Failure is the price of progress! I want to thank you for keeping it real with us! Makes us feel better that we arent alone when we make our own mistakes. I think theyre all gorgeous! Keep up the great work!
I’m on a Jon the Potter marathon while I actually have to study... but this is so cool to watch! I really appreciate your work! Having both a pottery and a coffee shop with self made mugs is such an awesome combination!
I literally have never thrown anything, but TH-cam recommended your channel to me two weeks ago and I enrolled in a local class today. Stay inspired Jon!
Take heart! It wasn't all that bad! I really liked that hand warmer mug & the candle holders... I avoid greens & reds they are so tricky! You are getting better all the time & the volume is tremendous! Points for that!
Dude, I love your channel and your work, and I don't want you to die or get cancer from silicosis! So from one potter to another, PLEASE don't dry grind clay/glaze indoors! I know you're wearing the mask while you're grinding, but microcrystalline silica will stay airborne for days. I wet sand with diamond pads, and they cut very nicely. If you want something powered, you can even get diamond disks to put on your wheel with an aquarium pump to keep things wet.
As a potter you prob have so much control over those spongers but as a painter, it’s nerving to watch. Id use brushes and a smaller brush for the wax 🙈 so funny how different avenues of art work
does he not use kiln wash? a little glaze drippage shouldnt ruin your shelf. I'm squinting at the screen like a doofus and they do look bare.. ah well, theyre still gorgeous! I love his glaze combos, i want to try to emulate them myself with what our studio has on hand.
Yay! I’ve been waiting for this! I watch a video every morning while on the train, and it’s turned to an absolute must-have in my routine - it’s such a cozy, nice way to start my day 🤩 lots of love from Denmark 🇩🇰
Have you tries staggering the levels of your kiln shelves yet? I found I get a more even firing when I did. That is one half shelf about 1/2 inch higher than the one next to it all the way through the whole kiln. That allows a flow of heat throughout keeping the temps between shelves more equal. Love your work Jon.
Karen Johnson I use a pyrometer with a thermocouple in the top peep hole and another in the bottom. Amazing how much difference in temperature I get when both element dials are on the same setting. I still let the bar in the kiln sitter turn it all off.
I may have made a mistake. I used underglaze in my badge instead of regular glaze. I also used corn starch to make the stamp work like you do) but I don’t remember using a brush to brush away any dust from the badge after bisque firing. I didn’t add a clear glaze over it. I just put wax. Now my badge lettering is flaking out. I wonder what is the wrong thing that I did?
I am so inspired by you! I am a stay at home mom/ artist. I have never expanded into pottery but after watching you I’ve got my husband helping me make a pottery wheel and building a fire burning kiln in our backyard! Thank you for all the videos! I can’t wait to try all of these projects! You are very talented!
Would it be ok to use a smaller brush for the wax? I think I’m too sloppy to get it right with such a big brush. Love the mugs because each one is different!! Really enjoy your running commentary and sense of humor, even things don’t go exactly as you planned. Great attitude.
I believe that when dip glazing, you should do the first dozen or so, then re-stir your glaze and add the appropriate amount of water to get the consistency and specific gravity back up to where you started...your bottom shelves that did not drip much, reflect those pots glazed and loaded as the glaze started out perfect, and with each subsequent group dipped, the water was sucked into the bisque, little by little until it threw off your balanced recipe...if you slow down, think about the differing way the glaze behaves, consistency and adherence, you will see in advance where you need to tweak the batch, to prevent hours of grueling grinding which leaves your bottoms, less than perfect...had you waxed the bottoms, it would have protected more drips from adhering, however, you mentioned trying to emulate someone else's fingerprint nuance, which sorta set up the fail...hope you don't mind my two megabits :P
Annoying glass woman here again lol... we use wet grinders to adjust, shape and smooth our glass as we work. The water is wick fed into a diamond grit grinding head. It A ) keeps the particles from being air born and B ) cuts through glass, and fired clay like butter. They are easy to clean, easy to use and they don't crawl across your work space. :) Mine is a glastar. I used it to grind some glaze clots off a few things I made in school. It cant hurt to look and might make it a bit faster and easier on you.
do you create some of your mugs for left handed people? I just saw that you put the logo on for a right handed person. Or do you put is low enough that either can drink from it? I'm left handed so I guess I always wander about things and how they work from that point of view. Please do not get me wrong not a left handed justice warrior. Just like make sure I can sell to either handed people..
