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Christian Bailey Ceramics
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 31 ม.ค. 2008
just a potter and avid scuba diver., check out my web store for available work www.christianbaileyceramics.com/shop
Trim those long neck vases with ease
Got a long necked vase? Need to trim the bottom? Check out a simple hack for trimming those giraffe necked bottles. I use a Giffin Grip, a bucket or cup that is deeper than the neck and some clay around the rim. This keeps the bottle up right, centered and supported on its shoulders. No more worry about distorting the neck. This trick also works on asymmetrical pots that need a trimming.
Try it out and let me know how it works for you.
Try it out and let me know how it works for you.
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Kilns, using it correctly
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There has been an explosion of people buying their own kilns and jumping in to the wonderful world of pottery. Yet they don't know how to run this giant toaster oven. Here are a few tips to help you get started using your new to you kiln. Just remember it is not set it and forget it.
Water Etching Technique
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In my quest to add more and more layers of work, ahem imagery to my work I have found water etching. Water etching is a technique where a resist is applied to greenware and a sponge is used to remove clay leaving the resisted image behind. Here I show how use vinyl stencils to do the water etching technique.
Using vinyl stencils in the pottery studio.
มุมมอง 4.6K2 ปีที่แล้ว
There are a lot uses for a Cricut machine in the pottery studio. One way that I use my Cricut maker is to cut stencils for my anaglyphs. Anaglyphs are 3d images that appear when you were the old red and blue lens 3d glasses.
Surprise
มุมมอง 122 ปีที่แล้ว
I won something. Total shocker for me, here is the unboxing of my new Shimpo pottery stool. Update: I've been using it for the last 8 months now and it is a fantastic stool. I don't think I would have bought one before, but if I ever need a new stool for the studio I will be buying one of these stools. The adjustment is just fantastic and being able to change heights front to back makes throwin...
Raku tong hack
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Tongs are an important tool in the process of raku. However most tongs sold at ceramic stores all suffer the same problem. They loosen up and then the tongs no longer close correctly. This can lead to a dangerous situation when pulling pots out of a kiln at 1850 degrees. I mod my tongs so that they don't separate and work safely. It shouldn't have to be done, but a poor design leads to hacks to...
Episode 5 The saga of shoestrings and how to be an artist.
มุมมอง 233 ปีที่แล้ว
On this episode of Sunday in the studio, I talk about how to build an armature for clay from paper, and attempt to answer the age old question I get from students, HOW TO BE AN ARTIST. Sit back and enjoy the ramblings of the dirty hairy potter of Christianbaileyceramics.com.
Episode 4 of Sunday in the Studio
มุมมอง 53 ปีที่แล้ว
Today we find the intrepid dirty hairy potter creating an armature of paper for a one of the sculptures. Will the armature work? Will the sculpture be a success? Will he ever stop talking? Find out in this episode of Sunday in the Studio.
Sunday in the studio Ep 3
มุมมอง 103 ปีที่แล้ว
Failure, it happens so what is an artist supposed to do? Why dust yourself off and learn from your mistakes. This episode I discuss failure and why it makes me a better artist.
Episode 2 Saga of the Anaglyph
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Episode 2 is a lost episode, but this is the remake. It is about anaglyphs which are an old 3D tech, and making them by using new tech of Cricut cut vinyl stencils.
Sunday in the Studio Ep 1
มุมมอง 153 ปีที่แล้ว
Saga of "Never Full" The first episode of Sunday in the Studio. I'll discuss the sculpture "Never Full", the inspiration for creating it and show how to make a clay hot dog. Oh and hot dog belly buttons.
What defines my current body of work. Body image and objectification.
มุมมอง 353 ปีที่แล้ว
I got a few comments about being brave with my current body of work. This is a talk about the work and why I don’t feel brave.
Plaster mold unveiling.
มุมมอง 364 ปีที่แล้ว
Here I show the details that can be gotten using plaster molds and why I make them.
Convert kiln opening
มุมมอง 1074 ปีที่แล้ว
Just a kiln opening of my convert kiln. It’s an old electric that has been converted to gas. It hits cone 10 in about 7 hours and is fired by 2 cheap weed burners.
How to finish bottoms on cups and mugs.
มุมมอง 384 ปีที่แล้ว
Here is how I get the finish on my pieces. Many have asked how I get such a smooth bottom on my work. I use a series of sanding pads from 100 through 7000 grit. The work is held in place with a giffin grip and the wheel does the work.
Making use of scrap clay with a plaster mold.
มุมมอง 374 ปีที่แล้ว
Making use of scrap clay with a plaster mold.
Huge help! Thankyou!!!!
glad to hear it. Happy firing.
Thank you so much. I am picking my kiln up on Thursday and I'm less freaked out now I will say my kiln sitter doesnt have a timer. So ive ordered self supporting cones, an analog pyrometer and am gonna be checking all this regularly
Hi, I am a beginner and purchased an Evenheat 4320LT. To my luck,it had never been used so I’m enjoying the experience so far. I fired a bisque and plan to run a glaze fire to ^6 I’m glad you said to run it with a pyrometric bar of one cone higher. I would have just ran it with a ^6 pyrometric bar instead of the ^7. If I want to fire to a ^6, about how long should I set my kiln sitter timer for? I don’t want it to turn my kiln off prematurely. Thank you.
