Pottery making a hummingbird bath 'bubbler' water fountain
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2024
- Welcome to this video on how I try to make a bird bath fountain for hummingbirds! Hummingbirds are amazing creatures that add a touch of magic to any garden. They are attracted to water, and a bird bath fountain can provide them with a refreshing and inviting spot to drink and bathe.
This will be a so called 'bubbler' for the tiny hummingbirds.
For the final glazed results we will have to wait a bit more, I want to dry this one slowly to prevent cracks because I threw it on the wheel with Laguna #66 clay which is not very suitable for throwing. But you know me....I want to try anyway lol
Off course I will share the glazed piece with you as soon as it is fired!
Happy potting,
Monique
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You are one of my favorites!!! I am in love with your style and colors and personality!!! Keep being you!!!
Thank you!
Cant wait to see this one finished and in use. Great to see all your planning and process. Thankyou for sharing with us Monique
My pleasure! And thanks!
What a good idea, great to see your process. Thanks
Thanks!
Wat een leuk idee.
Ben benieuwd naar het eind resultaat 😊
Dankjewel Eliza! Nog even geduld.... 😅
Hey Pottery Sister. Great project- love your calculations- I hate maths too 😂. Can't wait to see this finished and the hummingbirds using it. We don't have those in England xxxx
Hey pottery sis! Thanks for chiming in! It's still in my 'drying fridge, it is so freaking hot here at the moment I don't want to take it out yet. Hopefully I will catch some hummingirds on camera, that's hard to do bu tI will try. xx
❤❤❤what a cool idea….❤❤❤thank you once again for sharing your skills and talents … and showing how you calculate everything….nice to see someone else that goofs there slab measurements 🤣🤣🤣demonstrates we can all make mistakes and make jaw dropping beautiful pottery!!!🥰
Thanks Janette! Thankfully I discovered my mistake in time or it might not have fit in my kiln! 😆 We creatives never give up, we just try again.
Loved watching this idea evolve, and how you worked out the kinks in the process! So inspiring! Can't wait to see the finished product! 😊 Have lots of hummers here with the 4 hummingbird feeders that I refill almost daily. I'm sure they would love to have a nice bath like this as well. Thanks for sharing! Cheers!!
Thank you! We will have to see if all the kinks are out after the firings....😅
Oh how I wish I could build one by hand...I'm not a wheel thrower!! I already have the solar pump and plastic tubing I bought earlier this Spring '23...for a hummer shower that I hadn't gotten around to..maybe a good procrastination this time??? I love this idea!!!
Yes! Perfect timing in the end. 😉 Go for it, have fun!
I am loving this project! Sharing your thought process is invaluable & I appreciate you being transparent & not editing that out. 💜 I learned so much from listening to you talk through how you problem solved. I think I’ve watched every video you’ve made and I always gain valuable information and inspiration from you. Listening to the birds chirping and chickens clucking while you work makes me so envious! I’m curious, when you live in paradise 🌴☀️🌺 where do you vacation to? Seriously! LOL Also, do you plan to keep this project or sell it? I’ve got one more year left until until my BA in ceramics is complete & I still haven’t figured out how to not become emotionally attached to things I make! 🤣Anxiously awaiting video #2! 💜💜💜
Oh my, thank you for your kind words, nothing makes me happier than inspiring others to go get creative! 🥰 I think the world needs more individual creativity and sharing. Yes, living here is a delight, it has it's cons too, like every where but it is lovely. I usually go visit my mom in The Netherlands for vacation, and off course then also visit other friends there and in Germany. I am self taught so I don't know how studying cermics works but my guess is you will get less emotionally attached to the things you make when you want to make a living from it and have to pay for everything yourself. 😅😂🤣 Just kidding, to make art you have to be emotionally involved somehow I think. I love ceramics so much, I love for my work to be out there in there new homes where others love it too. And I have to sell to be able to buy new materials and pay the electricity bill. Wether I sell the bird bath depends on if it turns out good . 😉
@@nukuaceramicsbonaire I would love to visit Germany and the Netherlands 💜💜💜 Are you from there originally? So much truth in what you said about spreading joy to others with your work. It’s very easy for me to give the things I make to family. We have a fall pottery sale at school & I’ve decided to go for it finally and sell some stuff. I can’t wait to see how your hummingbird bath turns out! Thanks for your encouraging words, they mean a lot! 🤗
@@walkerpottery9296-Natalie I am from The Netherlands. Good luck at your first market!
I am new to clay, been attending adult ed classes for few years and love to throw, I'm ok at throwing small clay amounts but now want to go bigger, and it worried me till I was you centre individual lumps, why I'd not thought of that??I have no idea but class is back mid Sept so bigger projects to come. One other part you showed was after coneing up to push forward, I'd asked several pottery why they did that, all but one pottery didn't replyed, but your explanation and actually showing made sense, thankyou., Can't wait to see this make in action
Have fun with more clay! Take it slow, a little bit more first and work your way up to bigger projects slowely, you will get there!
Could you please share the link to the pump you bought? I’ve been looking for one like that and haven’t been able to find one. Thanks!
There you go! 😄
www.amazon.com/dp/B0BRN8M55Z?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1
So talented! Do you throw right handed but are a lefty? I'm left handed and it's a struggle to figure out what works. Definitely can't trim right
Hi Pam! Thank you! You are correct, I am a lefty but throw 'right handed'. Which is a strange concept in my mind because one uses both hands? 😅 I am self taught so I learned from others on video and left or right handed just never crossed my mind, I simply tried to copy the teachers. 🤣 I have that with more things where you work with 2 hands like crochet. When I need to use a tool I mostly work left handed too but I can mangae with my right hand sometimes too.
@@nukuaceramicsbonaire I need to just get on the wheel and forget everything the park and rec teacher said! I ordered a lefty wheel so sink or swim.
I am a leftie and throw on a right-handed wheel. I trim with my left hand. A man in the studio I go to learned on a lefties wheel. It started acting up, and he taught himself to use the right-handed wheel. Being a leftie, I think we adapt easier.
@@triciac1019 you might have a point there 😏
@@nukuaceramicsbonaire I did a really dumb thing and sold my nice wheel that reversed. Then I bought a lefty only wheel. NOW I'm thinking I should also get a cheap one that reverses. I need a bigger shovel for the hole I keep digging!!!!
You might not have a green thumb, but you have a clay thumb.
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😄thanks!
Did you ever share this finished piece?
Not yet, is it bisc fired but not glazed yet. 😪 I hope to find room in my kiln soon!