My questions for potters

[barrosinc]

Hi bonsainut potters.

I am having trouble making rivets for a drum pot. I am using a metal stick with a concave end, then pot clay in that stuck and push it into the pot. Is that how its done?

 

[Eric Group]

I am not a potter but rivets on a drum pot are generally raised off the surface not indented into it. Sounds like you are trying to press them into the pot...

 

[0soyoung]

I've seen videos where it is done by squeezing a thick slip out a nozzle on a plastic squeeze bottle (think cake decorator icing bags). The slip is thin enough that it flows into a nice round rivet head. Probably doesn't work for big rivets.

 

[barrosinc]

I am not a potter but rivets on a drum pot are generally raised off the surface not indented into it. Sounds like you are trying to press them into the pot...

I put clay on the "rivetter" before pressing.

Oso, I will try to find that