{"id":15774,"date":"2026-02-18T12:05:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T12:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cursist-courses.com\/throwing-off-the-hump\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T09:40:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T09:40:39","slug":"throwing-off-the-hump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cursist-courses.com\/en\/throwing-off-the-hump\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwing off the hump"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15774\" class=\"elementor elementor-15774 elementor-9353\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a6b6a59 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a6b6a59\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5058343\" data-id=\"5058343\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48f9b65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48f9b65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Want to throw a set of small items such as mugs, cups or egg cups? Then you can save yourself a lot of work by <strong>learning how to throw them off the hump<\/strong>. Because once you&#8217;ve mastered this technique, you can make them much quicker.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take enough clay to create each piece in the set you want to make, and put all of it in one big chunck on your wheel.<\/li>\n<li>Create a cone like shape with the clay and then use the top part of that cone to create your first mug, cup or egg cup.<\/li>\n<li>Ready? Then cut off the finished piece and use the new top part of the clay to make your next piece.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary );\">With this method, called <\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary );\"><i>throwing off the hump,<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary );\"> you can <\/span><strong style=\"font-style: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing );\">wedge all the clay at once<\/strong><span style=\"font-style: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary );\">, instead of having to wedge many small pieces of clay. You also only need to <\/span><strong style=\"font-style: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing );\">centre the clay once<\/strong><span style=\"font-style: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary );\"> and it&#8217;s not even a bit problem if it&#8217;s not a 100% centred. (Because you&#8217;re only working with the top part).&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary );\">And because you have so much clay ready to use underneath the part that you&#8217;re working on, it&#8217;s easy to make small corrections by bringing up a little bit of extra clay. 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