PS; Make a hole in the middle of the clay and pull it backwards towards your body and then you can start lifting the walls. From the bottom up and retain one hand inside and the other outside. The inside hand helps with shaping. 😅
You need to clean the wheel. Then use slip to stick the clay down and press the edges of the clay into the wheel head. Centre and Cone up and down 3/4 times to align the platelets. Good luck. Compress the bottom and remove the water to guard against S-Cracks
Funny... he talks about water conservation, like once you're bucket is empty... you can't throw anymore. Lol. Like you can't just go and get more water. I get what he's saying, less is more, but if you're just starting out, use as much water as you want. That's why wheels have "splash pans".
Thanks for your story. I went to art school for painting right out of high school. I never thought of ceramics, never had done it. Now at 43 I have fallen in love with ceramics. It's truly amazing.
Hi there very beautiful n well described, I just want to ask you a question if you can reply, I have a mini wheel I want to use porcelain clay on it for throw mini pottery vases or bowls etc, I don’t have kiln I wana use it because of its smooth buttery texture to make thin neck vases and also fat bottom vases, if I use porcelain clay and make mini pottery and after its dried I paint it with acrylic or ceramic colors follow be gloss varnish will the porcelain pottery stay stable since I don’t have kiln so I won’t be able to fire it, I just wana showcase it and put on the rack for decoration ie mini porcelain pottery, plx advise if it will remain solid this way I mean porcelain pottery and I don’t mind even if it won’t be functional plx reply thanks alot
You need a kiln to give the porcelain the integrity of strength it will need to take any finishes. You would be better using air drying clay which is designed to not require the heat porcelain needs by being fired. Even a bisque fired piece is fragile and needs careful handling.
I'm looking for information about the difference between throwing porcelain and other types of clay I know they're supposed to be something more difficult about it but can't find specifics about that. Can you offer some suggestions?
Thank you, that was cool, gives me ideas to start. It's the working with your hands to mold and create. I need to make a homemade pottery wheel and kiln. Almost, just need a speed regulator that o can attach to a blender motor. The rest I think I can build. Thanks again for the video
awesome demonstration. I recently tried poreclain for he first time and it's so hard. Just by opening the clay the rim suddenly gest these overlapping bumps. Any advice on that?
great demonstration. I recently tried throwing porcelain for the first time and it's exciting bu t crazy hard compared to the stoneware. One issue I can't eplain though though is that when I open the clay I often end up with the rim creating these bumps, as if the structure is overlapping. Not really sure what I am doing wrong here, any advice?
Interesting work! (i like throwing porcelain too but its not so precise ) Strange so few people have seen this video.Keep it safe with covid mister Gee.
So thankful that you shared your story. I also started with photography and moved to pottery after taking a wheel class. Any chance you would be willing to make a video in which you talk about your glazing and design techniques (besides shellac resist, which you’ve already done, thankfully)? And also which porcelain you use? Thank you!
You did not waste three minutes. I thoroughly enjoyed your video. In a few years, we will be retiring to NC, and I’ll be building a custom studio. You have me great ideas. Thank you!
Susan from Minneapolis. Not a waste Tim. Very interesting. Is it always this clean? If so, you must be like my husband....a clean freak. My basement studio is this clean once a year...for the studio tour in the fall. Otherwise I have a little bit of something here and there. I was surprised at the lack of bisque ware and buckets of glaze. Love your videos.
Thank you for sharing... I've just started throwing. I already know once I get more confident I want to work with Porcelain... so your videos have been very helpful!
Thank you for sharing! I wonder how long do you rub the edge of the area with shellac ? How do you decide it's enough and time to move to the next area/layer?
Lovely pots and great technique. Probably a silly question but how do you know when you have to stop rubbing with the sponge, do you hold the pot up to the light to see if its translucent?
No, only the inside with either a transparent or lightly coloured glaze. The outside is polished with wet and dry paper. (very fine 600 grit sandpaper) this keeps the surface sharp and very tactile. Sorry for the delay in replying.
Good to see your work again Tim. I was a student at Plymouth while you were there. Greetings from Greece and keep up the exquisite work! Marissa Taboulchanas
Thanks for comments, turning video will be up soon. I have used most porcelains, best I have tried is Southern ice from Australia. Expensive, but very white, very good to throw and very translucent, but too fragile when dry. AB porcelain is good to throw and hand build. Worth a try if you can.
Tim, Not to toot your horn too much but thanks for the excellent upload. It is nice to have extended video and youtube is missing good, simple people just doing some great throwing! Would love to see when you get a chance to trim. I think maybe later in the year I can look into what it would take into importing some of the AB Porcelain. Have you tried any other porcelains that stood out or heard of people using Ukrainian Porcelain? I heard it stands up well and has a great kaolin. Cheers from CA
Couple of things, firstly its not a shimpo its a pottersmate wheel somewhat adapted to my needs. I will try to show the turning process of the same piece in the next video.
This is a lovely video of Tim Gee at work, throwing an incredibly fine porcelain bowl using Audrey Blackman porcelain. It is astonishing how the material stretches and becomes practically filmlike in Tim's hands, on the Shimpo wheel. Congratulations Tim; I look forward to seeing the next stages of wiring your bowl off the wheel and refining it further. Would be great to see maybe a short section, where the viewer can see your head and position of the shoulders too whilst you work.
