Adding a rim to future bowls

[Mark Hall]

I've made colored rims another way, using 1/4" strips cut from sheet. I first lay them onto a proper size semi-circle form and slump them. Now you combine these bent colors to form the outside circle & begin adding material for the main area inside. This works really well after you've worked out the kinks to sizing. You can even cut them 1/2" wide (so they sit 1/2" high) - enough room to add only frit to obtain a 6mm blank without a dam.

[Laurie Spray]

Hard to picture.....do you happen to have a picture before and after original slump of strips?

[JestersBaubles]

Hard to picture.....do you happen to have a picture before and after original slump of strips?

Took me readi g it a few times...

Cut strips. lay each one, individually over a bowl slumping form and fire. Now you have these arced strips ghat you can lay on edge to form the rim.

Kind of like strip construction with arced pieces.

Dana

[Mark Hall]

That's the idea.

[Laurie Spray]

Just can't imagine getting a true circle that way.......am I missing something?

[Morganica]

If your slumping form is a true semi-circle, it should work well.

[bob proulx]

Are you talking about something like this?

Very nice piece.
Bob

[Mark Hall]

Slumping pieces into a true circle shape is important - however that's too hard using only two pieces (semi-circle) because you get a flat spot - so I use a few more. Any diameter can be bent then combined to form a true circle - don't even worry about how many pieces it takes to get it right. Pay attention to the diameter of the set-up, then slump many more than you need so you have choices.