Gerry Grant

Gerry Grant
On The Wheel

Saturday 25 April 2020

"To burnish or not to burnish, that is the question"

Apologies to Shakespeare.....


To burnish or not to burnish, that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The rings and furrows of the throwers hand
Or take spoon handles against a sea of lines
And by burnishing, end them.

                                                                                                                   






An unburnished pot















A burnished pot











From now on, all the pots that we barrel/ pit fire will be burnished. This means that all pots will be put back on the wheel when leather hard and rubbed up and down with a metal knife handle to give a sheen to the outside of the unfinished pot. This has an effect on the final results.

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