Clay Rib Wave S Bevel
Give your vessel a dynamic profile during shaping
About this design
You receive a precise tool for smoothing and profiling clay that replicates the Wave S Bevel form. It allows you to achieve distinct, slanted lines on the vessel surface and an even wall profile with a diameter of sixty-three and eighty-nine hundredths millimeters and a height of two hundred fifteen and forty-two hundredths millimeters.
What you will use it for
- When working on a potter's wheel or in handbuilding, you press the edge of the tool against the rotating mass of clay.
- A smooth movement of your hand allows you to control the thickness and shape of the walls, while the smoothed surface maintains repeatable geometry along the entire height of the formed vessel.
How to use it
A rib is a tool for smoothing, pulling off excess clay and shaping wall profiles — on the wheel and in hand building. Its working edges have different radii, so one tool lets you pull a wall, profile the foot transition and polish the surface.
Get to know the edges
Each edge has a different profile: straight for scraping and levelling, convex for the inside of a vessel, concave for the outer wall and transitions. Before you start, hold them in your hand and find the one that sits most comfortably.
Set the working angle
Hold the rib at roughly 45 degrees to the surface. Too flat and the tool slides over the clay, too steep and it cuts instead of smoothing.
Always work wet
Wet the tool and the clay surface before every pass. A dry rib grabs the clay and leaves burrs.
Pulling a wall on the wheel
Hold the rib in your right hand and support the wall from the inside with your left. Move slowly and evenly from the base upwards — one confident pass beats five nervous ones.
Removing excess water and clay
Use the straight edge to scrape excess wet clay off the wall and water out of the base. Deposit the excess away from the wheel so it does not fall back onto the piece.
Profiling and finishing
Shape the foot-to-wall transition with the concave edge and polish the inside with the convex one. Finish with a single pass over the full height to even out finger marks.
Hand building
When building with slabs and coils, the rib compresses and smooths the joins and evens out curves without stretching the clay.
Cleaning
Wash the tool in lukewarm water after use and dry it. Do not leave it in a bucket of water — long soaking weakens the print.
Common questions
- Wymiary
- 110 × 220 × 7 mm
Made to order · shipping in 3–7 business days.
- Wymiary
- 110 × 220 × 7 mm
Made to order · shipping in 3–7 business days.