Testing 8 New Stoneware Clays
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- čas přidán 6. 06. 2024
- In this week's video I'm testing eight new stoneware clay bodies from Potclays, (www.potclays.co.uk - the clay was gifted). I'll be throwing, trimming, glazing and reduction firing these in the search for a new body to use alongside the red-pink clay I normally make my pottery with. Let me know which you like best and perhaps more importantly, happy new year!
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Timecodes:
0:00 - Introduction and talking clay
1:01 - Throwing the bowls
4:09 - Trimming the bowls
12:04 - Bisque firing to 1000ºC
13:02 - Waxing the bowls feet
13:47 - Glazing the bowls
16:16 - Cleaning up the glazed vessels
19:02 - Packing the gas kiln
19:43 - Reduction firing the pots to 1290ºC
20:44 - Opening the kiln
21:11- A surprise from the kiln
22:06 - Sanding the bottoms of the bowls
22:53 - The finished bowls
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It’s such a shame the one with just the interior glaze didn’t survive.. the contrast between glazed interior and hardened, groggy, fired exterior was captivating. By far my favorite
I like the rough textures of the groggy clays. It's a shame that the one that looks almost greenish doesn't keep that colour once fired. That bowl split in half is what Bob Ross would call "happy accident", creating great expo material.
I thought so too! The green tone was really quite interesting. The cracked pot is currently being shown in an exhibition at YSP, it isn't for sale, but it's a fascinating object to show alongside all the others as it helps give you an idea of the pots anatomy.
@@floriangadsby It was the perfect split for your exhibition. Eager to see what you bring next year! Have a good evening!
What’s that Japanese practice of repairing something with gold?
Kintsugi @@obsoletecd-rom
@@obsoletecd-rom it's called kintsugi, and the traditional process with urishi takes a couple months.
My favourite part of your videos are when you open the gas kiln and the pieces sing twinkling hellos to you. I imagine it's the temperature change and the glazes? It is such a sweet sound, like a little choir of pottery pieces. Happy new year Florian and thank you for sharing your work with us!
This is one of my favorite videos you’ve made. I think this is a perfect demonstration of how an artist’s materials doesn’t define their work, but rather the character and making process defines an artist’s body of work. Thanks for making videos for all of us, and have a wonderful New Year!
Glad to hear so, I'll make a note of that. I think generally my videos could do with a bit more experimenting/trial and error, it certainly makes them more interesting to narrate! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch and Happy new year!
Some of us make test tiles while Florian makes test bowls. Absolutely brilliant work! I particularly liked the grogged pink for its dark luster.
25:53 that one’s my favorite, the pattern and colour is so nice
The grogged pink is really lovely and I wonder if you could get the refinement you wanted with the slightly more plastic, less grogged formula? I appreciate the process where you change one variable. As a hobby potter it feels like I change all the variables each time and that produces some nice accidents but is never predictable.
I want to try mixing it half/half with my usual, smoother body - that might work. I like only changing small things at once, and letting those tiny steps lead to gradual changes, as compared to rushing into altering too much at once, I think I need to embrace that more with my porcelain work as that feels like a lot of stabbing in the dark.
@@floriangadsby I was also wondering with the grogged pink, if you wanted the glaze more even would it be possible to dip it in glaze twice? Or would that put too much glaze on the pot so that it would cause problems firing??
That Dark groggy one came out badass, I love it. Clay looks awesome and the glaze over top came out super cool.
i love the pink grog clay, it's so ironic and beautiful to me the idea of a prestine yet sharp shape that's also rough
i just love the whole story about this clay body, it's painful to work with it tears the tools and the clay itself fights against being put in a nice enclosure, it wants to be itself in all of the stages of making, and that touches me in a very deep way
who would imagine that i would be saying this about a bowl, belive that's the meaning of art
Love that dark red one.
I love the colours of the grogged pink, but you're right it does look a bit rough even with the glaze because of how course it is. I wonder if you can get the same clay with less grog in it so you get those colours with a smoother finish.
The 2 very light colored ones are my favorite
*I LOVED THE GROGGED PINK* something about it was very primeval to me.
