Guess who found a nice second-hand Shimpo wheel a few weeks back? :-)
I’ve been throwing* ever since.
These are due for a first firing
And from this summer
Black slip and clear glaze on speckled clay
Matte white glaze (inside) and clear glaze on clay
*Throwing: the Old English word thrawan from which to throw comes, means to twist or turn. Going back even farther, the Indo-European root *ter- means to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn. The German word drehen, a direct relative of to throw, means turn and is used in German for throwing. Because the activity of forming pots on the wheel has not changed since Old English times, the word throw has retained its original meaning in the language of pottery but has developed a completely different meaning in everyday usage. Those who say they throw pots are using the historically correct term. Those who say they turn pots are using more current language. Both are saying the same thing.
Excerpt from ” Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing? An investigation into the origin of words, by Dennis Krueger”, on Ceramics Art Daily
