Throwing a Stoneware Vase with Iron Oxide Spangles - Narrated
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- čas přidán 28. 04. 2024
- In this week's video I'm throwing and trimming a simple angular vase form, into the clay of which I mix iron oxide spangles, which should hopefully give me quite a pleasing result, like shown on an example in the video. I can't wait to see the finished, fired vessel! As always, if you have any further questions, please do ask down in the comments below and I'll do my best to respond!
Link to my 'wall pulling up' video: • How to Pull Up The Wal...
Timecodes:
0:00 - Introduction
0:11 - Weighing out 3 lb, (1360 grams)
0:32 - Mixing in the iron oxide spangles
2:21 - An example of what I hope these look like*
2:35 - Throwing the vase
11:57 - Clean up for the day
12:43 - Trimming the vase
18:49 - The finished, turned vase
19:12 - Cleaning away my trimming tools
*It's worth noting! That you won't get the same results as I do if you're firing in oxidation. The reduction firing really helps with this process.
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You had made mention in this video about "irreversible mistakes" which we've seen a fair share of in your shorts. Cutting tools digging in too deep, the walls being too thin and collapsing, firing mishaps, and so on. What about reversible mistakes? I'm not saying go make a video where you mess up on purpose, but I'm curious about what kind of mistakes you could make that are potentially recoverable.
It's a topic I could certainly make a video about. With so many mistakes it's just easier to stop and start again, but there are a few things you can fix, like bases too thin, holes in walls, (sometimes) and all manner of other things. The thing is, sometimes the time spent repairing surpasses the time it would take to make a new pot. Regardless, it would make an interesting video, perhaps for my Beginner's Guide series.
@@floriangadsby I’d like to see that. I am not so experienced that it is so easy for me to quickly throw a pot, so if there are some reversible mistakes-I’d love to have that knowledge.
Thanks!
One of my teachers used to always try to get us to fix our pots instead of starting over, most likely so there would be clay available for the next class lol. But it's definitely good to learn how to save your pots.
Humans learn best through failure. In other words - yeah, a purposeful mess of mistakes (what even is the collective noun for mistakes?) would be rad!
Well, technically speaking all mistakes are recoverable until the first firing, glazing and second firing. Because you should be able to break the piece down back into wet clay. So technically, technically you just start over if there are big mistakes. And thus recover the mistake. Lol.
Can I just say, I love that you still do the "cleaning the bench" sounds at the ends of all your videos, even the narrated ones. I find it very soothing.
Thank you much for sharing your experiments with us.
Very cool! My girlfriend and I regularly watch your videos and learn SO much. We bought a wheel during the pandemic and started throwing and your videos have been invaluable in our furtherance of exploring ceramics. Keep it up!
That's so fantastic to hear! I hope you are both pottering along well and thanks so much for watching, makes me smile to no end when I hear my films have been useful!
Thank you for making these videos. Gentle souls are a rarity in this world.
Florian, your narrative is a whole semester of info. I don't think you left anything out. Well done Sir and Thanks.
Came here from the Tom Scott video you featured in. There's something about watching a pot slowly take shape and your narration that's very relaxing.
The way you thoroughly explained your process blew my mind with newfound knowledge. You've taught me so much more than I ever did in my one semester ceramic class in college. Very good job and absolutely love the piece you threw.
Awww. I was so wanting to see the finished product. Maybe next time.
Can't wait to see the results of firing, hope to see the glazing process of this vase , thanks for your efforts.
I will film all those steps over the coming weeks/months. Things are looking to be very hectic over summer, but it shall be finished eventually! Thanks for watching!
Can’t wait to see the glazing and fired result!
Where can we see this finished product?
Brings back happy memories of my ceramics classes in highschool. :3
I cannot watch the rest of this vase’s journey. I’m hoping that the iron spangles create a good number of beautiful blooms and bleeds 🥰
I love that you talk about things like the wedging process every time, even though you have a ton of videos it goes over. It's a process you do every time, so it's there every time
I took a pottery class in high school. I really enjoyed it, but I always dreaded when we were on the wheels. it takes so much practice and skill and a suprising ammount of strength to be able to make something nice on a wheel, it's incredible
That is a good part. To build muscles you didn't know you had.
this is the most satisfying channel ive been on. i love watching pottery as my last name is potter it feels like i should be an expert but i know sodall about it. i wish i had more of my ancestors skills
it truly is a wonder to watch, id love to try it one day
well, it was either that or wizardry for you
It’s such a pleasure to watch you throw.
