Clay Tools

Next in the series, these are of course really special to me. For one thing, most of these tools are right out of my throwing tool box. In addition, the trowel is from a picture that Rudy Autio’s daughter sent me. Rudy was my teacher and this is almost the only tool he used in making his large sculptural vessels. Then crossed with that is the one and only slip trailer (ear syringe) that I have used to glaze landscapes since 1973. It’s put on every glaze on literally tens of thousands of tiles, plates and other objects. Only one more image to go, the Clippers & Grippers.