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Thank you! BTW, would you give me the name of your other YT? I tried to find it to follow you after my last stream, but nothing came up.

@@Cobra_Laser_Face this is my other channel, I have only posted 1 poorly edited video so far. More to come though :)

@learningmywheel-us1nd Don't worry about the quality of the videos. We're here to make pottery and connect with other potters, not to be TH-camrs. 😁 That's why I am refusing to edit my videos beyond adding chapter markers so people can skip ahead to the interesting bits.

Those are great tips. Thank you!

Thank you.

I took a 6 week course about 2 years ago. I really liked it, but we moved right after the course ended. I bought my wheel in September because I didn't have access to a studio I could afford. So it's just been me and TH-cam these past 10 months. I did just start working through 'A Potter's Workbook'by Clary Illian. That has been super helpful. We are currently in the process of moving back to the city where I took my 6 week course. The first thing I am doing after we get set up is becoming a member of that studio. I am super excited about it. In person instruction is my preferred learning method.

Thank you. I'm looking forward to improving it. We're moving this week and I'll soon have a bit bigger workspace.

@@Cobra_Laser_Face that's always helpful I recently moved from a small bedroom to a 20x30 'shed' the space is great

@@casperdavis-dw9pe That's huge. I see why you call it a 'shed.'

I can do that. I mumble to myself too much to not use a mic. 😁

Thank you for sharing your happiness! Your kind words made my day! I hope I can do the same for someone else today. 🙏

Yes, I definitely overworked this one. 😁

That's nice to hear. I am all about spreading good vibes.

I have no idea what anyone is supposed to be using. LOL. I use my wooden rib because it works and is usually the closest thing within reach.

Gotcha. That's a good reason. Thank you for your quick answer. 😊 ​@@Cobra_Laser_Face

Thank you!

Thank you! There is so much to learn in pottery. If I look ahead, it can be intimidating because I have so far to go. It really helps to look back and see how far I've come.

Thank you for your kind words. In my head, it's just a blown up version of a common incense burner. I really liked the pot within a pot look, too, but it isn't very practical like this. Today, I threw one with a much higher rim. It's definitely not perfect, but perfection isn't what I'm aiming for. Right now, everything is an experiment. I just want to see what happens when I try different things.

The bowl wasn't wide enough, so the incense ash would have fallen out. It was my first go at this shape. I could have kept it and just used shorter incense. But, by cutting it in half, I learned how to make it better next time. If there was any pain, it was only brief. Seeing the thickness of the walls felt pretty good.

This is the kind of thinking I need to train my brain to do. I've been so focused on learning the basics that I haven't thought past the shapes that are in my head. I realized today while watching my throw from yesterday that muscle memory is starting to kick in. I had made a cylinder without thought. The funny thing is I only realized muscle memory had formed because I was trying something new that didn't require starting with a cylinder. It took starting something new to appreciate how far I've come on the thing I had been working on.

Thank you for the kind words. Boring is probably the wrong word. I wish there was more variety in the batch. Everything I threw is some sort of vase. I couple of pieces this morning that are a little different from the others. I'm going to try and get a few more done this week. You are probably right, I'll get excited about whatever I have during the raku process. I may just be nervous about finally firing something.

It was a bummer till I saw the walls were decent. That was a real confidence booster. I enjoy burnishing too much. I don't know if I've ever seen a fired burnished pot it real life, so I'm not even sure what the end result looks like. The process is a lot of fun, though.

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I complain about it being a lot of work, but it really isn't.

Thanks! I'm pretty happy with it.

I don't know. I'm just trying to learn how to throw pots on the wheel. Recording myself has been super helpful. Having a video to look back at really helps to troubleshoot when things go wrong. It also helps me see the progress I've made. Everybody should do it.

BTW, I dig your meditation videos.

@@Cobra_Laser_Face thank you ❤

Wow! You are incredibly kind. I didn't think anybody would look at these videos because they were long and unedited, which is why I felt comfortable to post them. 🤣 Meeting other potters like you has been such a wonderful surprise. I took a 6 week wheel class over 2 years ago. I didn't touch clay again till I got my wheel in September. I've just been hanging out in my garage since trying to figure it out through trial and error. There is so much I don't know! No joke, I didn't know other people also had days where they trimmed through most of their pots. Thank you for sharing that with me today.

Thank you for sharing your bad day with me! Trimming is where I am weakest. I usually have like an 80% failure rate with trimming. I haven't even tried pulling handles yet, LOL. It's crazy how much there is to learn! I don't use plaster for my reclaim. My reclaim process is usually pour it through a sieve, then I hang it in a pillow case for a few days to let more water drip out, and finally finish it on a wooden board.

@@Cobra_Laser_Face I think I will try this method to reclaim, thanks.

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Thank you! I ended up trimming through the bottom of it 2 day later. 😆 Yes, the paper helps the pot keep its shape while I remove it from the wheel. I've had a lot of struggles getting it off the wheel. Congratulations on starting your wheel journey! It is a crazy fun craft!

Si, mucho trabajo y mucha diversion. 😁

@@Cobra_Laser_Face Legal!!!

