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I've tried this but my color slip during the drying process flakes off. Does anyone know where I made a mistake?

Thanks so much for sharing!

I'm new and this helped me so much! Thank you.

I don't understand why your views are not millions. Your workshop is divine. I learned a lot from you, thank you.

It would be nice to see the finished product after firing

Thanks!!

good job ❤❤

I had go back and see this. Nice video! Are u using oxides with watered clay?

You fast forwarded the part I needed to see man.

Beautifully done would. Have loved seeing final after firing thank you

I like how John applies colored slips to his Yunomi. He makes it all look so easy - it was hard to see how he used the string to cut them off even in slow motion.

The pitcher is beautiful

Beautiful demo

Well done!

Thank you!

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Nice video. Informative. Would LOVE to have seen the finished product! Q

I love your work John and thank you for your great video, and thank you Diane for filming it!

Very nice video. Wish you had followed through with trimming the lid and adding the knob.

It would have been great to see the entire video. Not cutting in and out. Pretty vase.

Who is throwing this pot. He is fabulous. Great video, beautiful work. Thank you +Diane McNeil.

How do you know to make them all the same size, throwing on a hump? Thank you for sharing.

Too bad it's not real time through out the video. In the skipping what is the viewer missing? Hum...

Thanks for the sharing your knowledge! I been watching video before I throw to help me pick up good technique and your video shows me lots!

You know me, always throwin yunomi's lol

How did you make the bottom of the clay not come up when you pulled it up into a cone shape and make the bottom wider

Why don't you tell how much clay to use ?????

Wonderful to watch. So skillful and so casual. Do you by any chance give workshops or demonstrations?

Love the raised bat system! Is it home made? Thanks.

I often throw off the hump in my high school ceramics class and its been an eye grabber sense most beginners dont start with it.

Looks great. How long do you wait before throwing and trimming??

mysticwolf11 I find that centering on the hump is very easy, almost too easy. If you bump it or adjust your hands at the wrong time you will suddenly be off center again very easily. You have leveraging power off the hump that you don't normally have with just a small ball of clay on the wheel. Actually, being a fraction off might be really nice. Instead of making that perfect pot, try accepting the minor flaw and see if you learn something from it.

I would like to learn how to wood fire pottery, are you concerned about being close to the propane tank in the background?

Taking my first ceramics course and was just introduced to throwing off the hump this week: I always have a lot of problem centering...I get close but i'm always a fraction of an inch off and it tends to affect my pots. Would you say it's easier or harder to center when throwing off the hump? Any tips on centering when throwing in either method?

Thanks for your comments

@Cory Lum we fire

brilliant demonstration. do you fire gas or do you use a soda kiln for finished product ? thanks

Just stumbled onto your video library last night. Thank you so much for sharing! I love your work and the way you describe the making of it.

We've tried greenware before and it usually blows up. With under-firing the bisque we lower the fail rate and have better results. Plenty of people pitfire greenware and are successful. We didn't want to run the risk, and there is an element of impatience too, that we have to deal with. (Our impatience lol)

We've always used an above ground pit because the type of soil we have here is mostly rocks with a little dirt mixed in. So, we'd probably have to blast to get a good sized hole. With an above ground pit we have good air flow and it burns hot fast. Hope this helps.

can u fire greenware in a pit fire or does it have to be bisque?

i want to see more of how that porcelain clay in the tube tool works :}

have you had better results with the above ground pit than a dug out one? Just wondering if it makes a difference.

Wow! It's magic!

I would love to see the results of your pit firing or some of the other pots you fired this way! :o) Since you're in Door County, I wonder if you knew Karl Christiansen?? I was his last apprentice before he moved up there. Love the videos. Thanks Sheri Heiland

It's a kite string. I do it as you said, put the string where I want the cut and hold the string as the wheel turns. I do trim the foot later, so it doesn't have to be perfect, just straight enough to not fall over

Could you possibly explain how you cut it off the hump a little more? I have tried with a cheese wire but always get a slant :(. Was that just a bit of thin thread that you used? Do you start by sticking it where you want the cut then let the wheel wrap it round and use the tension to cut through? That was what I grasped from the video but I am still a little unclear

great tune!

good point there are heavy metals on the pottery. don't breath the smoke, nor roast anything over the fire lol