The 4 drain holes will end up higher than the bottom curve which may cause water to pool. You could use less drain holes because 4 will require a lot of pre work to screen. It is a beautiful pot!
Beautiful elegant pot design with a touch of wabi sabi for sure! As a Bonsai practitioner, wanabe potter...🙃I would love to see this design with 3 legs and one centered drainage hole...I’m just sayin now...love your pots!
3 legs is good. No wobbling. Want to keep something steady? Like a camera? Tripod. Trees too! Aaron..... Well produced video, fun view and informative. I'm subbing your channel after one view.
An outdoor pit firing is possible, but has a high rate of failure if you have never done it. A kiln is best. Look into local ceramic businesses to ask if they will fire something for you or if they have kiln services. Good luck!
I have been building these style pots on balloons and other objects. Where did you find the piece of foam? that would be so much better to build these on.
This was built on a wooden bowl. A foam form could easily be made from some insulating foam sheeting that could be purchased at a home improvement store, though. Great thought.
Lolo Robison I use stoneware clay. I recommend trying to find a local ceramics supply store for clay and tools, but there are many wooden and plastic ceramics tools available through Amazon and other online sellers.
Re: drain hole placement - doesn't that create a pooling area in the center bottom of the pot? Root-rot is always one of my biggest problems with pots.
The drain holes are spaced across the flat bottom of this pot. If you are building your own, place them where it seems best for your needs. (and try a soil mix that drains better)
I never have, no. I prefer to use glazes on ceramic ware as this method of adding color and texture is 100% permanent and becomes part of the pot itself. There may be glazes that can achieve a similar effect to milk paint though.
@@aaronstratten9594 Thanks for the reply! Unfortunately, I am not a pottery'ist nor have a kiln. I was just looking for cheap alternatives for big garden pots and transforming cheap and (ugly) orange-colored terra-cotta pots into something more decent colored and usable. I recently colored 8-10 old terra-cotta pots with Old-Fashioned Milk Paint last week (Driftwood color)... and it looks sooo much better than the orange! :D ...it's actually usable and pretty now. Not an orange eye-sore anymore and looks very natural in color. Looks like the natural colors used for Bonsai pots. But I hope it is durable and will last though!
I purchase clay from a local ceramics supply store. You can also dig clay yourself, but that requires a lot of time, labor, and experimentation to process it. I don't recommend it if you are just trying to make your own pots.
I still can't get over you smashing perfectly beautiful pots in the beginning of the video!!!! 😓😆
I love this one the most!!!! Thank you for sharing.
Loved that opening! A great reminder that I need to recycle something I just started working on that isn't working for me. Thanks for the tips!
Beautiful! Thank you very much!
The 4 drain holes will end up higher than the bottom curve which may cause water to pool. You could use less drain holes because 4 will require a lot of pre work to screen. It is a beautiful pot!
I knew u were gonna break it and it still broke my heart hahaha ur a true artist great work and I cant wait to try and make myown
Wow. Very nice
Yeah! Good man! Time and materials is money! Hammer time!
I like it!
very nice
beautiful
Glad I found this!
Very good
Beautiful elegant pot design with a touch of wabi sabi for sure!
As a Bonsai practitioner, wanabe potter...🙃I would love to see this design with 3 legs and one centered drainage hole...I’m just sayin now...love your pots!
3 legs is good. No wobbling.
Want to keep something steady? Like a camera? Tripod. Trees too!
Aaron..... Well produced video, fun view and informative.
I'm subbing your channel after one view.
Cool logo :)
Brutal!
Love your detailed info on making the pot. Is there any way of firing the pot at home without a kiln?
An outdoor pit firing is possible, but has a high rate of failure if you have never done it. A kiln is best. Look into local ceramic businesses to ask if they will fire something for you or if they have kiln services. Good luck!
I have been building these style pots on balloons and other objects. Where did you find the piece of foam? that would be so much better to build these on.
