Footring on a Pittormie thrown plate

This is the plate I have been most nervous of because the clay was very difficult to work, which is, of course, no reflection on the quality of the farm! I realise now I could have sieved the clay quite a bit more, and this would have made the proportion of clay higher in this mix. Still, I discovered that throwing is a superior way of making plates than press moulding, because it keeps the clay body compressed as it shapes it, while rolling clay stretches it out, breaking the microscopic joins that gives clay it's remarkable plastic quality.