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1	Constructing Bonsai Pots By Kevin Goveia
2	Methods used in making handmade containers Pinch pots Coil Pots Slab Pots Wheel-thrown (round) Wheel-thrown and altered
3	Pinch Pots The most basic method of pot construction Used to make relatively small pots
4	Start with a ball of clay
5	Opening up the ball with your thumb
6	Pinching the wall to expand the form
7	After pinching to uniform thickness
8	Preparing to add feet
9	Scoring the connecting point
10	Attaching the feet with slip
11	Final detailing
12	The finished pot
13	Coil Pots Very old technique Widely used to make many types of pots
14	Rolling out a coil
15	Adding the coil to the slab bottom
16	Joining stacked coils
17	Smoothing and fusing the coils
18	Adding another coil
19	Smoothing and forming the lip
20	Adding character
21	Cutting out the drainage holes
22	Finishing the bottom edge
23	After detail work
24	Finished pot
25	Slab Pots Well-suited for geometric pot designs Uses uniformly thick slabs of clay to create the pot
26	Wedging the clay
27	Rolling out a slab
28	The slab
29	Laying the pieces out to become leather-hard
30	Beveling the corners
31	Joining the wall and base
32	All four walls in place
33	After attaching the lip
34	Smoothing a bead of clay under the lip
35	Attaching the feet
36	Signing the pot
37	The finished pot
38	Wheel Thrown (Round) Another old technique Allows the artist to make many pots quickly
39	Attached wedged clay to the bat
40	Centering the clay
41	Opening the clay
42	Beginning to pull up the wall
43	Lifting the wall with both hands
44	Shaping the wall with a rib
45	Forming the lip
46	Freshly thrown pot
47	Beginning to trim the leather-hard pot
48	Trimming the bottom to form the foot
49	Smoothing the foot
50	Cutting the foot detail
51	The final pot
52	Wheel Thrown and Altered Combines wheel throwing and hand building techniques Makes it possible to make ovals and other complex shapes
53	Centering the clay
54	Depressing the clay
55	After reaching the bat
56	Pulling the wall outwards
57	Pulling the wall up
58	Shaping with a rib
59	Adding a detail line
60	The freshly thrown collar
61	Forming the oval on a slab
62	Scoring the cut out slab
63	Scoring the collar
64	Adding slip
65	Adding a bead in the seam
66	Smoothing the inside seam
67	Smoothing the outside seam
68	Adding feet
69	Cutting out the wire holes
70	The finished pot