Description

This Potters Rib Set contains five special wooden shaping tools that are very useful for modelling when working in clay. Create sculptures by smoothing and shaping while hand building or wheel throwing. It is used to shape, smooth, and compress clay, either when throwing on a pottery wheel or hand-building. These tools act as an extension of your hands. Create even curves, crisp angles, and professional-looking surfaces that fingers alone cannot easily achieve. The tools in a rib set are often made of different materials, each designed for a specific task in the pottery process.

Uses for the Potters Rib Set include:

• Shaping & Compressing: Wooden or rigid polymer ribs are pressed against the clay to push it into uniform shapes. Create bowls or cylinders, straighten walls, and compress the clay particles to prevent cracking.
• Smoothing & Polishing: Softer rubber or silicone ribs are flexible and conform to complex curves. They are perfect for wiping away throwing lines, smoothing out bumps, and burnishing the surface to a sleek finish.
• Refining & Removing Water: Use metal Ribs for trimming, defining sharp corners, and scraping away excess water. Use to scrape away slurry from a vessel’s surface at the end of the throwing process.