John I love your mugs even if they are not the way you want them to be lol ☺🙂 I love mugs that have their own style even if they are not perfect! I love your videos and I love pottery even though I am not used to the pottery wheel It kind of scars me lol 🙂☺
Hello, Jon the Potter! Im from MN as well! I LOVE your work! So, I did as you said and dipped my mug in black, then did the rim in floating blue and then buttercream. My mug turned all black. Do you know what i possobly did wrong?
Jon I found it difficult to review the small green drippy vase I bought on Etsy, so I’ll do it here. The vase arrived today and it’s beautiful. It has pride of place and I’m proud to support an independent potter and artist. Thank you 🙏🇬🇧
@@Jonthepotter was that the plan all along? At various times there have been piles of misfires pots in different studios I've worked in... It seems like they never get broken up for mosaic. The potters are always too busy potting... There's always more clay to play with and another kiln load waiting.
Ryder gliding across the screen was a gut buster, your funny. Suggestion, mount your grinder on a piece of 2X6 or 8 bigger than the grinder bottom and counter sink the attaching hardware so you still place it a table flat and use 2 squeeze camps one on each side to the table top. Boom Done.
Beth Lo has a technique for making slab forms where she uses like a 1.5 to 2 inch pad of foam and a piece of wood in the shape of the piece she making. She rolled the slab out, put the piece of wood on it, cut around in leaving around a 3/8 to 1/2 inch extra. She let it harden up a little but not to a full on leather hard. The extra width will essentially become the lip of coaster. After you put the clay slab on the foam you use the piece of wood to press down into it with some oomph. She mentioned it worked best when the wood isnt beveled at all. Prior to pressing you can use rollers or literally anything to add some character to the rim or thin it out. She was using some porcelain at the demo but I figure the technique can be adapted for stoneware.
I loved the glaze on the mugs, so full of depth in the colour. Keep at it and never feel disappointed....we learn from what we don’t like. Can’t wait to see the next video. How’s the new studio coming along? 😃
Oh brother! I feel your pain! I was unloading my kiln right before a big dale and stuff ran all over the place. Had to recheck and fix specific gravity in a couple of my glazes. Keep on going!!
Yeah !!! I’m beyond excited, I have my own JS piece from Etsy on its way soon, a beautiful sea green vase. Can’t believe it, never thought I would have one with me being in the UK but never say never eh? 😍 Can’t wait!
Jon, I make disks for wind chimes almost the same way you made those coasters from a slab, but I put them between two flat boards to dry so they don’t warp. Works really well!
I use C-clamps to hold down my grinder, makes it lots easier to use. Also, I use kiln paper as additional shelf protection when firing potentially drippy glazes.
Good idea making cookies to protect the kiln shelves, at my school we still put kiln wash on the cookies to make the pieces more easily removable. If that's something you may be interested in doing
My niece has found your channel and has decided he wanted to go for a ceramics career , he takes high school ceramics but I’m almost positive you put the lid on the idea and set it into action. Love your content
I Kiln wash the cookies (one time no need to do it every firing) helps with the any sticking - like raw to raw clay or if glaze does run on it - easier to remove. The glaze combo is gorgeous!
Have you thought about using a hydrometer for your glazes so they are the same every time and don't have to worry about it being too thick or too thin?
Yay!! Just ordered! I love watching the hole process and seeing my mug come out of the kiln, then getting it in the mail. Just makes me feel so connected to you and your art! And insured me to keep perfecting my work! Thanks Dude!! Peace out!!
Love the glaze combos that you make. When I think a glaze might run, I always put the mug up on a small stilt (a 1 1/2" tube I made from cone 6 clay). At least my mugs aren't fused to my shelves! How much clay for each of the different sized mugs? I can't seem to get more than a 14 oz mug out of 1.25 lbs of clay...
