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The Dividing Web: A Handy Tool for Making Evenly Spaced Patterns All the Way
Around a Piece of Pottery
By Sylvia Shirley, June 7, 2010 Read Comments (16)
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How many times have you tried to eyeball making
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evenly spaced decorations around a piece of round
pottery and misjudged the spacing? I have done
this more times than I care to admit. So
unnecessary, especially when potters like Sylvia
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Shirley share tips on handy devices like the one
digital controler
below. Sylvia’s dividing web will make all of my
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eyeballed disasters a thing of the past.
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What’s more, we included a printer-friendly version
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of it in our latest free download: The 2010
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Workshop Handbook: Pottery Tools and Studio
Resources. So download your copy and enjoy the Dividing Web and all of the other great tips and tidbits
packed inside. – Jennifer Harnetty, editor.
This handy guide makes it easy to divide the surface of any round pot into as many as twelve equal
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Use a photocopier to enlarge this wheel to the
desired size. Attach it to a wheel head-sized circle of
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cardboard. Cover with plastic wrap or have it
laminated at an office supply store. The numbers
refer to the number of divisions desired and are
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repeated at equal intervals around the circle
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The Pointer
The pointer helps you transfer marks from the
dividing web to the pot. Make sure the bottom of the
pointer block is square and the front side is
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perpendicular. The arms can be made from Popsicle
sticks.
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Using the Dividing Web
Center a pot on the wheel. Draw circles on the pot
using a red felt-tip pen. Align the pointer with the
selected line and position the Popsicle sticks to
touch the pot. Tighten the wing nuts. Make a tic
mark on the pot at the end of the Popsicle stick
using the red felt pen. Move the pointer to the next
position and repeat.
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Ideas to Get Started
Accurately marking off divisions on your form opens
up a world of potential design work. Once the
desired number of marks are made, decorate as
desired, using sgrafitto, trailed slip, brushed oxides,
etc.
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16 Comments on "The Dividing Web: A Handy Tool for Making Evenly Spaced
Patterns All the Way Around a Piece of Pottery"
Jan July 7, 2011 at 4:50 pm I just use my Wilton Cake Decorating wheel. It is perfect. Washable and easy to store.
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Trudy June 13, 2010 at 8:33 am It is quite likely that more than just Judi have seen this item before. This item is very similar to the
decorating discs sold at http://www. mkmpotterytools.com. They come in odds and evens, and two
sizes, 16" and 4". I have had my decorating discs for at least 5 years. They are hard plastic, and if
you check out their website you will see what makes them different is that the lines are color coded,
and all up and down the lines there are small holes.
Judi June 12, 2010 at 3:49 pm Thanks for the info. I’ve seen this before but did not recall where I saw it.
james June 11, 2010 at 1:43 pm Your dividing pointer is a nice little tool. One can easily generate and print a circle template with any
number of divisions for use with your jig (or by itself) using any spreadsheet program. I have a free
downloadable divided circle template generator on the “Resources” page of my website,
http://www.jamesfreemanstudio.com/resources.html . It works with both Microsoft Excel and Open
Office, and is very simple to use. There are also a few other interesting items on that page, so enjoy!
Carole June 9, 2010 at 4:00 pm I suppose it is a good idea. However a bit to mechanized for me, and I rather like the “less than
perfect” pattern.
Tony June 8, 2010 at 2:09 pm Why don’t you just download the handbook, and print from the PDF? Then you can make it any size
you need, and it prints nicely.
Christine June 8, 2010 at 11:36 am Thank you for this post! This will be helpful in many many applications! @Lynn: Here’s what I did to
get the image… Highlight the picture of the grid. Left click on the picture while it’s highlighted. When
the enlarged picture comes up, Right click on the picture. Then click on “Copy”. Open a word
document. Open a text box onto the word doc. Right click in the text box. Click “Paste”. Then enlarge
the image to the size you want. For me it came out a bit blurry, but readable enough that I can clarify
it.
Kate June 8, 2010 at 11:17 am Why not add 9 segments? It’s a simple 40 degree shift for each segment. I just got one out of the
bisk firing yesterday, and it looks great! Thanks for the wheel, I’ve printed it out for future projects :)
cristina June 8, 2010 at 6:36 am como puedo suscribirme a POTTERY MAKING estando en ARGENTINA?
lanyero June 8, 2010 at 3:49 am thank you ,i have learn what i do not know
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Amarilis June 7, 2010 at 9:32 pm Excelente y práctica idea!
Lynn June 7, 2010 at 7:45 pm Could not get an image that I could copy. Looks like a neat tool, though.
Garecht June 7, 2010 at 3:08 pm Right on! This is just what I needed. Thank you for contributing to a couple A’s next semester :D
Carol June 7, 2010 at 2:07 pm It looks complicated to me…I always used a folded circle, divisions marked in ink and placed under
the pot. Works really wel, cheap, too!!! CT
Anne June 7, 2010 at 12:35 pm Very cool….. thank you! I’ve gotten by with “eyeballing”, or using my Giffin Grip for dividing in threes,
for too long.
Deb June 7, 2010 at 12:13 pm thank you, thank you, thank you. I’ve used the base plate alone (circles with dividing markers), but
the addition of the pointer will speed things up and make marks so much more accurate.
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