I hope it works out! Thanks so much for checking out the vid. Just pay close attention to how the tube blows across the hole and it will sound awesome. -Andy
Thank you for an awesome demonstration. I am a beginner in throwing cylinders. I am so very very happy that I found your video. You are one of the few potters that I actually take notes during and after viewing, thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge, I am deeply appreciative.
thank you for this video! it's really informative and it's helpful to see your hand movements (lots of demonstrators hide their hands accidentally) when pulling/collaring
I have struggle with getting the tube in the right place to get sound with the tube too. When I don't use the tube I get sound but when I try with tube I can't find the right position. Any tips?
Thanks for watching and sorry for the struggles! My best advice is to cut the tube at a 45degree angle while it’s leather hard and place the front of the tube at the back of the hole. There must be a very small hole remaining at the end of the tube to allow air to blow over the hole. Remember to sharpen the front of the hole for best sound results! Good luck… Andy
I love your videos! They are incredibly helpful and simple yet detailed. I’ve been able to throw consistently large and tall cylinders thanks to your techniques :) I’ve improved so much! I even made my very first moon jar!
Very nice! I noticed that you didn’t oil your wooden bowl before you put the clay in there.. is it because it was a wooden bowl? If I use a different type of material, would I need to oil it first? Thank you…. Is oil better or cornstarch? Or plastic wrap? Plastic wrap leaves marks I noticed… 🤷♀️please advise…
Andy your lovely warmth of personality and eagerness to explain the finer details of hand placement and the importance of taking advantage of centrifugal force by stacking your coils inwards make this one of the best tutorials for the BIG scale clay vessels on RU-vid. Im gonna take full advantage of this and try to make some wine storage vessels to sell to local wineries. I really want to make it as a solo potter, and big stuff is the dream since I saw Peter Voulkos's protege Peter Callas at my ceramics class in college. Ive never connected to an artform so deeply how I feel when I make large scale vessels such as these. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this lovely comment Galan! I truly hope it helps you out to make your best work yet. I remember seeing Peter Volkos working in Kansas City way back in the day and Peter Callas was his assistant back then. Look for more videos this Summer! Andy
If you were looking to make a deeper bowl (think Ramen/soup), would you slump over the outside or inside? (I am a woodturner, so making the proper mold is easy.)
Hi Andy! Please tell how long do you dry ocarina before making holes in it: several hours, 2 days, one week? Do you cover it with plastic bags to make it dry slowly or it is ok to dry it on open air? Thanks.
Hello, and thanks for watching! I like to make the holes and mount the blow tube when the clay is much stiffer in the leather hard stage. How long it needs to dry completely depends on the humidity and the temperature. You can speed up the drying by using a heat gun or hairdryer, or keep it wet by wrapping it up with plastic. I hope this helps! Andy
Hi! I’m a ceramics major trying to make a big usable vessel. Do the seams between the coils smooth out on the inside/is there a way to make it smooth? I’m asking because I’m afraid of texture breaking the glaze and keeping it from being completely water tight.
Hi Simon! Thanks for checking out the video. Coil throwing is completely water tight when stacked, compressed and pulled well. The throwing lines on the inside can easily be smoothed out using a rib after you have completed that section of coils. Sometimes I use a rib on both sides of the wall to completely eliminate any process marks depending on what I’m making. Go for it and good luck! -Andy
You seem to have stopped posting videos a few years ago, but from the bottom of my heart I hope you are doing well. You explain everything so well. I'm coming back to pottery after a long lapse and I've been struggling to troubleshoot my issues since I'm not taking formal instruction this time around. Your videos are perfect, and I love the way you explain your hand positions! I'll definitely be incorporating (and anthropomorphizing) your "shadow bird".
Thanks so much for watching! I truly hope these techniques help you progress. I’m going on sabbatical this Spring and will begin posting new videos once again! -Andy
hi ! thank you for the video, just curious if you happen to know the exact spec to plug into a skutt electirc kiln? like if im firing at cone 012, what preheat to input if any?