I made a bunch of textured "Kiln trivets" from a heavily grogged high-fire clay that's somewhat underfired they serve as a safety net under my pieces. (this was especially useful when I was firing in a community studio where they weren't always consistent about cleaning up glaze on the shelves.) Because my work is so small, I tend to glue pieces to the trivet with Elmer's glue so that a small group can be lifted and placed in all at once.
Why not use an oxide or mason stain for the logo, instead of a glaze? It would achieve the same effect, minus a bit of gloss, the glaze likely creates. Nothing worse than having a great glaze combo, that also dripped. I've heard the best way to know if a liquid glaze is too thick, is to check its specific gravity. Once you get that dialed in, the glazes will always behave themselves. Hopefully, you wash your shelves.
Jonthepotter the sheen comes from the residuals of the black glaze then? I was wondering if I missed a step😜 What clay do you use? I really love the color!
@@Jonthepotter Using the glaze definitely looks good, but using an oxide would be cheaper, if you wanted to save a bit of money. It looks like you are using Continental Clay ( As do I). For a 50lb. bag of black iron oxide, it's like 50 bucks. If you do want a bit more of a gloss, you could mix the oxide with Gillespie Borate, which would also fuse it to the clay more, than the oxide would on it's own. A 50lb. bag of that is about $100. I see that 50lbs. of dry glaze, from Continental, is well over $200. So for nearly half the price, you could get double the materials, to create a similar look. Just a thought.
So, question. Have you tested stamping the logo into the tops of the coasters, blackening the details, making the rims lighter then glass? I don't know how it will be with the recycled, but you could see about maybe ordering some real fusing glass. Like Bullseye glass. (I'm a stained glass artist brand new at ceramics) I'm just really curious now. Also you can buy glass frit (Its ground glass, from a find powder to larger granules,, not ceramics frit for mixing glazes.) There is also super paper thin confetti glass. You could experiment with gradients and patterns. Just google stained glass and or fusing glass. Also,, google Dichroic glass. Its,,,, nothing short of delicious. I don't know how it will react to ceramics kiln temps. We use it in glass on/in glass fusing. Go exploring. I really am enjoying your channel. It inspires me. You have good energy. My twin daughters (almost 21) are starting ceramics 1 at our collage. I'm on the second semester, ceramics 2. All three of us enjoy watching and learning from you. Thanks for the time and effort. Anyway. Good stuff!
Failure is the price of progress! I want to thank you for keeping it real with us! Makes us feel better that we arent alone when we make our own mistakes. I think theyre all gorgeous! Keep up the great work!
Mistakes are part of doing pottery!
I’m on a Jon the Potter marathon while I actually have to study... but this is so cool to watch! I really appreciate your work! Having both a pottery and a coffee shop with self made mugs is such an awesome combination!
I literally have never thrown anything, but TH-cam recommended your channel to me two weeks ago and I enrolled in a local class today. Stay inspired Jon!
Awesome!
Haha, same here! :D Thanks Jon!
Take heart! It wasn't all that bad! I really liked that hand warmer mug & the candle holders... I avoid greens & reds they are so tricky! You are getting better all the time & the volume is tremendous! Points for that!
A artist always learns from failure so dont be disheart, keep doing it am learning a lot hope so others to. Respect for u always 😊
I'm so excited!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Dude, I love your channel and your work, and I don't want you to die or get cancer from silicosis! So from one potter to another, PLEASE don't dry grind clay/glaze indoors! I know you're wearing the mask while you're grinding, but microcrystalline silica will stay airborne for days. I wet sand with diamond pads, and they cut very nicely. If you want something powered, you can even get diamond disks to put on your wheel with an aquarium pump to keep things wet.
As a potter you prob have so much control over those spongers but as a painter, it’s nerving to watch. Id use brushes and a smaller brush for the wax 🙈 so funny how different avenues of art work
You should apply kiln wash on the ceramic cookies!!
does he not use kiln wash? a little glaze drippage shouldnt ruin your shelf. I'm squinting at the screen like a doofus and they do look bare.. ah well, theyre still gorgeous! I love his glaze combos, i want to try to emulate them myself with what our studio has on hand.
