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To us, a CHUCK
is an apperatus used to support a pot upside down centered on the potter's
wheel to facilitate trimming the bottom. My first experience with one was
watching a potter use one in August,1981.
We make them from earthenware clay in our studio to accomidate pot
styles as we produce them. These three usually do the job. Notice, they
are hallow cylinders with diferent diameters, top and bottom. Two
diameters give you two options to support a pot.
It is very important to point out to you the aesthetics of trimming
the bottom of a pot. A pot should truely be considered unfinished if
the potter neglected to trim the bottom. It is a distinction only skilled
potters preform. A well trimmed pot has a foot that makes the pot appear
to be weightless and floating. A well trimmed bottom protects the table top,
where it resides, from horiffying gouges and unremovable scratches.
Ultimately, get into the habit of turning pots over at galleries and
art shows. You will, no doubt, be amazed at how many nice looking pots
are truely unfinish by potters whose skills are yet to be fully developed.
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