Wow! Totally awesome. Love how you explained the process as you went along. I'm only a hobby potter, so any new ideas/tips are always welcome. Bring on part 2 🙂
Have all of these tools you have used (including Michael Harbridge forms) and will be attempting one of these houses. Just getting into fairy houses so thanks so much for this tutorial!!
2 things: -Thanks for the coil tip. Not something I'd heard before! -I worked in a pottery studio for a few years. I called our boss the psycho. She was next level perfectionist. I myself am a perfectionist. (Wish I wasn't. It's a trait I try to work out of myself.) I think I'd be much happier in a studio like yours. 😁
I'm so sorry. Perfectionists have a harder time in the studio. I have one student that struggles with that, but she's getting better. Just keep telling yourself that it's just clay and the best teacher is failure. If you're not failing on a regular basis, you're not pushing yourself hard enough. Plus, some of the failures have turned out to be my favorite pieces. Good luck and keep at it.
@@hobblecreekpottery Thank you for that! 😊 When I was working there, we would often take home pieces that our boss thought weren't good enough to sell.
@ixchelssong The only thing that determines if something is good enough to sell, is if someone is wanting to buy it. I have a student that loves the wonky, and purposely makes them imperfect, and she sells them like crazy. So many people with different tastes and with those who love perfect pieces, there is a group that's looking for the imperfect. To me, it comes down to the process and what excites you to make.
To cute! Looking forward to part 2. I understand the problem when it is so hot. It is ridicilous hot here on Bonaire at the moment, but that is why I love my 'Jimmy' so much, keeps the pieces damp real good. Thanks for sharing! Grtz, Monique
I've always wondered if your Jimmy is plugged in. I have a Jimmy in my garage, but our humidity is so low that it's too frustrating to handbuild in the middle of summer. How are your humidity levels on Bonaire?
@@hobblecreekpottery Hi! Jimmy is not plugged in. It works very well as a damp box because the doors on a fridge seal so well. It keeps the moisture in. The rubber strips on the doors have to still be good off course and I do spray water into it if I think it gets dry-ish. 😀 As Bonaire is an Island humidity is higher, I had to look it up but apparently average is 75% although it doesn't feel like that at all to me. Clay still dries fast but probably not as fast as in Utah.
@@nukuaceramicsbonaire Thank you for sharing. I tried using an unplugged fridge years ago, hoping it would help, but things still dried out too fast. I've used my garage overflow fridge, but since the family uses it, my pieces were damaged. So I stopped. Really enjoy how you navigate the elements. Potters are the best problem solvers. I sure hope the hurricane Fiona isn't affecting you.
@@hobblecreekpottery My pleasure, if sharing my experience helps anyone it is worth it! Potters really are the best problem solvers! I believe we are good at 'out of the box' thinking and using anything we can get our hands on as a tool. Have you tried to place a bowl with water inside the fridge? That might help keeping it damp as it evaporates because of the warm temperature. But, with our humidity I still have to spray water inside.
I don't price them for what I have in time, that's for sure. I sell these for 65. But love making them, so that's mainly where the payoff is. I'm also in Utah. If I lived somewhere else, I could probably get more. It's hard pricing things like this.
Thank you so much for this awesome video! Where can we find the molds for the doors and windows? How tall are they? Keep the fabulous videos coming please😊
Sooo glad you're enjoying them. I got the molds on Amazon. I just searched for fairy house molds and they came up. The largest door is probably 3 inches.
Hi I am new in your channel. Can I ask you about? Michael Harbrige circular forms? Can you put the link please because I want to order it one I try to find under your videos but I can’t found it. Thank you very much for hard-working and beautiful. God bless you.
Welcome! Here is the link to Michael Harbridge Learned Fired Arts. He also has a Facebook page. learnfiredarts.com/shop/ols/products/2-small-sphere-assortment-4-sizes
I don't. I have no idea. I'm new to all this and learning with each video. I'm very grateful that my videos are being received so well. I do try to be consistent with putting up at least one video every week.
I work with stoneware clay that b is fired in a kiln to cone 5/6. I think I have the link in the description for the spheres, but they are from Michael Harbrige Learned Fired Arts.
Hope to start one soon. This is another great demonstration. Thank you
The way you breathe life into inanimate objects is pure magic. You are a true sorcerer of the craft."
Ahh, thank you!
Wow! Totally awesome. Love how you explained the process as you went along. I'm only a hobby potter, so any new ideas/tips are always welcome. Bring on part 2 🙂
Looking forward to part 2……thank you for your tutorial….jill❤
Delightful thanks again for sharing
Love these. I could watch your videos all day. Especially when you make the fairy houses
Ahhh, thank you sooo much.
Great tutorial I can't wait for part 2. 😊😊
Have all of these tools you have used (including Michael Harbridge forms) and will be attempting one of these houses. Just getting into fairy houses so thanks so much for this tutorial!!
I love this make - so many great ideas too! Yes, please, make a CZcams tutorial of the log fairy houses.
Going to watch part 2. Would love to see the log fairy house.
