Gorgeous pots! SO glad you started making these types of videos, where you show the piece through it's entire process. That suspense only gets worst the closer to opening that door. Haha! Some times the glazes don't do exactly what we wanted to do, but some of those "let downs" eventually grow on you and they become your favorite pot. Can't wait to see more of these videos!
Ceramics is one of the few art forms that you have really no idea what will happen once it goes into the kiln! I have found over the years that the excitment and dissapointment kind of goes hand in hand and it really is the lap of the kiln gods lol!
Yes it is the full range of emotions al at the same time. But in the end I am never fully crushed because it’s just clay and I can make another pot. Haha. Not to say I haven’t been temporarily distraught before.
Hey Matthew, I really enjoy your videos, and work. (The urns are beautiful). I can really relate to you and appreciate the time you take to record them and the gift of yourself that you share. Well done! I'm just getting back to pottery after many years, and studying and practicing on the wheel. Harder than it looks...but your technique is helpful to watch. Cheers!
Great video and beautiful pots. You are too funny. I do the same thing: e.g. try a glaze that I've only tried a few times if any. Always experimenting which is the fun of it.
I just love your excitement before the opening. Slight disappointment at first, but really nice pots and the coffee mug. They looked great in the sunlight. Were they an order or did you just fancy making them? So excellent!! Cheers Bob 🇬🇧
Oh, wow! They are fawesome!! Matt do you think the variation is different because of the location in the kiln? You know, the cup on the bottom of the kiln? They are gorgeous! Congratulations! 😃
Matthew, I love watching your videos, sharing your knowledge! I am wanting to start spraying my glaze and I am checking out the best type of equipment that I will need. What brand of air gun do you recommend?
Only one burner on that kiln ?, how do you control reduction, do you have multiple thermocouple and oxygen sensors ? Or do you use cones and nothing else.
4 burners and I gauge the reduction by the flame that shoots out the front peep hole controlled by a damper and the pressure of the burners. I gauge when to start reduction and peak temp by cones only.
Did you leave holes in the bottoms of those. It appeared you had a hole in the bottom of the small one when you picked it up? Is that for drainage so they can be displayed outside?
The second one is absolutely beautiful.
Gorgeous pots! SO glad you started making these types of videos, where you show the piece through it's entire process. That suspense only gets worst the closer to opening that door. Haha! Some times the glazes don't do exactly what we wanted to do, but some of those "let downs" eventually grow on you and they become your favorite pot. Can't wait to see more of these videos!
Thanks so much. Yes it is suspenseful at times. I’m glad you’re enjoying the videos.
Ceramics is one of the few art forms that you have really no idea what will happen once it goes into the kiln! I have found over the years that the excitment and dissapointment kind of goes hand in hand and it really is the lap of the kiln gods lol!
Yes it is the full range of emotions al at the same time. But in the end I am never fully crushed because it’s just clay and I can make another pot. Haha. Not to say I haven’t been temporarily distraught before.
Beautiful pots!!
I still find new things with pots I’ve had for years.
Magnificent!!!!!
This is very good. I like the outcome so much. It's a good work of art. You're good Matt
Absolutely stunning!
Thanks!
They are so BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!!! The red is amazing !
Amazing pots!!
Thank you.
Love this video Matt, different to most of the others you've done. LOVE the 2 pots also, wish one of those was in my home right now :)
Love your attitude towards life Matt. Go for it dude
Thanks! We are going for it all the way!
They look great!
Thank you!
A kiln opening is like Schrodinger’s pottery. Until you open the door, the pots are both perfect and terrible at the same time.
I like it! What else can I say that hasn’t been said, or not said, already...
Wow those turned out really nice!
Thank you! The great part is that they should only get better from here!
These look amazing brother!
Thank you so much
Hello Matthew love those big pots nice work, good to see and hear from you .
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Thanks! I have one more big pot in the kiln cooling down now. I’m excited and nervous to see how it looks!
Great that your mood/views improved re-these 2 giant pots Matt. As for me! I love them to bits :) Look forward to seeing many more like this.
