylinder, I'm going to put it inside and then so that the top, and then I fit in the clay very tight on the pipe. So you have a support inside and when you roll it, your texture will be deep enough. So that's the idea of putting something inside to support. Just like when you roll the slab on the table, you can roll the texture very deep because the table is supporting. But when you are making the cylinder, the clay is soft and it's hard for you to roll the texture very deep. That's why you want to have something inside to support it. So that's the PVC pipe. And I personally prefer the pipe that is both ends empty. So when you pull out, you don't suck up the air. If you have the bottom piece sealed, it's like syringe that you suck in the air. So both end is open, that's good. Also the PVC pipe is slippery. So when you are trying to pull out from the cylinder, it's easier, it's easier. But of course, if you have clay right contact on your PVC pipe, you won't be able to pull it out because it's too sticky. That's why when you start it, when you try to insert your PVC pipe into your clay cylinder, you might want to wrap up with a newspaper or some kind of paper. So this is the paper that I like to use. And when you are rolling the paper, make sure you have a little bit of room for you to pull it out. When you pull it out, you don't want to grab the newspaper. You just pull out from the PVC pipe. That's why you want to have a little bit of room when you're wrapping up your paper. And I tend to put the paper on this end. So when you roll it over, so when you put it in, my wheel is spinning kind of clockwise. So this part doesn't hit by the clay and it won't open up because it's following. So that's why I put the newspaper on the right-hand side when I'm rolling. And then just tuck in here. Okay. So that's my set up of newspaper. And you could use a piece of slip, a little bit of a slip to glue it on. All right, so that's a slip and the paper is sitting nicely here and very tight. On only one layer of paper, sometimes if your piece is shorter, that's fine. You can pull it out easily. But when you have a cylinder very tall, the friction is very, very tight. So you won't be able to pull it out easily. So you might want to use two pieces of newspaper, okay? So I am going to roll another piece of paper over and do the same thing. Try to fit it as tight as I can. Okay. Tuck this in here. Right, so two layers of paper will be able to secure it. And when you pull out, it will be much easier. Okay, much easier. Especially when you have something that is very, like your cylinders too, it's very tall. Right, so that's before I start it, I usually like to prepare it and let it sit on the side. And also here, the pattern is kind of stiff and you got a lot of a wrinkle. So before I insert it, usually I will dunk it in the water, put it in the water to soften it. So it's not as stiff, okay? So that you don't have too much of a wrinkle underneath, inside the pattern. Okay, so the setup's good. Put it aside and now let's set up my wheel. Smaller pad to sit it on. And I modified my wheel head so this part is easier for me to screw it on, okay? Screw it on. Okay. Okay, so that's good. Right, so a piece of clay. This is about two and a half pounds. Little bit of water so that the clay stick better. So when I'm centering, my left hand is pushing it down and the right hand is supporting it. And I try to use my fingertip as much as I can to control the clay. So the right fingertip is very, very good for controlling the clay. And take me less than a minute, I could center the clay easily. Right, now ready to open the hole. Right, I think I got enough thickness and then I will try to see if the cylinder is fitting. Probably the bottom is a little bit too narrow so I will open it wider. Let me bring my PVC pipe to see how it goes. Yeah, a little bit too narrow. I will open it up wider. Okay, that's good. So now I am going to dunk it in the water for the bottom. So this part is a bit soft. All right, and then I am trying to push from the bottom, slowly, gradually move up. You do not try to squeeze the top, otherwise you are going to trap the air bubble inside, trap the air inside. So start to push from the base. I am using this part here so that I have more area contact on the surface instead of the finger mark. And you can feel it. Once it's fitting tight, you can feel the support inside. So when you are using the wooden rib, usually you don't want to have the rib hold it too straight. You could tip it a little bit, okay, so that it's more contact in the middle section instead of the two corner here that you might track some lines. So you can tip it over, tip over. All right, that's good. And then I will use the metal rib to smooth the surface further. And the same thing, when you are using the metal rib, these two corner might scratch some lines so I actually slightly bend it so the two corner is a little bit away from the wall. Right, so now I'm bringing my favorite texture. To prevent the clay from sticking onto your texture, the easy way is you put it in the water. Dunk it in the water. Right. Usually find the starting point along the pinholes here. And you don't want to compress all the way to the rim. If you go over to the rim, you will deform it. Okay, so maybe half an inch down below and you roll it and you go away from it. So now I have still a little bit of space. I'll have to decide how many more to go. Probably I'll go three more times. Kind of evenly distribute it. Right, so it's all the way around. Let me spin the wheel. Okay. Now, pull it out. So like I told you that you don't want to grab on the newspaper. Grab the PVC pipe instead of grabbing the newspaper. So you should be able to pull it out. Okay, so slippery, PVC pipe slippery is important. And then pull out the paper. Pull out the inner paper first. And then the outer part of the paper. Okay, remove it without any trouble. And now I am going to stretch it. Before I stretch it, I like to put some water on the inside of the wall because the paper is absorbing all the slip and the water. So it's kind of dry. Use a sponge to put water inside to lubricate it. And also fixing the inside bottom corner. There's a little roughness from the newspaper. Right, and then I'm going to use the sponge slightly push it out, pull out the foam. While I'm doing that, I try to stabilize the rim and compress it so it's a little bit stronger. Okay, and now I'm going to use my three inches grip to stretch it so the curve will be a bit nicer. So I'm using my number 10 tool, trimming tool, cutting tool to just remove extra clay from the top. I don't need to have so much clay here because I am making a cover jar. It could be a nice teapot too. Number 10 knife to undercut it. Okay, before I remove it, make sure the width for the lid. So I'm going to throw up the hump. That's why you saw me use a large amount of clay. Basically, I'm just focused on the top. And try to make a shape like a doughnut. So this part is going to be for the nut, this part here. I'm going to cut it right here. And this is going to be an upside down lid. So open it up, a shallow bowl with the outer part a little bit thicker. So you will be able to make some gallery there. A little bit wide, so I will push, use a wooden grip to squeeze it in. Right, and then a string to cut it off. Right, so that's the lid for the cover jar.