Hello! I’m not sure exactly what you mean by exact specs? To fire these small pencils you probably wouldn’t need much more than a one hour preheat. -Andy
What a bummer! I really only recommend #1 pottery plaster which is the industry standard for slip casting and pottery molds. If you have tried this type of plaster and it didn't work, your mixing ratios must be adjusted or the plaster itself is old and no longer usable. Good luck! -Andy
@@andyruble633 that glazed pot is a beauty, i live the little cross stamp on the side, it actually looks like its metal. ill clean that one and fill it up with milk if i ever got it!!!!
Believe it or not, I lifted this piece off while in the stiff leather hard stage. I then once fired the piece in our soda kiln which is large enough to accommodate pieces of this size. Thanks for watching!
Andy, I just want to say that this video was so mesmerizing! I've only started ceramics in January this year, so I don't know all the possibilities yet. I am gobsmacked at the height you've built on this! I am surprised that despite having almost no attention span nowadays, I couldn't tear myself away from the screen! This was amazing!!! So inspirational! I was hoping that you or someone else can answer a question I have. I understand that it is important to maintain thickness in the walls to support the building and throwing, but once you are done coil throwing, how much can you trim the form? Or would trimming it any be detrimental to the firing process? Thank you!
Thanks so much for watching! I hope these techniques help you make your largest form yet. 🎉 To answer your question, I usually throw the form to its final thickness but you could trim it quite a bit and it shouldn’t effect the way it fires. 1/2 inch to 3/8” would be the thinnest I would go for a large form. Andy
Fabulous tutorial ... thank you. Curious to know what that market is for such large pieces? And are these mostly decorative or is there a functional use for the pots?
Thanks for watching and I hope it helps you! This pot is largely decorative and often graces people entry ways. The price for these pieces depend on size, form and surface decoration. $800- $2000
Nice guide. I'm going to be teaching a whistle class soon. I'm also trying to make a 3 chambered flute/ocarina. That's turning out to be a lot to have bitten off! I'm trying to make it somewhat unique in that I want one chamber to be the bass with two holes controlled by the thumbs to play 1st, 3rd and 5ths. the other two chambers to share (7) finger holes, so that they play relative 3rds and I"m hoping it gets a decent organ-like tone to it. I'm using math to try to get relative tones. I first tried a cylindrical design, but I couldn't get a sound out of it the second day after it dried to leather hard. I'm trying a more square/cubic approach on my second attempt. It's turning out to be too big, but I'm saving the whistle parts for last and I'm hoping I can get all 3 chambers whistling as desired, then I can dial it down on the 3rd one to get a good fit. I'm imagining I might have to make some "channels", esp for the thumb bass notes. such that where I place my thumb leads to a different hole position leading to the chamber to get the desired tonality. Long live imagination and exploration!
Awesome! Sounds ambitious. I have made multiple chamber whistles in the past and they really sound great. Look up a guy named Brian Ransom. He has made the most amazing ocarina clusters I have ever seen! Good luck, -Andy
I followed your sprig method with great success thank you. BUT I'm struggling with applying them without them 'lifting'. Have you done a video on applying them please? Many thanks
Sorry for the slow response! I haven't made a video on this, but it is best practice to make sure both the object and the sprig are basically the same leather hard consistency. Apply slip to both sides and firmly work the edges down with your fingers or the tool of your choice. Drying the piece slowly will also help a lot! I hope this helps... -Andy
hi, thanks for the video. loved it. can you pl tell from where you got the wooden bowl? does it not need an agent like corn starch to prevent sticking? i prefer to use these simple tools rather than expensive forms sold in market.
Hi Radha! I found this bowl at a second hand store. I sanded it until the oil type finish came off allowing the bowl to be porous once again. You can always put some thin canvas over the form to act as a release. An old tee shirt works perfectly. -Andy