Honestly I really like them all, if I had to pick a favorite it would be the third one in the higher resolution photos, that silvery grey really caught my attention with how much depth there appeared to be in the glaze.
The grogged pink piece is gorgeous. I agree it isn't as refined as your other pieces but I do love the rustic look of it. Although I'm not sure my hands would be able to withstand the grog on the wheel. As always your work is truly amazing.
The larger flakes of the green pot you show at the finish are extremely satisfying in that inside shot, specifically the way some lines continue across the arc of the inside like crossing twigs, defined by the bases or tops of specific crystals. In between where the 'twigs' intersect, the larger flakes bloom. I hope to see more of that! Happy new year!
Wonderful! Thanks for the detail and for sharing your thought processes!
Florian, your work is fascinating. You work in a meticulous and calculated process that produces amazing results
Happy New Year Florian 🎉 I really loved this, such a pleasure following your work.
Thank you for your beautiful and soothing channel. Happy new year!
Absolutely fantastic work! I also appreciate your explanation throughout the video. It's inspirational.
Honestly could not choose a favorite out of these pieces, I find each one to be uniquely stunning. Thank you so much for sharing your amazing work and process, wishing you a safe and happy new year!
Your work is so beautiful, it’s the finest artwork.
Absolutely Stunning.
What a great video Florian. I have been trying out some different clays and it is really helpful to hear your professional take on how they all differ and the implications with throwing and trimming implications .., 😊
I love the grogged pink!!
I really enjoyed this video, Florian!
The line up at 11:50 is stunning! The colors, textures and shapes are beautiful.
Awesome video. I love the experimentation with the clays. Maybe it’s because I just can never find my 1 favorite yet. Thanks for sharing
Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing and I love seeing your dog in the videos. I am a dog fanatic, they are the best people on earth.
This was really interesting and great timing - I’m currently in the process of choosing a new clay to work with! Thank you 🙂
So beautiful!
Happy new year, Florian!!! Protect your hands with tape!!! Thanks for your craft!!!
I love the grogged pink glaze. I love the rustic quality of it and its dark metallic colour.
The second bowls is my favourite, the way the glaze is and the shape is beautiful. Then 3,4,1, I love the blue tone is favourite colour last bowl. Very interesting I learned so much. Thank you.
The cracked pot looks amazing. Great for a perm example for showing the cross section
I live the clays. You can see the profile through the glaze. I this your colours are my fav colours.
Thanks for the end of the year gift Florian, i wish you a happy and creative new year!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching and very happy new year to you too!
love to see this kind of experimentation!
Pleased to hear that! Thanks so much for watching, friend!
I have a bag of the grogged pink and it was just too rough for my hands to cope with on the wheel - might just mix some with some reclaim and see what I get. Thanks for this level of detail, Florian - it's so, so helpful!
Florian, i'd love to hear a bit more about your thoughts on the process to choose different clay. I feel completely overwhelmed by the choices (local and international). It is very difficult to understand the quality levels and what to expect especially as a beginner. Thank you so much for sharing all this knowledge! And happy new year all the way from Canada.
so interesting and enjoyable to watch. thanks
That grogged pink fires up to such a gorgeous colour. Very mahogany esque
Hi Florian - HNY from Australia 😀 Recently discovered your channel and really enjoy your videos. Reminds me of my childhood - my mother had a small pottery studio at the back of the garage. Thank you 😀 Peta
Hey Florian, how do you decide whether you’ll fix an undulation by trimming the rim versus by trimming the base? I often end up with undulations when I throw tall, so it’s great to see your process for handling them!
Happy new year to you and Ciro!
In practice, sometimes fixing the base completely eliminates the need to fix the rim, which, given the option, I'd rather interfere with the base, as there's potentially more that can go wrong turning the lip. So, if trimming the foot fixes it, then great, if not, I'll then do the rim. WITH that being said, sometimes I can immediately identify that it's just the rim that needs fixing, if the wobble is very subtle, so I'll start with that.
Basically, sometimes doing one works, sometimes both are needed.
Happy new year to you too! Thanks for watching!
Using a soft piece of clay to pick up the trimmings jnside the bowl is genius! I don't know how I never thought of that myself. I am always struggling to pick little bits out of my foot rings when I am trimming. Thanks for the tip!