This was built on a wooden bowl. A foam form could easily be made from some insulating foam sheeting that could be purchased at a home improvement store, though. Great thought.
Hi, Aaron. Thanks for the video tutorial. What kind of clay do you use, and where do you get your wooden tools to smooth out coils? Love your work!
Lolo Robison I use stoneware clay. I recommend trying to find a local ceramics supply store for clay and tools, but there are many wooden and plastic ceramics tools available through Amazon and other online sellers.
Thanks, Aaron. Does you use a clay body with a lot of grit or very little? Your finished product looks very smooth and clean. Thanks for responding!
@@aaronstratten9594 Ci vraiment fantastique très très bon travail meusieu merci beaucoup pour votre aide et salutations de RQIA de MAROC.
What kinda clay are you using for Strong durable pots that will not break during Winter I'm using 266 and 112 dark Brown and speckled?
I use both of those and others on occasion. As long as you fire these to cone 5 they should be vitrified and be very durable through all seasons.
Hi Aaron: when you are rolling out your clay for your bonsai pots, what thickness are you using? Thank you.
I use 1/4 inch for small pots and 3/8 inch for larger pots. (7-10 mm)
What is that tool you used for decorating the surface of the pot? Thx. Martin
That is a texture roller I made myself. It is simply a textured slab of clay that I rolled into a cylinder, dried, and fired.
@@aaronstratten9594 Thank you. It would be great to see a video of making that tool.
Re: drain hole placement - doesn't that create a pooling area in the center bottom of the pot? Root-rot is always one of my biggest problems with pots.
The drain holes are spaced across the flat bottom of this pot. If you are building your own, place them where it seems best for your needs. (and try a soil mix that drains better)
You ever use milk paint for pots? If yes, your opinion on it?
I never have, no. I prefer to use glazes on ceramic ware as this method of adding color and texture is 100% permanent and becomes part of the pot itself. There may be glazes that can achieve a similar effect to milk paint though.
@@aaronstratten9594
Thanks for the reply!
Unfortunately, I am not a pottery'ist nor have a kiln.
I was just looking for cheap alternatives for big garden pots and transforming cheap and (ugly) orange-colored terra-cotta pots into something more decent colored and usable.
I recently colored 8-10 old terra-cotta pots with Old-Fashioned Milk Paint last week (Driftwood color)... and it looks sooo much better than the orange! :D ...it's actually usable and pretty now. Not an orange eye-sore anymore and looks very natural in color. Looks like the natural colors used for Bonsai pots.
But I hope it is durable and will last though!
Less Talk, More Delicious let me know how it holds up. I would imagine better for plants kept inside.
Can Air dry clay be used for a bonsai pot?
No. The pot will not hold up.
How did you cooked it ?
I have an electric kiln. You can check your area for businesses that fire ceramics for customers, or you can research other firing methods. Good luck!
@@aaronstratten9594 your work is beautiful and your methodology is fascinating. Would you share the make / model of your kiln? Thank you!
What materials used to make the clay???
I purchase clay from a local ceramics supply store. You can also dig clay yourself, but that requires a lot of time, labor, and experimentation to process it. I don't recommend it if you are just trying to make your own pots.
@@aaronstratten9594 thank you.. by the way am from India.. I found from internet sources that here we will get it from Lord Ganesha idol makers..
Is it air dry?
This is stoneware. The clay is fired to around 2100 degrees F. I don’t know of an air dry clay that could hold up as a bonsai pot.
3:19
I'd be scared I will chip or break it.
LIKE
Can you make a channel where you just break pots?
LOL
3:20 starts the making.
Your welcome😊
hasta me asuste jajaja
1:49 nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
I was about to leave this same comment!!
Scare me when you smashed the pot 1st one
I'll take it,,, dammmmmm.. you broke it 😥
Honestly bonsai pot functionality fail. Pop Quiz: where is the water going to pool and not drain from in drape pot made?
You are clearly smart enough to cut a 5th drainage hole in the middle, or (as I did) decide to flatten the bottom of the pot.