I'm really keen to see how this one plays out once it's been glazed and fired.
I've always found pottery fascinating, especially how the different glazes appear and how everything looks so spectacularly glassy and crackly. If only I could stand getting my hands dirty...
Thank you!
You’re narration is spot on.
Thank you very much! :)
This has made me want to get back into pottery. Took a ceramics class in school and never did it since. Absolutely loved it, though.
Me, too! Good luck!
With this video I have discovered a whole new world of artistry that I was entirely unaware of. I had never thought of the technique, the knowledge and different paradigms existing in the world of ceramics.
I've never seen that trick of tap centering for trimming before, and gluing it down with the slip is genius. I'm definitely going to try this
I’ve been doing pottery for about 2 1/2 years now and i still have so much to learn. Any camps or classes I teach I always refer to you’re videos for any student i may have! Thank you for your in depth videos. They are so helpful for my students and myself.
Can't...stop...watching!!
Wow, fantastically narrated! I know just about nothing about spinning clay pots, but that was a fantastic introduction, body and conclusion.. well the glazing will be the ultimate conclusion, can't wait for that video!
Even watching how you clean up and all the little things you do when trimming and throwing- it’s all an education that has been so helpful. Thank you.
I am blown away by your information dense narration. Each sentence in your narration reflects your wisdom and conveys the key elements of a skill that would take many hours of practice. I can tell just by watching this one video of yours that you have hundreds, if not thousands of hours of practice. You are not only skilled at your craft, but an eloquent and effective teacher. You could seriously charge tons of money for a course. But thank you for being generous and posting these videos for all to see. And I am saying all of this as someone who knows almost nothing about throwing pottery, and until now had no interest in pottery in general. You have inspired in me an incredible respect for you craft. Keep up the excellent work, and God bless.
I love this variation of your tall jar/vase shape! Even for you, the one thrown in this video was near perfect- it hardly had any imperfections even before trimming. I wish I could get one of your vases but that’s always a near impossible task for me. Keep up the good work!
You're too kind, thank you Jayden! Yeah... the shop is difficult, I never expected to have quite so many followers and I can only make so many pots... 😬 thanks for watching!
@@floriangadsby It’s pretty obvious to me that if you could make something for everyone that wanted one, you would. Even if I haven’t been able to get one yet, I’m sure I will with time. Besides, the knowledge I’ve gained from your videos is worth more to me and have greatly improved my skills. I think this channel brought me to the next level for sure. I sent you about a million dm’s on Instagram tracking my progress lmao
Easily made it to another end! I have to make sure I balance my education and enjoyment from your videos with getting away from the screen and making pots myself!
I am not a potter so I don't know how valuable my comment is, but I love the way you not only say what is done, but why it is done. A simple thing that so many teachers miss out.
You said rims are important because they convey so much information about the pot before it's picked up. But it seems to me that the rim could be entirely deceptive and be much thinner or thicker than the rest of the pot. Is it important to get the walls all the same thickness as the rim? This is the first video I've watched of yours; it was very chill and relaxing to watch you master your craft. Makes me want to try it myself, although I may still have PTSD from pottery wheels, as I lost a pinky fingernail to one in middle school; and had to go the whole summer without getting in the pool! It's just awesome watching passionate people create things with their hands. Thank you, my friend for sharing your light with us.
Made it to the end.
You explain everything so well, I can't imagine anyone not finishing the video.
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Welp, guess I just found a new channel I'll probably binge watch
Your voice is sooooooo soothing, while imparting a LOT of info. Superb. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for this.
I love watching people make things, especially if they're passionate about it.
Always nice to have a new channel to watch.
I always learn so much from your videos, thank you! And every time you trim a pot my cat watches, he is absolutely fascinated haha
Hooray! Glad to hear that. Thanks for watching Jes and it's so funny to see all the stories I get tagged in on Instagram of cats whacking my pots and hands on screens 😬
Thank you for sharing another great lesson Sensei.
