Chip and Dips, 4 different approaches. 

Glad we can help, we are lucky to have this craft in our lives. I am up to 50 years making pots, hopefully another 50.☺

You are welcome.

Thanks she allows me to share the space.

Thank you for watching.

Thanks, we need to have more pottery in this crazy world.

Thank you, I am down loading a new one now staring my black cat Morandi.

Thanks, glad I could help.

Thanks, easy to make too.

Instablaster...

Thank you Joy

I can do C and F since I grew up in Britain, lived in the US and am now in Canada. Three citizenships. Canada is the best.

Thank you very much.

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Thank you Sally.

Thanks again

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Thanks, I hope you have a quiet winter.

You are welcome and thanks.

Winter has been mild so far, our first snow of the winter tonight.

We had a noreaster today. Lots of snow and ice. Thanks for watching and good luck with the plates.

Thanks, I appreciate it.

Thank you, I edit out a lot of chatter.

You are welcome.

Thanks.

Thanks for watching

Good luck and be careful lowering the rim.

Thank you, just took 47 years.

@@Vsmithpots those years were ones I missed out on doing pottery and instead worked as a legal secretary. I am trying to make up for some of that time now and am enjoyng myself so much, except for the times I mess up, lol. I am enjoying my time at the studio I go to. Most everyone is much younger, obviously, but it is a friendly place and we share what we make and give each other ideas and pointers. There are a handful my age. Age doesn't matter.

@@triciac1019 Just keep making pots every day, it will quickly improve.

You are welcome, there is still so much to learn even at my age.

@@Vsmithpots, I hear you, my friend. ;) Always something to learn.

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Gracias.

Thank you.

It all depends on the clay and speed of throwing. Some of my clay dries so fast I cannot finish a pull. B-mix seems to be smooth and needs less water. Particle size of the Ball clay has something to do with this, groggy clay collapses with too much water.

I just threw some of these today. The cats are very happy there.

How thick is the bottom of the chip and dip. Enjoy your videos , thanks for making them to everyone to enjoy.

Good luck with the hand building, I had a friend who ran a pottery in NY and he never had a wheel. It just means your prices will be higher.

Thank you, I am just down loading a video now.

Thank you.

Good luck on your pottery road.

Thanks Tim.

Thank you.

It only took 47 years. Thanks

@@Vsmithpots im new.. only 3 years with clay but started with hand building.. now 5 weeks of wheel classes.. if I could become half as talented as you, Id be thrilled!! Thanks for making your videos, Im watching them all! 😃

@@jackiemorrison6024 Thanks Jackie. Two tips, put your wheel next to a wall so you can get extra left arm strength, as you see me doing. Second always let go slowly as you pull a wall.

You are welcome, my mum used to hang the declarative platters when we were growing up.

Thanks, I have a Simon Leach wheel and it is a lot harder to throw on one of those.

@@Vsmithpots hi I do remember Simon once saying ‘ the leach wheel is a totally different animal, but trust me it’s the best you won’t regret getting one ‘ I have been following Simon’s show and learning along since late 2017 ( as I I discovered the joy of the journey of learning to throw on the electric wheel at local studio ) it’s still always interesting to see what he’s got going on in his day in his studio . . . Do you have a vintage leach wheel or the modern version Simon commissions the Amish to make for him? . I think both are equally beautiful works of art that are surely both equally a privilege to own and be able to use .

@@pamelagilliland109 I have the newer one set up to demonstrate on once the tourism industry comes back.

@@Vsmithpots oh wow what a wonderful investment for you and it sounds like you have exciting adventures coming up ....I hope the tourist s flock back your way soon so they can see you and that magnificent piece of art in action ,is it as beautiful in real life ? I hope you dont mind me asking but did you get it in kit form and if so was it difficult to assemble .I was so lucky to acquire a vintage leach wheel I think it any be late 50s early 60s . He came my way by chance and good luck 6 months after starting my learning journey..... it became a dream to throw on one after I first saw simons , I’m actually left handed but it didnt put me off . I call him wheelie Stan He’’s my right hand old man we are journeying along together in our right handed left handed way We still have a lot to learn together but I think We are doing ok so far I don’t think Simon ships his to the U.K. and if so the cost may be too high for me ,but I’m hoping that maybe one day if he does I I’ll be able to afford one to complement my Stan in case he ever has to retire . I hope you will be able to share your demonstrations on your leach wheel with us fans as well As the tourists I would look forward to seeing you having fun together for sure 👍🏻

@@pamelagilliland109 I would imagine the Leach wheel will last a lifetime. I have to get comfortable on mine, it still feels strange.

