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Wooden Rib

The Dirty Girl Wooden Ribs are considered to be a potter’s best friend when it comes to defining profiles, wringing out water or adding decorative touches. It provides multiple angles which are useful in creating novel shapes and curves while throwing. Dirty Girl Wooden Ribs are one of the most basic and frequently used tools in clay and so a potter’s tool kit is not complete without one or two or five!
Dirty Girls Foot Fetish Rib $8.25
SKU: DIRTG-FTFETRBT
Product Description
The Foot Fettish Rib is specifically designed to make finishing your pieces a little easier, by eliminating the need for trimming. Just gently glide the edge of the tool along the wheel head at the base of (in contact with) your pot. As excess clay is removed, a beautiful foot will appear! Next, use one of Dirty Girls Ergonomic Cut Off Wire Tools to remove the pot from the wheel and voila! A perfectly trimmed pot with no trimming at all!

With this unique tool, you can create two distinct contours - rounded and angled. This rib can also be used to fashion beautiful edges on the rim of your wheel-thrown pots. Because the edgesl are bevelled, it may used as a traditional wooden rib tool, as well!
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Dirty Girls Big Foot Fetish Rib $8.25
SKU: DIRTG-BIGFOOT
Product Description
Dirty Girls Big Foot Fetish Rib is to use it for create a foot on your larger pots or create a galley on a rim. Top and bottom edges are beveled for use as shaping ribs too. With this unique tool, you can create two distinct different foot profiles, one rounded, one triangular with this rib.
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Dirty Girls Rump Shaper Bowl Rib - RU Series
DIRTG-RU1$8.25
DIRTG-RU2$8.25
DIRTG-RU3$8.25
DIRTG-RU4$8.25
SKU: DIRTG-RU1 / DIRTG-RU2 / DIRTG-RU3 / DIRTG-RU4
Product Description
Dirty Girls Rump Shaper Bowl Ribs (RU) can be used in three ways, making this a great shaping tool for shallow forms such as bowls and plates. The edges are beveled, allowing for smooth shaping so the surfaces of your pieces are more compressed and can hold their shape more easily. The sloping backside, or rump, is great for shaping the outer surfaces of your piece and giving them a hidden foot look (RU3 with ends with a notch that can create a flat-sided foot). The round edge can be used to easily shape a base or rim and replace the need for trimming.

SKU DIRTG-RU1 DIRTG-RU2 DIRTG-RU3 DIRTG-RU4
Beveled Edges Yes
Width 6" 5.25" 5" 5.125"
Height 2.25" 1.625" 2" 2"
Note Handmade in KY of fine hardwood Red Oak.
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Dirty Girls Rump Shaper Bowl Rib - RU Series
DIRTG-RV1$8.25
DIRTG-RV2$8.25
DIRTG-RV3$8.25
DIRTG-RV4$8.25
SKU: DIRTG-RV1 / DIRTG-RV2 / DIRTG-RV3 / DIRTG-RV4
Product Description
Dirty Girls Rump Shaper Bowl Ribs (RV) can be used in three ways, making this a great shaping tool for shallow forms such as bowls and plates. The edges are beveled, allowing for smooth shaping so the surfaces of your pieces are more compressed and can hold their shape more easily. The sloping backside, or rump, is great for shaping the outer surfaces of your piece. The triangular edge (round edge for RV2) can be used to easily shape a base or rim and replace the need for trimming.

SKU DIRTG-RV1 DIRTG-RV2 DIRTG-RV3 DIRTG-RV4
Beveled Edges Yes
Width 6.25" 5.5" 5.25" 5.25"
Height 2.25" 1.25" 1.25" 1.75"
Idea of shallow forms Bowls and Pates Bowls,Pates and Cups Bowls and Pates
Sloping backside (or rump),
great for shaping		 Hidden Foot Look Create a Flat-sided Foot Hidden Foot Look
Note Made from high-quality hardwood Red Oak
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