Very nice ! I want to thank you because I started pottery thanks to your impressive work and videos. I learn a lot and I improve my technique and the shapes of my potteries ! That's awesome ! A pottery beginner from Belgium !
SUCH GOOD NEWS! So pleased to hear that, thanks for watching and I wish you all the best in your potting ventures!
This is the best pottery commentary I've ever seen! So educational.
Commendable generosity with the teaching of your methods Florian, and a beautiful vase to boot.
Perfect activity and job for a hermit and times like a pandemic or world catastrophe.
13:55 this is very similar to using lathes! Im a machinist and when I turn metal ill use a pointed edge carbide insert tool for taking away the bulk of material - using something like a wide-tipped form tool can be very iffy and can easily deform smaller diameter and thin walled tubes. Probably not hugely relevant but I love the crossover (kinda) between the crafts. Same with truing it up on the lathe - except with metal being tougher I use an old rollerblade bearing. This is so interesting, this is almost certainly my next financial mistake! Thanks for the cool videos 😊🤘
I can’t wait to see it finished and yes, I did watch till the very end
Thank you for sharing. I'm just getting back into throwing after 20+ years. You reminded me of things I forgot and taught me things I never knew. :)
This was an INCREDIBLE video NO CLUE how it got in my recommendeds but gosh I loved it!
I started watching your channel for the bloopers, but stayed for the cathartic pottery making. Everything you make looks so effortless and perfect in its simplicity; it’s truly mesmerizing to watch and thoroughly satisfying. Which is partly why your bloopers are so funny, (the 1st one I watched made me laugh way, way too hard over and over again.) It shows that even the very best, someone who makes seemingly perfect forms, still makes mistakes every now and then. Even a calm, soothing person still gets frustrated enough to punch a failed bowl into a sad, dimpled lump on the wheel. And it’s very, very funny 🤣
Can’t wait to see who this pot looks like once it’s fired and glazed. Here’s hoping more iron bits pop through with more, smaller spots instead of the few larger ones in the example. I’d love your blue glazes, and a pot of that color with glittery copper spots dazzling all over it would be gorgeous 🤩
Thank you for the instruction videos too. I live in the middle of a large city and there’s a pottery studio walking distance from my house. Until now, I was afraid to go in (or it was closed for Covid) even though I have an art degree gathering dust somewhere. Pottery wasn’t something I had the pleasure of studying in school, but after watching your techniques I would love to give it a try. There’s something very human about pottery; we’ve been making pots from the ground around us for thousands of years. Something about working with clay feels like getting back to some kind of shared root, a practice that all of our ancestors did but most of us have never learned about.
So, thank you for inspiring me to try 😁
I love the way you took a bit of the bottom after tapping on center to further secure the pot w/o using the clay lugs. Sweet tip, thanks!
ive always wanted to throw clay. the details to make this shape are astounding. clay is clearly a living breathing thing, all that talk about this is true. im sort of speechless. great work. ill watch more.
The statue in daniels vision is a iron & clay combination which simbolize the devided kingdom after the fall of roman empire...thanks for this vid now i know that in the ancient times this pottery technique is possible...
I can't wait to see the update after it is glazed!
This was such a comprehensive video, I really enjoyed and appreciated the detail you put in to explaining what you were doing and why. Thank you!
as a potter I can really respect how perfect this vase was. great work!
New potter here. My daughter and I are both learning and she is ahead of me! Getting better each time. Thanks for all the encouragement and details. Love your videos.
Another great video!! Watching the whole process but especially you trimming away the excess is so therapeutic 🫠 Once I become a more experienced potter, I will challenge myself to throw the forms you are throwing. You are a true inspiration. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us 🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏
wow, you're great at explaining, your vocabulary is great and every question that came up in my head was answered in the video.
You make it look so easy.
I can't wait for part 2. Thank you.
I thought I was going to watch a high-speed camera recording of a stoneware vase exploding into a thousand shards as it was hurled against a wall, but this was pretty interesting, too.
I've watched about 90% of your videos this past year.
This was outstanding✨👍
Your work and the description of detail is awesome.✨⚡
Awesome tutorial with minimal waffling!