Thanks Cliff! Yes they grow on you if they’re not horrible. Haha
Matt nothing I've seen of your work has ever been horrible :)
Impressive!!
Thank you
love the large one more.
Thank you. That one found its new home in Florida and the new owner is very thrilled with it also. Cheers.
Hey Matthew, I really enjoy your videos, and work. (The urns are beautiful). I can really relate to you and appreciate the time you take to record them and the gift of yourself that you share. Well done! I'm just getting back to pottery after many years, and studying and practicing on the wheel. Harder than it looks...but your technique is helpful to watch. Cheers!
Glad to hear your getting back into clay and that the videos help! Good luck! Cheers
that blue on the left one looks so beautiful.... i would to see a pot with more of that on it.
Hey buddy. Yes that was not supposed to be that color but I’ve had the same thought. I’ll try that at some point.
I also like the crazing on the smaller of the 2 pots.
Thanks
Great video and beautiful pots. You are too funny. I do the same thing: e.g. try a glaze that I've only tried a few times if any. Always experimenting which is the fun of it.
Yes it is!
Nice neutral flame you had out the spy holes !!!
TOP!🇧🇷...👏👏👏👏👏
Never had that much on the line but know the feeling. Afraid to open the kiln yet dying to.
Yes totally that feeling. Slight initial disappointment only due to what my expectations were not that the pots were bad.
I just love your excitement before the opening. Slight disappointment at first, but really nice pots and the coffee mug. They looked great in the sunlight. Were they an order or did you just fancy making them? So excellent!! Cheers Bob 🇬🇧
Thanks so much. Just pots I wanted to make. Not for an order but I still always have expectations.
Wow!
Impressive!!
Thanks
Oh, wow! They are fawesome!! Matt do you think the variation is different because of the location in the kiln? You know, the cup on the bottom of the kiln? They are gorgeous! Congratulations! 😃
The glaze wasn’t applied the same and the atmosphere in the kiln changes with so much open space. Thanks so much
Matthew, I love watching your videos, sharing your knowledge! I am wanting to start spraying my glaze and I am checking out the best type of equipment that I will need. What brand of air gun do you recommend?
I like the smaller one best
Thanks. I like them both for different reasons.
Luar biasa, ingin belajar
Like how the handles lean into the bigger pot, but the smaller is a stunner. You prefer gas?
I prefer wood fired over all but I definitely prefer gas over electric
The clay talkes to me!! Hahaha
The clay whisperer...
Also Matthew, what type of compressor do you have?
How do I get one of these with the handles?
Only one burner on that kiln ?, how do you control reduction, do you have multiple thermocouple and oxygen sensors ? Or do you use cones and nothing else.
4 burners and I gauge the reduction by the flame that shoots out the front peep hole controlled by a damper and the pressure of the burners. I gauge when to start reduction and peak temp by cones only.
Can you add more glaze to create more than what you expected at a smaller cone?
Adding additional glaze and re-firing usually doesn’t work out in my experience.
Im always early
Yes you are. Haha
Did you leave holes in the bottoms of those. It appeared you had a hole in the bottom of the small one when you picked it up? Is that for drainage so they can be displayed outside?
Yes I put holes in the bottoms of my large pots so they can be used as garden pots. You guessed it!
Thank you. I'm finding your videos very inspirational. If I were closer, I'd be offering to help with your kiln construction.
Thanks so much. It will definitely be a group effort. Thankfully I have some people around that will be helping.
Matthew, do you spray glaze smaller pots too?
Yes I spray glaze on just about all of my pots. Most of the time I don’t spray the whole piece but some parts of just about every pot.
Refire
Haha. I have nothing but bad results trying to re-fire pieces. Most of the time they come out with pinholes/blisters.
Can I buy the coffee mug?!?
I was planning to keep that one for myself but I have several more made that will be out of the kiln in the next week or so.
Matthew Kelly Pottery haha I don’t blame you for keeping it. Keep me updated when you get more finished. Thanks! :)
Cant you refire it?
I’ve never had success refiring in my gas kiln so I’ll keep it the way it is. Thanks.