Of course i made it to the end!! How could I possibly stop? So elegant and controlled. You know your medium so well and i am happy you have a dedicated porcelain setup. There is an extra lightness in your interaction with the clay. I started pottery 50 years ago wanting to throw porcelain. Gave up ceramics for rock n roll, but now I am baaaack. Still haven't developed the skills (yet) but hope to get there one day. Thanks for your inspiration, tutelage and technique.
I've recently started taking a pottery/ceramics class and these videos are my favorite go to videos when it comes to tips and tricks for throwing on a wheel
I am just starting to learn how to properly trim my pieces and this definitely proves the transformative power in it! As always, thanks for taking the time to make the video. Each one is extremely informative and I have basically been able to build up my ceramics knowledge base through them alone!
Love your trimming techniques. I spend much more time trimming than throwing a pot, including leveling the rim. Holding my trimming tools level and firmly is very challenging, but very rewarding when I take the trimmed pot and it feels and looks perfect.
Beautiful work as always! I just have to say that I especially appreciate all the different camera angles and closeups you show in this video. I think I remember seeing something in a recent video about trying out new camera angles, and I think it's really effective here. I love seeing your process up-close! Thank you for the effort you put into producing these videos ^^
Gorgeous video! Any chance you could show us a before and after when trimming porcelain using a flashlight to show the change in wall thickness through the various sections of the pot?
Thanks Florian, very helpful and as always, so well done. Maybe you could make a video on how to sharpen trimming tools. It would be helpful for those of us who have the less expensive tools that always seem so dull.
Finally I found your channel again alhamdu lillah.. I missed your nice videos.. I don't know why youtube stopped send me notifications from your channel
Hello Florian, thank you for another clear video. I’ve learned alot from them. You are allways showing these amazing high end tools. Can you do a video about a good beginner set or point me to it if I’ve missed it?
question: is there a specific reason why you use the same kind of clay for the other parts, like sticking it to the wheel for trimming and for your makers mark? do you have a makers mark in every kind of clay?
He has a whole video about how he makes his own makers marks. They are all made of porcelain, regardless of the type of clay being used to make the pot.
I have some of the same tools you have and have trouble with unwanted chattering. I've tried holding at different angles, holding as close to the blade as possible, pressing harder, pressing softer.... What's the best way to avoid this?
Your pottery wheel is really great, but why don't you use the pottery wheel attached to the table!? 🤔 I use a pottery wheel attached to the table, and that's really great, but I think your new pottery wheel is great and it's easier to move.
how is that you are making pottery so slowly and charging so much, while some folks in India/Pakistan also make pottery by hand, they are fast and make tons of items and they sell them for pennies? just watched such video here on TH-cam, their skill is so good...
Well, that is a good question really and it's one with a very complex answer that has to do with cultural, societal, historical and religious reasons. Pottery in the West has been elevated as a profession, especially in recent years, as a craft and as an art form, whereas that hasn't necessarily happened elsewhere in the world. Speed and quantity aren't therefore a necessary driving factor if you can sell products for more. I wish potters in India and Pakistan were seen on a higher level, as like you said, there are some tremendously talented makers and craftspeople out there, many of which may never be really discovered or garnish the praise they deserve for dedicating their life to the craft. It's a fascinating topic, a sad one at times, but you're right!
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I love how unbelievably smooth and delicate porcelain looks.
Of course i made it to the end!! How could I possibly stop? So elegant and controlled. You know your medium so well and i am happy you have a dedicated porcelain setup. There is an extra lightness in your interaction with the clay.
I started pottery 50 years ago wanting to throw porcelain. Gave up ceramics for rock n roll, but now I am baaaack. Still haven't developed the skills (yet) but hope to get there one day. Thanks for your inspiration, tutelage and technique.
You make the best pottery content out there! Always thoughtful, informative, and interesting
I've recently started taking a pottery/ceramics class and these videos are my favorite go to videos when it comes to tips and tricks for throwing on a wheel
I am just starting to learn how to properly trim my pieces and this definitely proves the transformative power in it! As always, thanks for taking the time to make the video. Each one is extremely informative and I have basically been able to build up my ceramics knowledge base through them alone!
Amazing how u can see the translucency of the porcelain in the thin ribbons coming off, so pretty
At around 5:00 and 6:30 the fine ribbons of porcelain curling off is divine!
I like the simple handle of Lee's tools. Don't know how comfortable they are to hold, but the whole piece looks pleasant.
Love your trimming techniques. I spend much more time trimming than throwing a pot, including leveling the rim. Holding my trimming tools level and firmly is very challenging, but very rewarding when I take the trimmed pot and it feels and looks perfect.
so smooth it looks like your not even trying when trimming! cuts like butter
Crazy beautiful how you're trimming your vases!
Beautiful work as always! I just have to say that I especially appreciate all the different camera angles and closeups you show in this video. I think I remember seeing something in a recent video about trying out new camera angles, and I think it's really effective here. I love seeing your process up-close! Thank you for the effort you put into producing these videos ^^
Gorgeous video! Any chance you could show us a before and after when trimming porcelain using a flashlight to show the change in wall thickness through the various sections of the pot?
I love your work! I have been watching since 2020... Back when you only had 10k subs! Awesome vases and nice wheel.
Thanks Florian, very helpful and as always, so well done. Maybe you could make a video on how to sharpen trimming tools. It would be helpful for those of us who have the less expensive tools that always seem so dull.
l love how unbelivably smooth and delicate
porcelain looks.
Finally I found your channel again alhamdu lillah.. I missed your nice videos.. I don't know why youtube stopped send me notifications from your channel
Hello Florian, thank you for another clear video. I’ve learned alot from them. You are allways showing these amazing high end tools. Can you do a video about a good beginner set or point me to it if I’ve missed it?
I enjoyed this one Florian. Happy Halloween 🎃 ahahaha
thanks. that was cool
You can regrind chipped blades
Why do they make when heads out of aluminium, which marks the clay? Wouldn't steel be a better choice?
question: is there a specific reason why you use the same kind of clay for the other parts, like sticking it to the wheel for trimming and for your makers mark? do you have a makers mark in every kind of clay?
He has a whole video about how he makes his own makers marks. They are all made of porcelain, regardless of the type of clay being used to make the pot.
love you ♡♡♡
I have some of the same tools you have and have trouble with unwanted chattering. I've tried holding at different angles, holding as close to the blade as possible, pressing harder, pressing softer.... What's the best way to avoid this?
Wheres the spinner from
Your pottery wheel is really great, but why don't you use the pottery wheel attached to the table!? 🤔 I use a pottery wheel attached to the table, and that's really great, but I think your new pottery wheel is great and it's easier to move.
how is that you are making pottery so slowly and charging so much, while some folks in India/Pakistan also make pottery by hand, they are fast and make tons of items and they sell them for pennies? just watched such video here on TH-cam, their skill is so good...
Well, that is a good question really and it's one with a very complex answer that has to do with cultural, societal, historical and religious reasons. Pottery in the West has been elevated as a profession, especially in recent years, as a craft and as an art form, whereas that hasn't necessarily happened elsewhere in the world. Speed and quantity aren't therefore a necessary driving factor if you can sell products for more.
I wish potters in India and Pakistan were seen on a higher level, as like you said, there are some tremendously talented makers and craftspeople out there, many of which may never be really discovered or garnish the praise they deserve for dedicating their life to the craft.
It's a fascinating topic, a sad one at times, but you're right!