57. Throwing / Making a Good Opening with Hsin-Chuen Lin 

I wonder, who are the trolls who go around RU-vid hitting thumbs down for excellent videos like this one?! Clearly this demo is outstanding! Thank you so much!

I have my BFA in Studio Arts with a concentration in Ceramics but I have learned more watching your videos than I learned in 6 years at the University. Thank you so much for sharing your amazing talent with us. You are a rare treasure. And it is truly amazing how you stay so clean. I am usually covered in clay head to toe after a throwing session.

these videos are fantastic! you are a very good teacher and so generous to provide such an amazing educational resource. thank you.

Thank you very much for all your generous videos . You explain so well, with such calm and perfection. It is delightful to watch your videos. You are a great teacher.

Wonderful teaching Dear Hsin - Much Appreciated

That top view is huge! This is just what I didn't know I needed to see. Thank you!

The moon jar video showed up in my feed last night. Finally something calm, enjoyable and oddly soothing at the end of the insane year (2020) will be watching all the videos now.

you are the first potter i have seen (as a professional potter myself) who truly impresses me. outstanding control and timing. your years and years of work really show in your work. amazing.

It is such a delight to be part of your 'on line' student group and thank you so much for sharing. Your videos only get better. As a part time potter but 'addicted' I have learned a great deal from watching you. Having just recently watched your video on pushing out a 14lb piece of clay after using paper and sodium silicate (a wonderful way to get crackle without raku firing,) I am intriqued as to how you hold your hand inside whilst doing your pushing out. Are you using the side of your index finger or your finger tips? I know some potters will use a tool to do this process. Can you share how you are doing this. Again, thank you, it is a privilege to watch and be subscribed to your site. Margo Cuthbert, (Scotland, Hong Kong, Canada/USA)

I have been watching your video's for hours and I've never been near a potter's wheel in my life :D Your calm concentration is very relaxing to watch, while at the same time it is exiting to see all these beautiful shapes take form. I have to rest for a few more day's, so I will be watching some more. Once I'm completely recovered I will have to give it a try myself, I guess :) Thank you for making these wonderful video's!

That is the most beautiful jar/vase I have ever seen. Your skill is breathtaking (I literally find myself holding my breath watching you!) Thank you so much for sharing these videos and your incredible skill with us.

Thank you so much for your excellent instruction - you are a true inspiration!

beautiful work, thank you for sharing your process with us!

Thank you for making a video for opening up! I'm glad I asked about an over head view on your other video :) Very helpful!

amazing! Watching you work is like a meditation. Something to aspire to. Thank you for sharing.

Woderful.such a good teacher;a great artist.

beautifuly done !!! great job on your videos, they are so informative!!!

I LOVE this overhead view! I recommend your vids to my students and this one is great for learning basic opening technique! More overhead views, please! :D

Thank you so much for sharing! Your videos have helped me A LOT!

Beautiful pot at the end!!!!

You are utterly amazing. I am completely in love with your work. I visited your etsy shop and it is just so incredible. Thank you so much for making such great informative videos.

Thanks so much for showing how you open up. I always wondered about that!!!!

Thank you. Excellent instructional video.

Such a mastery, I can't get nearly as close to perfectly centered as you. I always end up dong SOMETHING to mess it up.

Wonderful!

LO-VE this video!!

amazing!!

@Battlewear No, I didn't wait for the clay to dry more. I seldom do that unless I want to alter or stretch further ,and I would use heat gun instead of waiting for the clay to dry.

Very helpful! Thank you!

the clay it know your heartbeat.. it know !

GORGEOUS😀😃😄

Thanks love it

You have really influenced my throwing! I'm doing so much better, using less water and trying to keep the speed a bit higher while lifting. Thank you so much for sharing your talents! I can really see your gifts in my work! :)

Wonderfull

Thank you for teaching. Am a beginner

Very good teaching from start to end ! Now , how do you remove the piece without damaging it ?

Great! I would love it if you could also try shooting from above your shoulder so that the viewer can imagine or view it from their own sitting perspective, and not a mirrored one. I often try and mimic my hands as I watch, but its harder to think in reverse. Thanks!

Can you tell us how much clay you are working with and the size of the pot when you are finished.

so helpful...i always forget to compress the wall when im opening the clay :) i lose my center when i dont.

Hsin-Chuen, You really have great technique. I'm wondering if you were taught your technique when you first learned how to throw, or if you figured it out yourself? I've been throwing for awhile, but was never taught quite the technique you use. I just started watching your videos and have learned a lot. Thank you for sharing. I've been telling others about your videos. And I, too, love the overhead shots. Xiexie ni!

8:10 - 8:41 making it look easy.

Is it my imagination or is the foot now much smaller than the floor you initially opened up? Does this ever give you cracks at that point? My guess is not of course but I had to ask. Very much like this piece and again, pleasure to watch you work. Thank you for sharing.

hisinchuen I have a question if you dont mind.. During the video (when you are throwing the final pot), there are points when the video cuts and then comes right back. I am curious, during those cuts, are you allowing the pot to set up more, to dry so that you can expand it further with out the chance of slumping? Its absolutely beautiful!! I have been pushing my own boundries trying to throw bigger, and pots like that only make me keep wanting to push!! So for that in it self, thank you!!

Hi Master !! I think that my position regarding the wheel is really bad (bad chair, position of the legs and so of my elbows). Would you be so king to show something about that on a video ? Thank you for all again, for all your knowledge and practical sharing videos. Mina

Are you right handed? I am left handed and very confused because I seem to be using left and right hand techniques and U never have centred pots.

Is this porcelain that you are working on? Is that your clay of choice for all your work? If so, why? BTW -- love these videos!

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lol... that position for pulling the walls with the right thumb supporting from the outside is not so good if you are girl. my beasts are in the way xD