Friday 16 October 2009

My wheel

A thing of solid beauty, and now it works again. I am much indebted to Chip (John Chipperfield of Brockdish Norfolk http://www.suffolkcraftsociety.org/default.asp?p=4&type=3&user=323) for opening my eyes to the delightful practicality of Potters Equipment wheels, and giving me the courage to fix it. He has many of these wheels and uses them for much of his amazing work. He also runs splendid raku firings and is quite inspirational. Okay, enough gushing, and down to the mechanics of the wheel.