John Maude demonstrates 'Jarre a la Corde'.
John is a ceramic artist with a background in product engineering. He has developed this technique and the equipment as part of Scotch College’s Artist in Residence program.
‘Jarre a la Corde’ means ‘Jar with Rope' and is a French method of hand building large ceramic pots using a wooden framework with rope wound around it.
The framework can be designed to make pots of specific shapes - and the size is only limited by the size of your kiln.
We start by assembling the framework and wrapping the rope around it. The clay is applied directly onto the rope and the excess is scraped off by a specially shaped board which defines the final shape of the pot and ensures the correct thickness of the clay.
Once completed – the framework is removed from the inside – leaving the rope and the clay to support each other. Once the clay has stabilised we remove the rope which leaves it’s impression indelibly marked on the inside.
John is a ceramic artist with a background in product engineering. He has developed this technique and the equipment as part of Scotch College’s Artist in Residence program.
‘Jarre a la Corde’ means ‘Jar with Rope' and is a French method of hand building large ceramic pots using a wooden framework with rope wound around it.
The framework can be designed to make pots of specific shapes - and the size is only limited by the size of your kiln.
We start by assembling the framework and wrapping the rope around it. The clay is applied directly onto the rope and the excess is scraped off by a specially shaped board which defines the final shape of the pot and ensures the correct thickness of the clay.
Once completed – the framework is removed from the inside – leaving the rope and the clay to support each other. Once the clay has stabilised we remove the rope which leaves it’s impression indelibly marked on the inside.
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