Loved the video! Would have been interesting to see the bubbled glaze and how it would have come out had you not smoothed it before. :)
I would love to see a 50/50 mix of the Grogged Pink and the David Wright - I think it would be a great mix of the qualities that you like of each. Maybe even a 1:1:1 mix of your usual stoneware clay with the other two? I'm excited to see how you experiment with mixing these on future bowls.
I love the large scales of the smooth bodies, I also especially love the high grok body. The dark brown that can be seen under the green gives a great deal of detail. Although I have to agree that it is unlike the rest of your work in its rough appearance, and yet the contrast between the sharp lines and the course glaze is enticing. I want to feel how the glase undulates and chagües texture under my fingers.
Happy new year, Florian. It’s been a pleasure watching your CZcams videos this year. Here’s to the next one 🥂
HNY! Thanks for supporting me and my channel over the year, I appreciate it to no end!
You’re welcome! I’d love to support you even more by buying one of your pots, but maybe 2024 will be the year for that!
Your process always seems so effortlessly perfect from beginning to end. Complex simplicity! It's like pottery therapy for me. Could you tell me more about the crackle glaze you are using? Thanks for sharing and educating.
i love the light cold colors of those few. i imagine a super hearty meaty thick full flavor ramen/stew inside. i think those would make the food really stand out. yum xD
i would really love to see a mix of the pink groggy and the David Wright, i wonder if both extremes were to create a happy medium? excellent video!
The bowl that split was my favorite. I really like the contrast of the glazed interior vs the unglazed exterior. It really worked with the lines of the design too. Curious if you are able to glaze the inside a different glaze from the outside from a logistical standpoint?
i liked the dark purple brown bowl
What ends up happening to the reclaim from when you are experimenting with different clay bodies? I would love to see any piece that you make with the Frankenstein clay that comes out.
Happy new year. It was lovely to watch your videos over the past year and reading your book.
I'd like to see the grogged pink with a thicker glaze coat. The darker clay breaking through with the wild surface texture is quite pretty.
You can really hear the pots pinging this video
Can you do a video with a test on the groggy clay, where you fettle the glaze smooth on half and leave the other half with craters? I think that would be an interesting and informative video.
I usually try to smooth out the glaze. Sometimes it messes up the glaze and I have to patch it. It would be good to know if it is actually doing anything useful.
i think i like the one you called "muddy" 24:48 best. the rim really stands out to me
Would you ever try your hand at kintsugi? that broken pot would look splendid :)
It’s unfortunate about that purple one you only glazed on the inside because that raw clay color on the outside after the firing is gorgeous! But you’d never be able to use it as an actual bowl without the glaze on the inside I imagine?
I love the crazing on the second high-resolution photo. But I think my favorite is the Grogged Pink (I think that's what it was called) which I really was not expecting, as that really was my least favorite of them in their raw state! LOL
The little lines of text you added to define some of the terms and words that you use in your narration are SUCH a lovely touch! However, if I may suggest: some of them disappeared a little too quickly for my (perhaps below average) reading speed, so maybe leave them onscreen for just an extra second or two? All in all, I just loved this video. That unglazed grogged pink was so beautiful-especially the cross-section where it almost looked like silver glitter on a black background. All of them turned out so beautifully, especially in the high-res photos you included. Happy New Year, and I can’t wait to see more from you, Mr. Gadsby!
Good advice! Thank you and glad you like their inclusion, there’s lots of pottery jargon. Hence the glossary in the back of the book I wrote. Thanks for watching! 🙌🏻
Have you ever attempted something like kintsugi on any of your cracked stoneware. Just seeing that one that cracked, especially with its two tone finish, I bet it would have such a striking look. The iron oxide glaze is already beautiful, and gold would pair nice with the green of reduced iron oxide.
I used to throw with Raku clay back in high school so I know how that feels, with really rough clay.
I love the “pink” clay. I like the complicated texture the speckles create. It’s a shame the half glazed bowl split in half. Most of my work involves only around half of the piece being glazed. So I like clay bodies that have lots of character and are their own glaze in a sense. Great work!
So interesting. I think that darker clay would be cool for bonsai pots. Actually love them all, but what do I know.
