sults. One of the results I'm not all that happy with is the Obama/Biden mugs. (I probably shouldn't have wiped the glaze off the lettering.) I have about 10 more mugs drying right now. I'm going to try a different way of doing the lettering and also use different glazes that are more translucent. They should be ready next week.I also attempted to make square mugs following Keith Phillips instructions in his video, which appeared in Ceramic Arts Daily (http://www.ceramicartsdaily.org/video/index.aspx. The video is called "Hip to be Square: Making Squared-Off Mugs on the Potter's Wheel"). I was "outwardly"
successful, but don't look inside the mugs because every single one of them has a crack along the bottom corners! However, I think that they did turn out looking very nice... especially if you're only planning to look at them!While I
was attempting to make Keith's mugs I got the notion to put four little feet on regular round mugs. This gives them the idea of squareness and I don't risk any cracks on the bottom. I pushed the bottom of a needle tool into the clay where the feet were added and it makes it look like the mugs are on wheels!
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