Wheel Days

A potter's working day at the wheel, for the shop that sells his pots.

Client: Pell Street Pottery
Discipline: Stories
Year: 2024
Made at: On location
Licensed use: Website and wholesale catalogue · unlimited · 3 years
Delivered: 30-frame story, catalogue selects

Credits

Photographer Ines Halloran

Pell Street sells one potter's work and wanted their customers to see where it comes from. We spent a day beside his wheel and photographed every stage of one large jar.

6 frames

A potter shaping a tall vase on the wheel among shelves of ware. — Centring the clay.

The potter throwing a tall cylinder, clay on his hands. — Pulling the walls.

The potter at the wheel beside a large monstera plant and the kiln. — Beside the kiln.

The potter trimming the vase, turned away to his work. — Turning the shoulder.

Close view of hands raising the clay on the spinning wheel. — Raising the form.

A metal rib scraping the ridged wall of a tall clay vase. — The rib on the finished wall.

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