@@floriangadsby Of course, that would be spot on! I'm a ceramics student in college and you have no idea how much your videos have impacted the speed of my progress. Keep doing what you do brother!!!
This was exactly the video I needed to see today as I'm attempting to throw big bowls but I really struggle. Will take on this advice. And I'm also feeling very relaxed from your commentary! It's great when the algorithm is actually helpful! (It was suggested, I didn't search)
i miss throwing so much. Covid has prevented me from taking lessons.. due to health risks and also financial issues. i wish throwing was more financially accessible. thanks for making these videos. it's very relaxing!
Hey Flo, always mesmerising to watch you creating amazing shaped little wonders. I will start my pottery training next week. I had a crazy thought to be an apprentice for a couple of weeks for you, but this for sure might be as it is, crazy. 😎
Beautiful collection. Pottery Tools are such a joy. I have to admit I also just enjoy collecting them... btw. Phil from Bison tools is super nice and I think he usually accepts orders via mail. So it's worth a try to hit him up. I placed an order couple of weeks ago and he was kind to add another item after it was closed already.
Thank you! I have a bunch ordered from Phil, I managed to buy when his shop accidentally went live for 24 hours without Etsy telling him... anyhow, I can't wait to use them, I need the fresh bite of new sharp tool.
@@floriangadsby Thanks to you for your awesome videos! ;) In the realm of unnecessary awesome tools, I also have ordered one from spd tools south korea which I can't wait to to get. But your triangle metal tool might cover that already. I'd love to make my own but I have no clue how everyone is working with tungsten carbide.
Ever since I graduated in 2018 I desperately crave to get back on the wheel. I remember my ceramics teacher telling us “Move the clay, don’t let the clay move you.”
I think my bison tools are coming soon, since I ordered in November. Absolutely cannot wait to try trimming with them. I’ve only used steel, so I imagine I’ll have too much fun with it and ruin a few pots, but probably worth it. Still won’t call it cheese hard, though.
@@floriangadsby Yes, I find, because they are so sharp, especially when new, that they seem to do better trimming slightly drier clay - especially smoother clay rather than with grog. But, these are details and I really love trimming with the Bison tools. Thanks for all the great videos Florian.
Salut Florian. Je suis complètement fan de ton travail, mon anglais est médiocre, alors je ne comprends pas toutes les explications.. Quand je regarde tes vidéos, je rentre immédiatement en méditation, j’installe mon iPad face à moi devant le shimpo, je met la vidéo en boucle et j’essaie de reproduire tes gestes. Ton économie de gestes et ta capacité à reproduire strictement les mêmes séquences sur des séries sont fascinantes. Peux tu s’il te plaît me dire quelle terre tu utilises ? Merci Eric
Regarding your wedging table, it’s harder to get 18mm Russian Birch plywood in the US. Sometimes we call this multi-ply or voidless 7 (or 8) layer plywood. In my area it’s sold at specialty hardwood stores and isn’t cheap.
To save throwing a clay pad I bought ‘The Absorber’ the large size, cut into a round that is bigger than my wheel head and put this damp on my wheel and this firmly holds my bats in place even for larger items. Amazon have them. 👍😃
Hey Florian, First off great video, I really enjoyed watching it. Secondly, would you consider making a more uncut, longer video showing the processes almost fully to give a sense of how long each stage takes you, with minimal narration as it may be a long video? Thanks for the inspiring content!
Love your work! I just got a shimpo RK3D wheel myself and i’m working my way around it, but how long would you say did it take you to get fully comfortable and confident using the wheel?
It can take months to get used to even the very basics of throwing. It's a skill like anything else, like learning an instrument or a language, it takes time. Don't be discouraged by that! It's just the truth. The Shimpo RK3D is a good little wheel, I spent many hundreds of hours using one during my time studying on the DCCoI Ceramics Skills and Design Training Course.
How are the bowls inverted for trimming. In the vid at approximately 6:47 you state bowls are left I presume to open Air to leather hard. Then next frame they magically appear inverted again on bats. Can you show or state how you invert the bowls so they retain shape on the bat ready for the trim process? Thank you.
Glad you thought so, thank you! Well, it's just personal preference really. I was taught to attach batts and throw on a pad of clay like this and I guess I've just continued that method.
I’m looking around on how a potter does his work. I am a preacher so I am preparing a sermon on the potter which is Jesus Christ. The Bible talks about the potter and I find your work interesting, that is why I looking at different videos so I can compare a human potter to the potter that the Bible talks about in a spiritual form.
Where could a person from the US buy a throwing gauge like yours. All the ones here are stiff on the end not those cool rubber flipping tips to prevent gouging your pot
I'm afraid I don't know much about pottery supplies in the US. I know my friend Darren Ellis does ship internationally, but that's all, I haven't dome much investigation in tools from the US apart from trimming ones. Sorry I can't be more help!
@@floriangadsby just knowing he ships and his name helps all the ones I have seen are ridge and will tear things up but Darrens’s looks like if it touches that the rubber ends flip up and away giving you time to stop the wheel.
You can certainly find videos about her on RU-vid, there's an amazing Goldmark Gallery produced one, but I don't think she has a personal account. Her Instagram is worth following though!
