This has been a very helpful video Vaughan! Thank you so much for taking the time to record your skills. Decades of experience show in how easily and quickly you produce the desired shape.
I'm 77. Production potter for 45 years LOL I learned to throw much dryer than that. Calipers for opening and each form had a measuring stick. Compressed the clay inside after opening with a wooden rib. Every mug on small bat no extra water to get it off. The dryer the better. Made soft ribs from plastic containers for compression for shaping. Mugs not cylinders. Disabled now. You make me. Want to go down to the studio again
I am 67 and I have had a bunch of new aches and pains over the last few years. Sold my first pot in 1973 so it will be 50 years next year. I don't know what else to do so I guess I will keep potting as long as possible. Thanks for watching and stay safe.
Wow, it seems you have made about a million mugs with how skillful and fast you are. These are all beautiful and such a good example of different amounts and sizes of mugs. Thank you for this video. Your studio always looks great.
Thank you for this video. I have been practicing throwing coffee mugs 5.25 inches high 3.25 with 16 oz clay. I am three years in to this and enjoy everything about the learning process thanks so much
Aloha from hot and sunny Hawaii... 🌞 Vaughn, thank you so much for your videos. You inspire me with your knowledge, patience and creativity. Yes, I do miss the East Coast... Battleship gray for sure. I also love it when I can hear the seagulls in the background 😍. Happy Potter, Dawn
hi, re the 315 gram [clay] mug, am mystified by my own inability to stretch it to the height after getting the width correct. i most definitely throw thin (smooth terracotta), check base thickness and clay weight on a digital scales ...and my height is still a good half inch short of yours. Do you know off hand if the "inches" and "grams" are the same for canada as for the uk, i thought they were the same. Have you any suggestions or is there any possibility your measurements could be out (sorry:). this will be such a useful "5 mug" info video when i get my throwing sorted, thanks
I have 4 sizes of kilns and still someone will want a piece in a rush and I do not have the right amount of finish glazed pieces to fill one of them. Still the problem is a good one to have.
Very helpful, just need to bring more clay up from the bottom of anything I throw, and I may be half way decent. 'Slob' is not a word of use in your company or in your clay practice, as you said we love to play in dirt and that never hurt anybody. Please keep doing what you, because I need to learn, learn ,learn from good teacher, that should keep you busy for a while
I'm glad you are doing a size comparison for mugs. Curious, Do you ever use a size gauge when throwing mugs that are all alike? Look forward to seeing the sgraffito work. Thanks again.
Vaughan this is so helpful! As a new potter I've been wishing for a video like this. Thank you for making my wishes come true. I love your no nonsense manner and the fact that you are Canadian. Your teachings are easy to follow and your product recommendations are actually relevant to Canadians. So glad I found you ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
So these are the mugs that you stamp your name on the bottom ridge? Also, how does your cut-off wire not curl? Mine always curl 😐 after sometime. Do you make your own? Maybe you can give me a hint on the wire 😊
Thank you this is so helpful. I'm a hand builder that has just started using my wheel so I've just been weighing out 250 gram balls and just practising throwing over and over, some look like mugs some more like little bowls ... but getting there :) Beautiful view from your studio
Just found your channel ... Hey this is a very useful tutorial .. and what a fantastic view for you out of the window as you work , beautiful studio too thanks for sharing ,very inspirational 👍🏻
I hope the tips I give are useful. The studio was one of those rare finds, a derelict boat house right next to a world famous bakery. A little courage and lots of sweat equity and viola! Thanks for watching.
I try to give metric and imperial because the USA still uses Imperial. B-mix 5 is a great clay body but it does not do well over cone 5, many commercial glazes are developed for cone 5 because of it. A quarter pound would give you a nice shot glass.
Tough having to deal with that view. Takeaway from this video has my mind made up to try your method of cutting from the wheel instead of doing dry cuts to lift off. This will mean cutting the lip off my splash pan where I attached my drain box and hope it holds up. The Aspire splash pan is too close to the bat for me to get a decent contact with the pot when sliding off. Having remodeled the front I will be have enough room. Thanks for another useful video. Greetings frae Florida @ 10:10PM
I am good at having thick, your method appeals to me and when I used pot lifters in the past I was rubbish at it. I only have to do a little rework on the splash pan for me to slide off the pots.
