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Seymour May
Gisborne, New Zealand
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inventive Kiwi's Robert has ever met. The photo at right shows Seymour's
solution to jiggering. The metal struts on the wheel can be compressed using
a hydraulic press (seen above with chain fall).
The memory of the steel allows the form to "shrink" by expanding in, up
and away from the clay that is applied to its exterior. A template for smoothing
the clay is in Seymour's hand.
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Ever the Kiwi, Seymour's kiln is heavily insulated saving on the cost of fuel
and allowing for a fast gas firing. He works out of one of the smallest
studios, but manages to make a large number of pots, some of which defy the
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Robert Compton
Pottery
2662 North 116 Road, Bristol, Vermont 05443,
U.S.A.
Phone: 802-453-3778
E-mail Robert & Christine
04/17/08
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