Hi Vaughan. Can't wait to see them trimmed, glazed and fired. Thanks for your wonderfully informative videos. Just a beginner here, and your videos are greatly appreciated. Tim in Tennessee
You are the only person I’ve seen on RU-vid that makes plates/platters like I was taught. Your plates are built like a plate you buy at the store. The cantilever below the rolled edge is so much stronger than a disk of clay thinned and flattened with a low edge. Your platter won’t break easily because it’s supported by the clay beneath it. Anyway that’s the way my teacher explained it to me. His name was Adam Scoggin. He was trained by Margaurite Wildenhain at Pond Farm in California. There are a couple You Tube videos about her life. She was trained at the Bauhaus in Germany pre-WWll. She was Jewish and escaped the Nazis and came to California. Not sure why I wanted to say all that except to honor Adam. He helped me learn throwing even with a physical disability. He was so patient with me.
You make it look so easy! Love watching and learning! I love your giant harp, I have a 1 ft 6 in one I use for slicing my cakes so I can get nice thin layers. Thank you!
I'm enjoying these videos, I want to start making things like this myself eventually! Quick question: could you paint the finished product with acrylic paint then seal it with a food-safe glaze and it still be usable?
Hello Ina, I used 5 1/2lbs or about 2500gms. I also do some larger around 3500gms and as much as 10000gms for large 60cm platters but that is rare. Are you from Denmark? Thanks for watching.
You are a very soft-spoken person. I have my volume all the way UP and I can barely hear you. Is it my computer audio or do you need turn up your volume?
This was wonderful. Learned a great deal too. Is it possible to spray an over dry pot with water to return it to leather stage? I don’t have a drying area. At least, I don’t have one at the moment but thinking of how best to implement it. I was almost 17, in 1985. 😊
@@Vsmithpots Thank you so much. I was afraid of something like that. 😞 I think with some help, I can build a cabinet frame with door(s) for 2-4 shelves, using plastic like that I use on my raised bed so I’m able to grow mixed salad lettuce, kale, etc. A potter in Germany shows how she made her drying cabinet. I don’t have that kind of space, but I think I can replicate her’s on a smaller scale. I think a cabinet with shelves might serve me better than a damp box, better at least for thrown or slab build pieces. As for clay that isn’t thrown, a damp box might serve better. Any tips are much appreciated. I live in the mid-Atlantic, southern USA area. Winters are generally semi-mild, though late spring through mid autumn months are generally hot & humid.
If you watch the video to the end you will see they are platters. The rims are too soft to flatten when first thrown so you put them back on the wheel when stiffer to flatten the rim.