The grogged pink body bowl os stunning!
It looks very witchy and magical. I can see why you it doesnt fit woth ypur style, but perhaps it might look better with a more fluid glaze?
Also I was curious, what instead of a glaze you used a clay silt to paint over the Electric Kiln Fired pots? Can you get the best-of- both worlds? The texture from one body but the color of another?
so cool to see all these amazing new clays you're working with it's a shame that one pot broke in half, but it is cool to see the cross section, speaking of which I was wondering if you'd ever heard of the Japanese Art of Kintsugi. It is a centuries-old technique that involves fixing broken pottery with a special tree sap lacquer dusted with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. The technique is also known as Kintsukuroi which means “golden repair”. Instead of camouflaging the cracks, the technique emphasizes the fractures and breaks by highlighting them with gold seams, giving the repaired piece a unique appearance. Kintsugi is not only an aesthetic principle but also represents prevalent philosophical ideas such as wabi-sabi, which calls for seeing beauty in the flawed or imperfect. which i think would be an interesting thing to try and explore with the broken one rather than have it go to waste.
Oooh - would you ever repair a cracked pot like that one glazed inside? It looks like a prime candidate for Kintsugi ❤
Florian! I have named a pokemon after you! Happy New Year!
I definitely like the rougher one. Looks way more natural and artistic if I can say that rather than too controlled or polished. And the one with too few flecks feels a bit fake-ish due to the low number of them idk if it makes sense
I have a growing pile of pieces I have made that just aren't good enough to give away to friends/family, including test clay/glaze items. Can't imagine you have that same problem :)
I DEFINITELY do!
please could you make an instagram post showing each bowl, its clay body and which colour glaze you used? its useful to know what makes each outcome here different! happy new year + thanks for uploading these helpful videos :•)
There's something that I like about each of them. But for you, as the artist, whether any of them are successful really depends on what you were aiming for.
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How heavily do you reduce and when do you start body reduction? That bowl that broke looked like it was black-cored, indicative of too much reduction. Perhaps the clay body is higher in iron?
would u ever use a slip made of different clays instead of changing the clay body, or would that just add and extra step to the process?
Any chance of a list of all these clays?
I’m no expert but I’ve seen other potters rinse their bisque ware prior to glazing which is supposed to allow for a smoother finish. Have you ever tried this ?
In a kiln load. How many of your pieces work and how many don't..
I always have a couple stunning pieces, the majority as predicted, and them a few complete fails due to warping uneven glaze or cracking.
Is this the same with you?
I use groggy clay all the time. Normally, I'm bleeding from where my hand hits the wheel by the time my throwing😬
Disclaimer: I know absolutely nothing about pottery, just curious
For the bowl with the raw (non-glazed) exterior, couldn't you have painted some of that wax emulsion on the outside of the rim to stop the glaze from coating it?
Completely aside from the inestimable value of the tests you've run here (both the technical bits involving working the clay and the narrative bits), it's a grand relief to be able to listen to and absorb your commentary without being consciously careful to filter out sales pitches for some sponsor or other. Those have ruined a whole lot of the CZcams series that I started watching when they were small-time and intimate. As soon as some headhunting advertisers co-opt them, it all goes to hell.
How do new types of clay come about?
If I could afford that dark clay bowl, I’d eat out of it for every. Single. Meal. 🤩
Is it me or the crackle glaze formed larger "flakes" on some of the new pieces?
I know you didn't like it - but I'd fill my house with the lightest / white bowl. I thought it was gorgeous.
Great video - your hands must be alittle sore
Thank you 🙏
Happy New Year
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Grog pink has an almost animalistic strength to it. The warmth and colour reminds me of nature itself.
"think of it a bit like throwing with sandpaper"
thanks I hate it
I feel like you deserve to have a broken bowl of yours repaired with lacquer and gold, as kintsugi.
What a shame the bowl that broke was beautiful.
Lovely work. My favourite, I think, is the one at czcams.com/video/PlbLIyO90Is/video.htmlsi=jHRqwVOfDWuMVHzl&t=1424 because it is so rich and metallic, as you say. I'd love to see the whole bowl - including the inside.
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