If this is the first time firing to cone 6 I would put self supporting cones of 5 and 6 in the kiln where you can see them through the peephole. Then set the timer for 8 hours and check the cones every half hour from hour 6 on until you see cone 6 bending then check every 15 minutes. If the timer is getting close to shutting off and the cone is not bent add another two hours to the timer and keep checking. You can always add more time to the timer while the kiln is running. If you have a hand held pyrometer place the thermocouple in a peephole and keep watch on the temperature. Use the cones inside to verify. Hope this helps.
@@Christianbaileyartist thank you for your advice. I plan to try this out in a few days.
I am about to buy this model and being new to pottery felt intimidated, this video and your clear instructions have helped. Thank you
You are welcome and if you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask.
I was so intimidated by the idea of running a kiln but this video has eased so much of my anxiety. This was the video I needed, thank you.
You are welcome. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have about your kiln.
This is tremendously helpful.Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
This is the best video I’ve ever seen on kilns! You freakin blew my mind with info in the first 5 minutes! I’m suppose to get a used kiln Friday. So grateful to have this video to refer back to! Thank you
Glad it helped!
Glad you found it helpful.
Cheap upgrade for an otherwise crappy product.
While I do prefer a stouter set of tongs, I was in a pinch when I got these from my local provider. They do the job well with the upgrade.
It's the little things. Thank you Christian for sharing.
Thanks for this tutorial! I was just thinking to myself as I tried this with wax, that I bet j could use my cricut. One issue that I did run into was cracking at the hand built seems that I have. Any recommendations as to how to manage that?
Great info. I hadn't thought about contact paper. So much cheaper.
I found it wasn't as sticky as the transfer papers which made releasing the vinyl easier. It even allows me to put vinyl on green ware for water etching.
Hey there, thank you for such an informative video-it’s a bit difficult finding such detailed videos on this kiln. Looking at buying a similar model (DK 716-1) off a friend of a friend, but doing my due diligence first. What cone does this happen to fire to? 6, 8? Couldn’t quite catch it in the video. About how long are your bisque fires? I’ve been reading about 10 hours is expected for the Dover White (^5) clay I’m using. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge!
Sorry for the delayed response. This particular kiln is rated for cone 6 and it will reach it but struggles. It is much better for low fire. A cone 05 bisque firing on this kiln runs about 6-8 hours depending on how tightly I packed the kiln. It can also knock it out in 4 hours for when I'm doing an underglaze firing. What will determine the time a kiln takes to reach a temperature is size, power supply, age of the elements, thickness of the bricks and how tightly packed is the kiln.
Thanks for the demonstration! Have you ever tried screen printing? It's quite simple and you could reuse the screens almost indefinitely. Also, it's much faster to apply the paint. How did you paint on the cracks? They look very cool!
I've used screen printing for some of my decoration, it just doesn't give me the ability to get the anaglyph technique as well as I would like it. The cracks in the piece are actual cracks. I formed the cup shape by press molding bits of clay in to a plaster mold. The cracks you see are where two pieces are smooshed together.
Love love love this video!!! Thank you! I hadn't thought about using a transfer sheet backing with my stencils, but now I will!
That was a really great demo. Thanks for sharing. Its something I've wanted to try. This was a good way to get an overall understanding.-New Subscriber!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Could you post the materials you used? Thanks!!
Yes I can. I use a cheap permanent vinyl to create the stencil on my Cricut maker. The material I use for transferring the vinyl is contact paper. I almost exclusively use Amaco velvet underglazes as I find they have been the most stable at cone 10 for my work.
Brilliant. Thanks for the instruction.
You're welcome!
Thanks for sharing this technique. I'm going to incorporate it into one of my pieces this weekend. 😊
Good deal, I hope the come out great.
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looks like a little whale too
Haha. I never noticed that and now I can’t unsee it.
Nice
Thanks
Hi Christian, which brand is the extruder? Or did you make it? Thanks
Hey Stephen, it is a bailey extruder that I got used from a studio closing down. It had multiple parts changed out on it when I got it.
Good
Thank you. This is really helpful. How do you get the print onto the tissue paper though?
Less Stuff I screen print the black underglaze on to the tissue paper. That is allowed to dry then the color is brushed on over the top of the black.
Hey Christian, what brand of cutting board do you use for your blanks? And do you encounter any issues with clay squeezing out from the sides?
I just used a cheap one my wife was throwing out of the kitchen. I do have a little clay coming out the sides, but minimal.
Loved doing extrusions back in the day.
South Coast Fabrication And Outdoors it’s still just as much fun today.
Everyone, indeed, needs a quality third leg.
Also...closer up time lapse of the stippling process would make for some cool video.
Nothing like taking the time to make a tool to increase productivity or efficiency. I sometimes find it hard to take the time to make tools that will ultimately help my in the long run but when you do make a tool that is really worth the time it is a game changer! Ink is looking killer, by the way.
That's a lot of clay!
Never be afraid to learn from out mistakes... Good one! Thank you
Keep on promoting the "wild" clay! Just about all I use now is river clay, sifted fine and water only added. I slip cast with it and have great results. I fire the slip from 04 and to 10 to glaze.(lots of shrinkage @ 10), but it turns a nice chocolaty color. Going to try terra sig this week. Thanks for the video.
Oh no! So sad about the crawling :( But the rooster looks so badass! :D
Love, love, love! Keep it going :)