Can you share me some recipes to create enamel color but yours? I really love ceramics
Tks!
Where did you get your plastic measuring divide. The one used to measure water and you 10, 12, 20 oz mugs?
I think the slab thrown coasters would work well if you use something to press a bit of a depression into them.
Great idea! Maybe use the MochaMonkey stamp. You could press the middle down and also add some interest with the logo.
@@vjvierengel1176 ooo neat idea I think that may look cool under the glass!
Jon- Facebook group ClayShare with jess Pittman Phillips shows how to make pressed coasters that would work great for yours
Another idea to add on to this is to try adding a small coil around the rim
Sorry about the glaze. It’s disappointing to have your hard work not turn out as you had hoped. Potter problems.
Yay! I’ve been waiting for this! I watch a video every morning while on the train, and it’s turned to an absolute must-have in my routine - it’s such a cozy, nice way to start my day 🤩 lots of love from Denmark 🇩🇰
Love them! I also love how you’re not hard on yourself and always look for the positive
Have you tries staggering the levels of your kiln shelves yet? I found I get a more even firing when I did. That is one half shelf about 1/2 inch higher than the one next to it all the way through the whole kiln. That allows a flow of heat throughout keeping the temps between shelves more equal. Love your work Jon.
I should do that!! I
Karen Johnson I use a pyrometer with a thermocouple in the top peep hole and another in the bottom. Amazing how much difference in temperature I get when both element dials are on the same setting. I still let the bar in the kiln sitter turn it all off.
Where did you purchase your stamp from?
Kiln openings can be like Christmas or Halloween. You just never know. Just breathe.
Kiln is like a pregnant women you have no idea what it gives, you expect nothing more than a Beauty.
May I ask how you made the stamp for the MOCHA MONKEY logo?
Thank you! 😊👍
It was made from 4clay.com
I may have made a mistake. I used underglaze in my badge instead of regular glaze. I also used corn starch to make the stamp work like you do) but I don’t remember using a brush to brush away any dust from the badge after bisque firing. I didn’t add a clear glaze over it. I just put wax. Now my badge lettering is flaking out. I wonder what is the wrong thing that I did?
I am so inspired by you! I am a stay at home mom/ artist. I have never expanded into pottery but after watching you I’ve got my husband helping me make a pottery wheel and building a fire burning kiln in our backyard! Thank you for all the videos! I can’t wait to try all of these projects! You are very talented!
Would it be ok to use a smaller brush for the wax? I think I’m too sloppy to get it right with such a big brush. Love the mugs because each one is different!! Really enjoy your running commentary and sense of humor, even things don’t go exactly as you planned. Great attitude.
Jon when you say we, do you mean you, or do you have apprentices help you?
I sometimes have people that help me! Most often me, but it's all a team effort:)
I believe that when dip glazing, you should do the first dozen or so, then re-stir your glaze and add the appropriate amount of water to get the consistency and specific gravity back up to where you started...your bottom shelves that did not drip much, reflect those pots glazed and loaded as the glaze started out perfect, and with each subsequent group dipped, the water was sucked into the bisque, little by little until it threw off your balanced recipe...if you slow down, think about the differing way the glaze behaves, consistency and adherence, you will see in advance where you need to tweak the batch, to prevent hours of grueling grinding which leaves your bottoms, less than perfect...had you waxed the bottoms, it would have protected more drips from adhering, however, you mentioned trying to emulate someone else's fingerprint nuance, which sorta set up the fail...hope you don't mind my two megabits :P
How many square feet is your kiln?
Hello! What is your green glaze called? I love the blue green drip on the black. And all your other work as well!
Annoying glass woman here again lol... we use wet grinders to adjust, shape and smooth our glass as we work. The water is wick fed into a diamond grit grinding head. It A ) keeps the particles from being air born and B ) cuts through glass, and fired clay like butter. They are easy to clean, easy to use and they don't crawl across your work space. :) Mine is a glastar. I used it to grind some glaze clots off a few things I made in school. It cant hurt to look and might make it a bit faster and easier on you.
do you create some of your mugs for left handed people? I just saw that you put the logo on for a right handed person. Or do you put is low enough that either can drink from it? I'm left handed so I guess I always wander about things and how they work from that point of view. Please do not get me wrong not a left handed justice warrior. Just like make sure I can sell to either handed people..
