Pottery- How to Use Tar Paper or Roofing Felt Bats 2020

Please subscribe to my channel. In this video I demonstrate using an inexpensive construction material called roofing felt or tar paper on the pottery wheel to eliminate the need to cut or 'wire' a large pot off the bat. This is great to keep the bottom of your pot flat and to avoid hurting your hands during the wire process - large pots can be a pain to cut off. Roofing felt is available at most large hardware stores, and it's very inexpensive. I hope this helps out some folks out there. For faster response to questions contact me through my Facebook page / evolutionstoneware or email me through my website www.evolutionstoneware.com/.
In this video I discuss where you can get tar paper or roofing felt and some other uses for it. • Pottery- DIY Slab Mats...
Here's a link to my video from many years ago on how to use roofing felt/tar paper bats. This video is part of a juried playlist put together by NCECA. • Pottery - Throwing on ...
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[@denisenoble4010]

Hi, recently watched a video on using tar paper, so ordered the smallest bit I could via Amazon, a 1.4m x1 metre piece, then needed to find a video to remind me how to use it. So you tube to the rescue, yours and a couple other videos appeared. In class tomorrow I'm attaching a batt with my batt mate and using tar paper on the top, this then should be a less messy throwing session for me, haha, watch this space, thankyou for your video. Can't wait to try it 😊

[@maciejsimm2342]

your videos are underrated. what a great "hax" as the young ones call it !

[@EvolutionStoneware]

Thank you! 😁

[@rellatower8650]

LOVE THIS!!!

[@Barry-Hall]

It looks and sounds great! Thanks for mentioning my book. Great idea to use the metal hose clamp as a guide when cutting the excess skin off!

[@EvolutionStoneware]

Here are a couple videos with more info on tar paper or roofing felt. In this recent video I discuss where you can get tar paper or roofing felt and some other uses for it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aX-lloGjgtyiebM Here's a link to my video from many years ago on how to use roofing felt/tar paper bats. This video is part of a juried playlist put together by NCECA. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j57XkoifebelhdE The music in this video is a song called Light Bearer and was composed, played, & recorded by me. You can watch a performance of it here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGSxZoFse8ykec0 Hope this may help some of my pottery friends out there. Hope everyone is doing well. Much love, -Janis

[@Halfbakedceramics]

That is way too cool. I will have to get me some sheets and cut them out. Thanks!

[@EvolutionStoneware]

Yay! I'm glad this helped Michael! It comes in really handy when you need it. I love things that make life easier.

[@MoeinPotter]

Thanks for the video

[@EvolutionStoneware]

Thank you for watching. :)

[@Keramikkoppen]

Thanks, this is very helpful. I wonder how hot the water you use is.

[@glennr9913]

Many people may not want to buy a big roll of tar paper. I wonder how well the flexible thin plastic cutting boards might work? I think I've seen them at the dollar store. It seems like they might be more durable & maybe stay flat better than tar paper. Might be harder to peel off the clay though.

[@EvolutionStoneware]

I like that idea! If you try it please come back and tell us how it goes. Enquiring minds want to know 🙂.

[@glennr9913]

@@EvolutionStoneware I just picked up a 2-pack at Dollar Tree. I'll let you know how they work after Santa delivers the wheel.

[@____Ann____]

How did it go?

[@heididerksen8227]

Can you use tar paper for any throwing. I'm just getting into pottery and am trying to learn simple easy tricks. My husband and I built my wheel. He used a Corian countertop piece for the wheel. I'm thinking it's a little to slippery for coning up and down. Would this work to throw anything with.

[@EvolutionStoneware]

It should work with your corian. Use thick slip and not too much. Compress the tar paper firmly with the wheel turning starting from the center & moving to the edge.

[@elizabethmalone7235]

Would you be able to slide the tar paper and piece off the bat and onto a ware board so as to reuse the hard bat?

[@EvolutionStoneware]

Yes you can. Just run a wire between the tar paper and the bat to detach the tar paper. I like to do that with flat things like plates which are less likely to deform than bowl.

[@arvolina]

Mine started sliding on me while centering. What did I do wrong?

[@EvolutionStoneware]

Try using thicker slip and less slip to attach it. Then make sure you press it down very thoroughly with the wheel turning. Press all the way from the center out to the edge. This will also squish out excess slip from underneath. Basically it is probably too wet between the tar paper and your wheel head or bat.

[@Alexander-rq9he]

Is there a right side and a wrong side to the roofing felt? If so, which side goes up?

[@torchyjunk1700]

No, both sides are equal. One side might have printing.