Always fun to play with some great tools… and sharing them with my students!!! Using my favorite DiamondCore Tools in class to carve cool patterns… leaving a pile of carvings on the table!

Little chunks of clay destined for the reclaim bucket…

Here’s a few shots of my students getting started… a bit tentative at first… but quickly got their groove on!!!… and loving the sharp carving edges of my DiamondCore Tools!

Last week in my Intermediate Wheel class, we tackled some decorative carving techniques. So we came into class with some pieces with thicker walls, knowing that we would be carving into the sides…. and I brought down most of my DiamondCore Tools for my students to use. So we sat around the table and just started carving & making random patterns… having fun & trying our best not to cut through the walls!!!

We all know how much I LOVE trimming! Especially with my favorite trimming tool from DiamondCore Tools. I love watching those clay ribbons peel right off! Always trimming sharp clean lines… even as it ever-so-slowly wears away… it still trims just as sharp! Pondering when it will eventually be time to change out the blade with their convenient replacement blades?! I’m guessing maybe when the blade breaks through???

Rolling textures & patterns onto some thin slabs using my MKM Pottery Tools … press & roll smoothly to get some impressive details. The real question though… what to make out of these textured slabs now?!

Gotta LOVE some good textures… and these amazing wooden hand rollers come from MKM Pottery Tools. I have quite a collection, making great impressions for some slab projects I’ve been working on lately in the studio!

You know how you tend to unknowingly “collect” tools… left behind by students… found on the floor… randomly on your shelf… found in the sink… and when you finally clean out your tool boxes you start “gathering” tools and suddenly you have this great “art installation” of wire tools in your studio!!! Well, I think I have enough wire tools to last me awhile… but I may need to employ a couple summer campers to untangle them for me this summer?!

More trimming, more fun.
You know how I love trimming…
especially with my DiamondCore Tools & Giffin Grip!
Two of my favorite tools working well together to get the job done.
Spinning fast, gripping tight & trimming sharp!
Especially on these pieces still left over from last session… before the holidays!!!

After about a month of slowly drying under plastic, this class demo platter from last session was a bit drier than I would like it to be. Things dry over time, right?! Good thing my DiamondCore Tools are sharp enough to trim their way right through the stiff clay!

Had a nice “shout-out” on Instagram yesterday from the folks at DiamondCore Tools! I used one of their diamond grinding bats to “save” a few mugs from bad glazed & wadded bottoms! So easy, so smooth… all the more reason why I LOVE DiamondCore Tools !!!