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No problem 😊

Yep. I definitely did not know how much physical labor this craft required. That is part of the reason I post my wedging.

It is a lot of fun. That's why I do it.

@@Cobra_Laser_Face Oh yes - that is it 🤗

Thanks!

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Me too. It make me feel like I'm a kid again.

😍 You are amazing! Work and play with them is feeling alive

It is! It really is the best!

@@Cobra_Laser_Face Absolutely! Throwing and clay rework (litte bit more sticky) are my all time fav´s - I love this - greetings from a german

@housemdmanuel9881 It's nice to meet you. Thank you for saying hi. 😁 I started doing these videos because I wanted to watch my own progress. I didn't think anyone would watch them because they are long, unedited, not informative, and not entertaining. LOL. It's been a really wonderful surprise to meet other potters from around the world here. I don't have any potter friends in real life. I don't even have a local studio to go to right now. Meeting other potters here has been incredible.

Hihi thank you and I am also happy to get to know you 🤭 You also seem to look at pottery differently than just the result. I got into pottery through face and body masks, as clay has a wonderful and cleansing result. Then through the feeling of the clay and doing the work with it, I started doing it too. Here in small Germany, the advantage is, or at least it can be, that you can find more potteries nearby where you can sit down at the wheel.

I had forgot to say. I love to see the complete process! Not a edited version. So relaxing and nice

I'm comfortable ramshead wedging. I don't like it, but I'm comfortable with it. I've been trying to learn how to do spiral wedging. The keyword is trying. 🙃

I haven't used bats before, but they seem nifty. I almost got some last time I was at the pottery store. I chickened out because they were $8 a piece, and I had never used one before. "5 throwing bats" is officially on the "things to buy" list.

Yeah, that wasn't a good trim day at all.

Knowing when to stop is definitely something I am struggling with. I totally overworked the clay on my throws today. I'll make it my next focus to not do more than 3 pulls. 😀 Thanks for the advice.

I'm just learning. I have no idea what I'm really doing.

Obrigada

Yeah. One of these days I'll learn when to stop. I think I'm going to start getting up and looking at it from a different perspective when I'm unsure if I should keep going.

@@Cobra_Laser_Face get a small mirror you can see from the side wile you throw

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It's funny cause in the video I can clearly see how far the belly was coming out past the base and how that was not a good idea. Eventually, I'll learn. LOL.

Sometimes, I feel like I almost have it, and then it just goes kaput.

Yeah, that's a good idea. I could also use a better table when decorating. Decorating st the wheel isn't working out great for me.

@@Cobra_Laser_Face I have an old kitchen table I use for wedging and decorating it’s very sturdy and wide enough to put all the clutter I need. Lol

@WhistlingDixiePottery My current wedding table is the filing cabinet on the left in my videos. I found it at a thrift store for like $10. I just attached a piece of wood onto. It seems like a good idea at the time, but it's too small and a terrible height. I'm going to convert my computer desk to my wedging/work table after we move. It has about 4 times the surface area of the cabinet, the height is adjustable, and it is on wheels.

I can't be mad at the clay. It's done everything it can to warn me to stay away. It's freezing in the winter and smelly in the summer. It's worn my fingernails down to the point I use a backscratches for all itches. It's messy and can pass for poo in all forms. On top of all that, it's freaking fragile. If I get upset, it's my fault for getting attached. 😂 Seriously, though. That was like 12 hours of work down the drain today. This craft is so brutal it's comical.

Do you have any finished pots yet ?

@@WhistlingDixiePottery I have, LOL! I've got about 8 or so pots done. I've been on a pot killing spree, though for a while. I think the last pot I finished was my zentangle pot on 2/28/24. 🤣

The clay store is over an hour drive through Atlanta traffic. As much as I complain about how much work reclaiming is, I'd rather do that than sit in traffic. I'm also super cheap. LOL.

@@Cobra_Laser_Face im sure your reclaim is high quality but I haven’t bought clay in years and I do much less work. I let my reclaim clay dry then soak it in a bucket. It slakes down for a few days then I let it dry enough to wedge. I don’t worry about clumps it all comes out by wedging. And I only kneed the clay I’m about to throw. I’ll do a video on my process soon I don’t have any footage yet on that but will start the next time I do any reclaim work so you can see what I do. My clay water I use bisque fired bowls so reconstitute the fine clay particles. After I sponge out all the clear water out of. Then that goes in my reclaim bucket. I do really like that blender you have but I don’t have anything like that. I think my clay comes out pretty good still but I do want to make some plaster bats to dry clay on.

@@WhistlingDixiePottery That would be awesome to see your process. I read like one blog post (suemcleodceramics.com/a-low-tech-system-for-recycling-clay-scraps/) 6 months ago and have been winging it since.

I felt it captured my excitement perfectly. LOL.

Funny story. I beat my husband in an arm wrestling contest. That's how he ended up my husband. He lost the bet.

@@Cobra_Laser_Face 😂😂😂 good on both of you! That event is wonderfully savage!

Thanks for the tip. This is the 3rd stool I've tried. None of them have been right. I'll try a shorter one next.