It's an oldie but a goodie. Recently, I've started using my heat gun on my mugs so I can get them off the wheel more easily after throwing them. I'm able to flip them more quickly too.
It’s summer in Minnesota. I don’t have a “wet” drawer, box, closet. I have a “wet” everything. Particularly my garage which is where I “dry” my pots. It can take up to two weeks to get them even close to dry. This is my first attempt at pottery in many, many years. I’m not complaining, I just think it’s funny.
Number 8: something could be wrong with your kiln! I was using a community studio a few years ago and my bowls kept warping, but I hadn't had issues with any of the things you mentioned. Turned out the gas in the kiln was unbalanced somehow and it was heating up fast + more from one side than the other, and my pieces warped before most others because I had thinner (not too thin, just, not chonky) walls.
PLEASE make a video explaining the chemistry/physics of WHY CLAY HAS MEMORY. We want to know, or a least watch you explain it and understand for a few minutes then be able to re-watch the next time we wonder! Thank you for sharing all of this information and your processes!!!
And don't keep the room TOO dry either, friend of friend's clay had some deadly interactions with a dehumidifier an adjacent room had water damage so they put in an industrial strength dehumidifier and the big sculpture she was working on had a bad time.
Thank you for this, sooo helpful!!! I’ve made some small plates recently and most were fine but I’m nervous about dinner plates - so this gives me confidence! ❤
I have unsuccessfully try to make cake stands (thrown on the wheel). They always end up warping. Turns out, they are just hard to keep that shape when thrown in one piece on the wheel. My teacher suggested throwing the base separate from the plate and then gluing them together when they're glazed.
What are those thin boards made of, the ones you use for stacking and flipping plates during the drying process? Love your videos! I had a pottery class in college, I taught art for 31 years, but never taught a 3D class. Now I'm teaching my grandchildren how to do pottery. They have a kiln and a potter's wheel, but don't know the basics of hand building. Your videos are so very helpful. Thank you for sharing, you are a saint!
I really appreciate instructional videos like I am taking a class. It helps me if I get both facts and theory in anything I do. Lots better than monkey see, monkey do. 🎉
Slow controlled drying is not great. When i stopped slow drying and just got them onto my drying shelves next to my kiln, my loss rates from crackage and warping went down dramatically. Plate, tiles etc are different, but once they're at rigid leather hard, they're less likely to change shape once you let the air hit them.
I have been working with slip casting, and have a tea cup mold that comes out with pretty thin walls, and it has never NOT warped on me. So heartbreaking to have a wonky teacup every time, I’ve just given up on using that mold now
Hi 😃 I tried making a plate for the first time on the wheel, I don't have any bats so trying to get it off the wheel head was a disaster and it ended up being squished back into a frustrated ball, Doh! Could you give me an idea as to how I get it off without trashing or warping it please? Thankyou 😊 x
as far as I know, you need bats for throwing on the wheel! That doesnt mean you have to drill holes into your wheelhead though, you can stick them on with clay ✨
I'm a semi-addict with porcelain and I love it, but you DO have to take your time, let it tell you what it will tolerate (you'll see!) and don't hurry it, it dries really differently from clays with grit.
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The newspaper on the rim trick - it's brilliant! I did not know that one :)
It's an oldie but a goodie. Recently, I've started using my heat gun on my mugs so I can get them off the wheel more easily after throwing them.
I'm able to flip them more quickly too.
@@silkvelvet2616 I'm gonna try that one 🤗
It’s summer in Minnesota. I don’t have a “wet” drawer, box, closet. I have a “wet” everything. Particularly my garage which is where I “dry” my pots. It can take up to two weeks to get them even close to dry. This is my first attempt at pottery in many, many years. I’m not complaining, I just think it’s funny.
haha i used to live in wisconsin so I understand!
@@PotterytothePeople the struggle is real.