John I love your mugs even if they are not the way you want them to be lol ☺🙂
I love mugs that have their own style even if they are not perfect! I love your videos and I love pottery even though I am not used to the pottery wheel It kind of scars me lol 🙂☺
Have you tried to throw a wine glass?? It would be pretty awesome if you could!
You're the alec steele of pottery xD love the content, keep going :)
Just looked up Alec Steele, he is awesome!
Hello, Jon the Potter! Im from MN as well! I LOVE your work! So, I did as you said and dipped my mug in black, then did the rim in floating blue and then buttercream. My mug turned all black. Do you know what i possobly did wrong?
Jon I found it difficult to review the small green drippy vase I bought on Etsy, so I’ll do it here.
The vase arrived today and it’s beautiful. It has pride of place and I’m proud to support an independent potter and artist.
Thank you 🙏🇬🇧
Do you know any mosaic artists? Those 'failed' coasters would be amazing broken up and used in mosaics.
I am saving them all for that!
@@Jonthepotter was that the plan all along? At various times there have been piles of misfires pots in different studios I've worked in... It seems like they never get broken up for mosaic. The potters are always too busy potting... There's always more clay to play with and another kiln load waiting.
Ryder gliding across the screen was a gut buster, your funny. Suggestion, mount your grinder on a piece of 2X6 or 8 bigger than the grinder bottom and counter sink the attaching hardware so you still place it a table flat and use 2 squeeze camps one on each side to the table top. Boom Done.
Beth Lo has a technique for making slab forms where she uses like a 1.5 to 2 inch pad of foam and a piece of wood in the shape of the piece she making. She rolled the slab out, put the piece of wood on it, cut around in leaving around a 3/8 to 1/2 inch extra. She let it harden up a little but not to a full on leather hard. The extra width will essentially become the lip of coaster. After you put the clay slab on the foam you use the piece of wood to press down into it with some oomph. She mentioned it worked best when the wood isnt beveled at all. Prior to pressing you can use rollers or literally anything to add some character to the rim or thin it out. She was using some porcelain at the demo but I figure the technique can be adapted for stoneware.
I loved the glaze on the mugs, so full of depth in the colour. Keep at it and never feel disappointed....we learn from what we don’t like. Can’t wait to see the next video. How’s the new studio coming along? 😃
Good! Should start moving along quickly, construction is tough with the MN winters...
Oh brother! I feel your pain! I was unloading my kiln right before a big dale and stuff ran all over the place. Had to recheck and fix specific gravity in a couple of my glazes. Keep on going!!
Awesome vid. Thank you!
Yeah !!! I’m beyond excited, I have my own JS piece from Etsy on its way soon, a beautiful sea green vase. Can’t believe it, never thought I would have one with me being in the UK but never say never eh? 😍 Can’t wait!
Jon, I make disks for wind chimes almost the same way you made those coasters from a slab, but I put them between two flat boards to dry so they don’t warp. Works really well!
Sorry for your disappointment, but then minutes of grindingfixeed the problem. Those 20 oz mugs.....nice!
I use C-clamps to hold down my grinder, makes it lots easier to use. Also, I use kiln paper as additional shelf protection when firing potentially drippy glazes.
You have inspired me so much! I'm gonna enroll in the local pottery class at the college in my city! Can't wait!!!!
Good idea making cookies to protect the kiln shelves, at my school we still put kiln wash on the cookies to make the pieces more easily removable. If that's something you may be interested in doing
My niece has found your channel and has decided he wanted to go for a ceramics career , he takes high school ceramics but I’m almost positive you put the lid on the idea and set it into action. Love your content
I think It was worth it! I don’t think they had too much glaze.. They are very beautiful! 😍 amazing
I Kiln wash the cookies (one time no need to do it every firing) helps with the any sticking - like raw to raw clay or if glaze does run on it - easier to remove. The glaze combo is gorgeous!
