Citrus Juiciness

 A recent pottery class assignment was to make a citrus juicer. Our teacher had brought one she got years ago that we weren’t sure exactly what carving tool or method was used to make the juicy part. So we all tried various methods to make them. It was challenging, innovative, frustrating, but I learned a lot.... in other words, the perfect assignment!

First the perfecto example.

One thing that happened with this project was re-discovering tools I had forgotten about. I went thru my whole studio picking possible tools to try, and gave them a whirl.

It was fun trying bizarre tools and seeing what worked. I ended up settling on a triangular sharp trim tool that comes to a point. The other thing I had to sort was realizing that I’d never be able to have perfectly precise lines of grooves, so I decided a swirly non-uniform style would work for me.

Here’s a pic of it in progress. 

Another thing I learned after trying to use one is that super rounded cones don’t work as well as narrower, pointy ones.