This was so incredibly comfortable to watch, your voice is absolutely soothing and I very much enjoyed your video, didn't even feel like 20 minutes.
You're molding the last kingdom!
Hello Florian, another great video that really makes me understand the how and why. I watch many every week, some multiple times. Of all that I need to learn, getting my pots to the right stage of drying for trimming to proceed. I often have too soft, too dry areas.
One of the best ways of adding iron spangles to clay is to dry the clay out completely and bash to a powder before measuring and adding the iron spangles, mix in well, be, then add water and reconstitute in normal way
No idea how this ended up on my recommondation feed... and yet here I have watched the whole video and cannot wait for the update on the bake and glaze to see the final result.
Not doing pottery at all, but really enjoyed your calm voice and the mesmerizing process.
Thank you Ester, I'm glad CZcams helped you find me! Appreciate you taking the time to watch 🙌🏼
I’ve never heard of this product. Happy to see something new!
I have thoroughly enjoyed watching you create that pot always loved doing pottery at school.
I love how the metal looks when it's fired😅
I’m glad I’ve found your channel. I’m just beginning to throw after taking a beginner class. I’m very excited to get going with my potters wheel at home now. Your explanations throughout the video really help solidify what I’ve learned so far. Thanks so much! P.S. I watched all the way through ☺️
So beautiful and your talent is wonderful, your a fantastic teacher
this was relaxing, thank you for making this even though i know you wont see this.
I read every comment!
@@floriangadsby oh, cool to know. Thank you for giving me better sleep 👌
Gorgeous gorgeous vase, you threw it beautifully and it turned out amazing
ended up watching the whole thing... nice
Thank you. I love watching your videos! I can’t wait to see what the looks like glazed and fired.
I can't wait to see the finished piece!
Thank you for sharing this interesting process! Excited to see how it will turn out!
What a fascinating introduction to your channel. Can't wait to see how the final glaze turns out!
Can't wait for the glazing and firing video! I'm sure it will look amazing.
🦦 Can’t wait to see the results! Good 🤲🏾 Hands ….. 🙌🏾
incredible muscle control
Excellent explanation
Fabulous tutorial!! Thanks for all these wonderful videos!
So looking forward to part 2!
Me too! It'll be a few weeks/months away yet I think. My schedule is crazy over the coming weeks and I'm spending half of August in the USA doing a residency! So my videos might slow down a while.
@@floriangadsby Hi Florian...what will be your focus during your residency?
Have you considered adding spangles to the glaze instead of the clay? I'll be doing that soon, and I'm trying to estimate a percentage of spangle to glaze dry batch weight. Most colorants are added at 5%, or less. That seems like a good starting point.
I am no potter, but I found this video both instructional and relaxing.
The Tao of the potter?
Thank you very much Dave!
@@floriangadsby YW
You’re a true master
Pottery always looks like such a peaceful, meditative process. Is it stressful in the moment? I can imagine that it would be nerve-wracking to keep track of so many variables while the piece is moving under your hands.
I definitely watched until the finish, I was too amazed to shut down sooner! Your work is beautiful. I just subscribed. I will be up for hours to watch your artistry and craftsmanship.
Be well,
Audri
a wonderfully relaxing video. You have an extraordinary talent for skillful transfer of knowledge. Thank You!
First time viewer~ Your video was consummate! Really nice.
Looking forward to seeing the results 😄👍🏼
WOW!…That’s awesome!…thanks for sharing!
Can't wait!
It's lovely! I can't wait to see it glazed! If I had the money, I'd commission one with a lid as an urn for my dog. We were together for 18 amazing years. Right now, she's in a pretty wooden box. Sounds odd when I type that out... that as soon as I saw the pot, it reminded me of an urn.
Very interesting, thank you for sharing.
Oh no such a cliffhanger.. I really want to see the finished version of fhis!
Love love love!!! Your videos!!
Yay! Thank you!
Great video, I love how you describe your art
made it till the end ✌. really enjoyed the video. Now I am too tempted to start pottery.
I'd be interested in seeing what colloidal silver does in this technique. Quite thought provoking. Pretty cool stuff!
I cant wait to see this done!
I didn’t know you could had iron particles into the clay. Beautiful, really cool shape.
Beautiful work!