Fun times ahead

Yes it does seem likely but that is why I hang them on the wall to show that storage is not a problem.

Thank you

One of the most fun activities is to walk through a hardware store and find things meant for other uses and realize how useful they are for clay.

I do wire them off later the same day. I will include it in the video after this weeks, or the next. Thanks

It may be a drying issue, I wrap the rims with Saran Wrap while allowing the centres to dry. I also store my pieces in a damp cupboard so that there are no drafts across them, which can cause edges to dry on one side thus lifting up. Slow drying is always better than fast drying.

I do not wedge new clay out of the bag. That is de-aired pugged clay and I have never seen the point. Some potters wedge clay to loosen up the particles so that it centres easier. I have never had that trouble, so why wear out your wrists and get Carpal tunnel.

You might be firing too fast for flatware. My firing schedule is ramp 1 175f to 410f ramp2 59f to 450f ramo3 175 to 1010f ramp 4 69f to 1145f ramp 5 179f to 2000f ramp 6 108f to final temperature. hold 15mins ramp 7 9999f to 1145f ramp8 69f to 1020f. That is how I fire sinks and large tiles

It is just a loop of picture wire wrapped around the back of the plate.

Variagated blue from Mastering Cone 6 glaze book and my apple green with oatmeal.

Next time I make them I will do so. Thanks.

I do not fire it to cone 6. I found that pieces cracked after the firing. I think the clay becomes too stressed above cone 5. Some glazes may make this more likely, depending on their compression and glaze fit. My advice is to use a cone six clay like 516 from PSH in Toronto. It is similar to B-mix 5. I still use B-mix 5 and it is my favourite throwing clay, I just fire it to Cone4 & 5.

I have a wide 18 inch harp with a guitar string stretched across it, I cut through the plates and platters the day after I throw them.

It is just knowledge and experience which gives you an instinct and a feel for the material. Good luck with your pottery travels.

I adhere my forms together when the clay is very soft, so no scoring is necessary. If I make the chip and dip off centered again I will try it your way. Thanks

@@Vsmithpots Too funny, certainly not my way. Just wondering if you thought it would work as I like the looks of the off centred one, but I'm not good enough to think that the plate would look good if I could not trim it properly. I will try it and see, nothing to lose. That's the nice thing about clay, you can always recycle it!

Usually 2-3 days later, I cut through using a harp wire the same day.

It shows this in the plates and platters video I just did.

Thanks for the heads up.

12 inch platters/plates are 3lb to 4lb, 16 inch platters are 6lbs.

@@Vsmithpotsthank you so much!!

1.4kg

It is in the video at 38 minutes

I am not sure what you mean, can you explain the question?

Not yet!

Yes I do, I have shown how in the videos.

18 inches wide.

A cupboard of any size lined with plastic sheeting and a tray of water inside.

@@Vsmithpots I use a small plastic greenhouse I got at a Dollar Tree. Putting a tray of water inside will make it even better. Thanks for the idea!!

@@jeremygood7665 what a great idea!

The plate is 2 1/2lbs- 3lbs and the bowl is 1/2lb

@@Vsmithpots thanks, keep up the good work!

It is simply a bent piece of iron bar, bent on a vice, with a guitar string stretched across the ends.

Thank you. Now you know I’m not a handyman🤗 I will get the hardware guys to bend the iron for me, I may have to use my charms 😂

@@marciasilviajohnson6461 Rebar is easy to bend if you have a vice. The trick is to grind out a groove at either end of the bar so you can stop the guitar string from coming off the ends.

I knew that, I bought mine from Potterycrafts in the UK.