How to alter flower pot rims. 

The most beautiful pots I’ve ever seen. I wish I had them in my garden.

I like your style Bill!

Hello sir your working techniques awesome thank you sir

Beautiful demonstration! love the pots, love,love the coggles! thank you for sharing!

Lovely! I really enjoy watching you work, and your commentary is always thoughtful and helpful. No waste of motion, no waste of words! I'd love to see a video on how you make the coggle and assemble it onto its handle.

I love your skills

Thank you once again Bill, another very generous tutorial

fabulous.... from a gardener/potter. Have never seen a potter do flower pots. Cannot wait to 'try.'

Bill, thanks for the video. You're instruction has allowed me to improve my skills as a potter. Thank you for your generosity. Have a wonderful new year for 2017.

I love rim decoration so I really enjoyed this video. Thanks!

I really liked your first side rope a ton .USing that little bead as a guide is a very classy move .. I must try that one ..It reminded me of the pastery rope at Wreckelsham / Farnham and old MR Harris. He taught Jim Keeling at Whichford pottery how to make flowerpots (almongst many others ).. .. That split rim has some cool variations in northern Italy as well but my favorite double rim join is from Anthony Batcher the German sculpter potter in THurmont MD of the 1870's .. I would love to hear some stories on Byron Temple some time . He is my favorite of the English taught potters in America of the generation before us ... Never met the guy and was sorry for it . I was working at Jugtown in 1969 and then in south Wales at the village of Ewenny and opened my shop in 71 so I never got out much .... I love making flowerpot !! The old shops in the UK worked form 50 pound incriments as you may know called a "cast" so a #1 was 50 pounds ,a #2 was 25 pounds and so on . What poundage are you making this batch? Looks like a 10 or 12 ?but hard to tell from a film . . Most potters were asked to throw 20 casts a day in the old shops .. GEorge Currtus of Littlethorpe and Issac Button Of Halifax both were closer to a ton a day .I knew George but missed Mr Button ... I am lucky if I get 25 ton a year at 66..I had some time at Wetheriggs pottery in PEnrith nr the lakes in the early 70's .. ... If you are ever in New England stop by for a visit .. My shop is on 202 in the Bantam section of Litchfield .. Yours Guy WOlff

You’re so incredibly inspiring Bill. Thank you 🙏🏼

very interesting and thanks for sharing. my regards from Nigeria.

Lovely forms from a very competent thrower. Thanks for sharing your skills and techniques. Who didn't like this???

Nice job!! Technique and video.

Good morning respect from nepal

Nice looking group of flowerpots! The wet red clay is so luscious, it makes me wish they could stay that way, but the wood kiln should add some nice flashing. Although you say most of your techniques came from researching English flowerpots, I see Traditional Italian earthenware flowerpots as the most direct historical influence. Be sure to let us see the finished fired pots!

A gift, as always. Thank you so much!

u r proficient in this work lovely ,fabulous, marvelous

Such clear instructions! Thank you. I would love to be able to buy one of those coggles from your store.

Wow it's really wonderful and looking so gorgeous

Very skilled man indeed.

OMG, i throw with my knuckle, akso. I try teach others to do it so they have more control but they fight it. Better to teach a newbie this technique. Thanks for the instruction.

Wonderful job on the flowerpots. Great videos, I enjoyed it very much. Any videos on how to make the coggles?

Just excellent!

😅these pots are beautiful. After throwing them, do you cut them off the bat and let them dry on the bat?

Very very nice and very beautiful work great 👍👏

Fantastic

super talent sir

Great rims...thank you!

So pretty

I´m thrilled by your work! Wish I could buy 50 pots from you with different rims! Wonderful! They fit to my Indian furnuture. But unfortunately I live in Europe.

greetings from Russia. You well done very cool products.

Very inspiring! Thank you so much for sharing :) You mentioned that the clay would be rather porose. Is this important for flower pots? I always thought that stoneware would be so much better because you could keep the pots outside during the winter... Have a wonderful day and kind regards from Germany :)

You can also use a triangular piece of wood intermittently to do a lovely rope around the rim roll it like the dowel.

Excellent video. I enjoy it very much. Thank you! Sifoutv Pottery

Nice

very good

G00D Afternoon from Auckland, New Zealand it’s Tuesday, May 26, 2020.

Good 👍

Wow

Not that skilled yet!! Very funny, the rim's look fantastic.

Never made flower pots before... Do you throw the base and the walls thicker than you would a vase or other shapes?

Hello Bill, Do you Sell these or show how to Make Them?

verry axantly

Do you have a video on how to make your coggles? I couldn’t find it

How can i make my own tool cogle?

How much clay is in your flower pots ?

what is the clay you are using for these

supr.

Hello Bill I have two things tell you 1) I love your video, you're very good. The second is a question Are you married or romantically involved?

Bill, I really enjoyed this video. The music was relaxing and did not over power your voice. I am hard of hearing. I always learn something new from you. I owe you my gratitude. I learned a lot about flower pot making and I was amazed how much you can do with that little coggle (sp). I wish I had some red clay. I may try this with a mid fire white clay. Thanks so much for taking your time from your busy schedule to teach us wannabes. And as soon as I make some money, I will buy some of your tools. Thanks. Questions, how thick are the walls for a flower pots? Where and how do I put drain holes? Should I make a bottom tray to catch water?

Can you please show how to wood burn these beauties?

Nice