Been there done that with thick glaze!!!
Have you thought about using a hydrometer for your glazes so they are the same every time and don't have to worry about it being too thick or too thin?
I am about to open my first ever glaze fire kiln tonight when I get home from work, wish me luck :-)
Ooh I feel for you, been there, but the glaze colours are fantastic. Got some mugs going into the kiln tomorrow, fingers crossed
Jon: I like it when things don’t break.
Also Jon: *slams coaster down on the cart*
When I have a glaze that feels or looks too thick, I like to take a layer off the bottom with a sponge to keep it from dripping onto the kiln shelf.
Please tell mediums of upyou use it
Yay!! Just ordered! I love watching the hole process and seeing my mug come out of the kiln, then getting it in the mail. Just makes me feel so connected to you and your art! And insured me to keep perfecting my work! Thanks Dude!! Peace out!!
Thanks for the order!!
Love the glaze combos that you make. When I think a glaze might run, I always put the mug up on a small stilt (a 1 1/2" tube I made from cone 6 clay). At least my mugs aren't fused to my shelves! How much clay for each of the different sized mugs? I can't seem to get more than a 14 oz mug out of 1.25 lbs of clay...
I made a bunch of textured "Kiln trivets" from a heavily grogged high-fire clay that's somewhat underfired they serve as a safety net under my pieces. (this was especially useful when I was firing in a community studio where they weren't always consistent about cleaning up glaze on the shelves.)
Because my work is so small, I tend to glue pieces to the trivet with Elmer's glue so that a small group can be lifted and placed in all at once.
Why does my art teacher try and tell me we "cant fire stoneware in an electric kiln.
Solid work. Ill have to head over and test those mugs out.
Always my favorite part when making items
The glaze on the mugs is absolutely beautiful!
Where is part 2?
Why not use an oxide or mason stain for the logo, instead of a glaze? It would achieve the same effect, minus a bit of gloss, the glaze likely creates.
Nothing worse than having a great glaze combo, that also dripped. I've heard the best way to know if a liquid glaze is too thick, is to check its specific gravity. Once you get that dialed in, the glazes will always behave themselves.
Hopefully, you wash your shelves.
I have just always used the glaze, I kind of like the little sheen,I could try a stain thought see what I think!
Jonthepotter the sheen comes from the residuals of the black glaze then? I was wondering if I missed a step😜 What clay do you use? I really love the color!
@@Jonthepotter Using the glaze definitely looks good, but using an oxide would be cheaper, if you wanted to save a bit of money. It looks like you are using Continental Clay ( As do I). For a 50lb. bag of black iron oxide, it's like 50 bucks. If you do want a bit more of a gloss, you could mix the oxide with Gillespie Borate, which would also fuse it to the clay more, than the oxide would on it's own. A 50lb. bag of that is about $100. I see that 50lbs. of dry glaze, from Continental, is well over $200. So for nearly half the price, you could get double the materials, to create a similar look.
Just a thought.
😍😍😍😍😍😍
I can’t wait to buy from your Etsy!
Yeah finally been waiting
Those coasters!!! 😍
I live in Utah
Amazing 👏❤
How is the Studio construction going ?
Good, should go pretty quick now!
So, question. Have you tested stamping the logo into the tops of the coasters, blackening the details, making the rims lighter then glass? I don't know how it will be with the recycled, but you could see about maybe ordering some real fusing glass. Like Bullseye glass. (I'm a stained glass artist brand new at ceramics) I'm just really curious now. Also you can buy glass frit (Its ground glass, from a find powder to larger granules,, not ceramics frit for mixing glazes.) There is also super paper thin confetti glass. You could experiment with gradients and patterns. Just google stained glass and or fusing glass. Also,, google Dichroic glass. Its,,,, nothing short of delicious. I don't know how it will react to ceramics kiln temps. We use it in glass on/in glass fusing. Go exploring. I really am enjoying your channel. It inspires me. You have good energy. My twin daughters (almost 21) are starting ceramics 1 at our collage. I'm on the second semester, ceramics 2. All three of us enjoy watching and learning from you. Thanks for the time and effort. Anyway. Good stuff!