I would like to see your other fairy houses. The tree trunk one and others. Thanks I love your videos and you are a great teacher.
You are amazing!
2 things:
-Thanks for the coil tip. Not something I'd heard before!
-I worked in a pottery studio for a few years. I called our boss the psycho. She was next level perfectionist. I myself am a perfectionist. (Wish I wasn't. It's a trait I try to work out of myself.) I think I'd be much happier in a studio like yours. 😁
I'm so sorry. Perfectionists have a harder time in the studio. I have one student that struggles with that, but she's getting better. Just keep telling yourself that it's just clay and the best teacher is failure. If you're not failing on a regular basis, you're not pushing yourself hard enough. Plus, some of the failures have turned out to be my favorite pieces. Good luck and keep at it.
@@hobblecreekpottery Thank you for that! 😊 When I was working there, we would often take home pieces that our boss thought weren't good enough to sell.
@ixchelssong The only thing that determines if something is good enough to sell, is if someone is wanting to buy it. I have a student that loves the wonky, and purposely makes them imperfect, and she sells them like crazy. So many people with different tastes and with those who love perfect pieces, there is a group that's looking for the imperfect. To me, it comes down to the process and what excites you to make.
To cute! Looking forward to part 2. I understand the problem when it is so hot. It is ridicilous hot here on Bonaire at the moment, but that is why I love my 'Jimmy' so much, keeps the pieces damp real good. Thanks for sharing! Grtz, Monique
I've always wondered if your Jimmy is plugged in. I have a Jimmy in my garage, but our humidity is so low that it's too frustrating to handbuild in the middle of summer. How are your humidity levels on Bonaire?
@@hobblecreekpottery Hi! Jimmy is not plugged in. It works very well as a damp box because the doors on a fridge seal so well. It keeps the moisture in. The rubber strips on the doors have to still be good off course and I do spray water into it if I think it gets dry-ish. 😀 As Bonaire is an Island humidity is higher, I had to look it up but apparently average is 75% although it doesn't feel like that at all to me. Clay still dries fast but probably not as fast as in Utah.
@@nukuaceramicsbonaire Thank you for sharing. I tried using an unplugged fridge years ago, hoping it would help, but things still dried out too fast. I've used my garage overflow fridge, but since the family uses it, my pieces were damaged. So I stopped. Really enjoy how you navigate the elements. Potters are the best problem solvers. I sure hope the hurricane Fiona isn't affecting you.
@@hobblecreekpottery My pleasure, if sharing my experience helps anyone it is worth it! Potters really are the best problem solvers! I believe we are good at 'out of the box' thinking and using anything we can get our hands on as a tool. Have you tried to place a bowl with water inside the fridge? That might help keeping it damp as it evaporates because of the warm temperature. But, with our humidity I still have to spray water inside.
@@nukuaceramicsbonaire Agreed! Great idea about a bowl of water. I'll give that a go. Thank you!
Brilliant tutorial 😁, please do tree trunk tutorial 🙏😊
Awesome video thanks. What do you price your art at with all the time you spend creating them?
I don't price them for what I have in time, that's for sure. I sell these for 65. But love making them, so that's mainly where the payoff is. I'm also in Utah. If I lived somewhere else, I could probably get more. It's hard pricing things like this.
Thank you so much for this awesome video! Where can we find the molds for the doors and windows? How tall are they? Keep the fabulous videos coming please😊
Sooo glad you're enjoying them. I got the molds on Amazon. I just searched for fairy house molds and they came up. The largest door is probably 3 inches.
Thank you so much!
Love these Fairy Houses!!! Any chance we could see which glazes you used and how you glazed the houses?
I'm thinking about it. I did show how i glazed my tree of life urn, and it's similar to how I glaze fairy houses. That might help.
Thanks!!!
Hi I am new in your channel. Can I ask you about? Michael Harbrige circular forms? Can you put the link please because I want to order it one I try to find under your videos but I can’t found it. Thank you very much for hard-working and beautiful. God bless you.
Welcome! Here is the link to Michael Harbridge Learned Fired Arts. He also has a Facebook page. learnfiredarts.com/shop/ols/products/2-small-sphere-assortment-4-sizes
How do you get your videos seen and watched by more people? I only get a handful to watch mine. Do you pay for premium service?
I don't. I have no idea. I'm new to all this and learning with each video. I'm very grateful that my videos are being received so well. I do try to be consistent with putting up at least one video every week.
what clay do i buy for this if i wanna start making these? and where would i get all of the tools like the sphere shaped thing?
I work with stoneware clay that b is fired in a kiln to cone 5/6. I think I have the link in the description for the spheres, but they are from Michael Harbrige Learned Fired Arts.
Can you use his molds foe slip casting
No, they are bisque instead of plaster. They wouldn't do slip, but great for pressing clay into.
How much do you ask for the fairy houses?
where can i buy a ball mold i cant seem to find one onanywhere i live in melb australia
I wouldn't know where in Australia. I would suggest making your own from a ball.
thankyou@@hobblecreekpottery