Tell me about it - I live in NC and the humidity is consistently 80-100% (currently 98%)
I've never seen a channel grow so quickly! So well deserved, Mia! Keep up all the awesome work :)
Oh no quilting is addictive - have fun falling down that rabbit hole 😊
😁 I am excited
Number 8: something could be wrong with your kiln! I was using a community studio a few years ago and my bowls kept warping, but I hadn't had issues with any of the things you mentioned. Turned out the gas in the kiln was unbalanced somehow and it was heating up fast + more from one side than the other, and my pieces warped before most others because I had thinner (not too thin, just, not chonky) walls.
I really love your videos. I'm very new to pottery and your videos are so helpful. Ty.
PLEASE make a video explaining the chemistry/physics of WHY CLAY HAS MEMORY. We want to know, or a least watch you explain it and understand for a few minutes then be able to re-watch the next time we wonder!
Thank you for sharing all of this information and your processes!!!
And don't keep the room TOO dry either, friend of friend's clay had some deadly interactions with a dehumidifier an adjacent room had water damage so they put in an industrial strength dehumidifier and the big sculpture she was working on had a bad time.
Thank you for this, sooo helpful!!! I’ve made some small plates recently and most were fine but I’m nervous about dinner plates - so this gives me confidence! ❤
Your videos are terrific, thanks!
I appreciate you sharing your wisdom in your videos! They have taught me so much!
that is so great to hear 🥰
I have unsuccessfully try to make cake stands (thrown on the wheel). They always end up warping. Turns out, they are just hard to keep that shape when thrown in one piece on the wheel. My teacher suggested throwing the base separate from the plate and then gluing them together when they're glazed.
Very helpful video. Thanks so much
Glad it was helpful!
What are those thin boards made of, the ones you use for stacking and flipping plates during the drying process? Love your videos! I had a pottery class in college, I taught art for 31 years, but never taught a 3D class. Now I'm teaching my grandchildren how to do pottery. They have a kiln and a potter's wheel, but don't know the basics of hand building. Your videos are so very helpful. Thank you for sharing, you are a saint!
Such a wonderful video with info, thanks!
Thank you so much for everything you do - your channel is awesome! :)
yay! thank you! ❤️
I suggest using something besides rice. I tried that and the rice developed black mold. Clay kitty litter works...
I really appreciate instructional videos like I am taking a class. It helps me if I get both facts and theory in anything I do. Lots better than monkey see, monkey do. 🎉
yay thats great! 😄
I love all your videos! ❤
yay! thank you for watching ❤️
Great tips! I'm curious as to what stage you do "clean-up".
leatherhard usually :)
Slow controlled drying is not great. When i stopped slow drying and just got them onto my drying shelves next to my kiln, my loss rates from crackage and warping went down dramatically. Plate, tiles etc are different, but once they're at rigid leather hard, they're less likely to change shape once you let the air hit them.
Does it not also depend on the size? Or maybe not once it's hardened.
@krisCrashTV even more important to get the air circulating, otherwise you get cracked bottoms.
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Thank you.
I have been working with slip casting, and have a tea cup mold that comes out with pretty thin walls, and it has never NOT warped on me. So heartbreaking to have a wonky teacup every time, I’ve just given up on using that mold now
Hi 😃 I tried making a plate for the first time on the wheel, I don't have any bats so trying to get it off the wheel head was a disaster and it ended up being squished back into a frustrated ball, Doh! Could you give me an idea as to how I get it off without trashing or warping it please?
Thankyou 😊 x
as far as I know, you need bats for throwing on the wheel! That doesnt mean you have to drill holes into your wheelhead though, you can stick them on with clay ✨
@@PotterytothePeople A-ha! Okeydokey 😃 good to know it wasn't just me 😁 Thankyou Mia 🙂 Have a great Sunday x
I want to see porcelain now! For some reason I never associated it with pottery.
oh theres lots of pottery who work in porcelain! Just not me 😂
Me. I am one. I adore working with porcelain. And she's a diva, and has broken my heart many times!
I'm a semi-addict with porcelain and I love it, but you DO have to take your time, let it tell you what it will tolerate (you'll see!) and don't hurry it, it dries really differently from clays with grit.
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