How to Throw Pottery Espresso Cups and Make a Chuck to Trim Them On 

I've considered it! I guess it sort of relates to how I drink coffee in reality, which is usually French press, espresso or filter into a Chemex, so I've rarely used individual drippers myself, I quite like the idea of making a Chemex/dripper combination though-something to add to my endless list of pots to make 😬

That means a lot! Very much appreciate you taking the time to watch.

@@floriangadsby Thanks ALOT for replying!!!🙌

Glad to hear it, it had a lot of variety I think as compared to the usual?

@@floriangadsby I'd have to agree. I'm looking forward to the asmr version. Not that I didn't enjoy your narrations of course.

It’s never too late, go to a class someday... it takes time to learn, but not that much as you would think

@@carlosleon9580 It's high on my priority list! I hope to go to at least a handful during my (much lighter) year 4 hospital rotations.

@@Sleepless_Chaos good luck with your studies! I’d join a class as a destress mechanism or distraction from work/study

@@annaheya2109 oh if I had the time, I would. As it stands, I get about 4 hours of sleep a night

I'm right there with you, man. One or two years away from qualifying as an architect and I am now carefully planning out my impending beginning in pottery. All the best

Thank you!

Thank you! And yes... it has happened. Once a board of teapots, once a board of yunomi teacups and finally a board of teaware pieces made by Ken Matsuzaki in Japan. It happens, not much you can do to avoid it in a decade of making, thankfully I've never dropped a board of finished, fired pots. They're always been either bone dry or leather hard, so they're at least recyclable.

It's nice to know that it can happen to the very best out there. I can't help but feel heart broken when I break a piece I worked on for hours, but remembering how it's a natural part of the process makes it easier to focus on working on new pieces and always being as mindful as possible

Realistically these could be thrown off the hump, that may very well be easier but I'm too stuck in my ways of throwing cups one at a time, but I don't mind that, I can be more accurate that way and ultimately trim less. And I'll add in to the stack! One day I may have an intern but I'm still only a few years into running my own business, I still have a lot left to learn before I take on the responsibility of someone else. Thanks for watching as always! 🙌🏼

Good luck and thanks for taking the time to watch!

@@floriangadsby Thank you! But I dont mean to absolutely commercialise 😅

I wish you could critique my work. We have very different ‘natures’ but I love your work and appreciate your openness

I tried emulating this video in my studio because I found it so inspiring… Three small lumps on and I had to switch back to the hump I am accustomed to. Though I can throw in numbers I cannot bring myself to throwing identical ones. I find myself throwing lots of brother and sisters but never manage identical twins. I can only blame this on my nature

I have not but I shall look him up! Thanks for the recommendation!

I probably only send out 3 or so newsletters a years, one will be soon! As I’m just about to start firing a ton of work for my shop updates. And no, my work is only sold via my online website, although I do rarely sell with Make, Hauser & Wirth and I may have a few pots available at the Joanna Bird Gallery, although I’m not entirely sure what left there!

@@floriangadsby awesome, thanks for the info! Looking forward to it

Don't blame me if they sell out quickly! It isn't my fault if they do 😬 these aren't the small coffee cups, these are even littler but that brings a good point, perhaps I should sell these in groups of 2-3, rather than individually, that way people might have a greater change of acquiring a set.

@@floriangadsby A set of 2 or 3 would be a great idea! Would encourage a cohesive aesthetic, rather than someone having the one single cup on display

Coming on Wednesday ☺️

Way ahead of you! I've already ordered rolls of the honeycomb stuff and tissue paper and paper tape of a different kind, (hopefully my printed labels will stick on it this time), but I have a few giant old larger rolls of bubble and foam and things that I've been slowly working my way through, I'm not going to just throw that away. I also reuse and recycle a mountain of packaging from friends, neighbours and so on, stuff that would otherwise just be recycled normally, so at least that's getting a second use, I just hope the people on the receiving end do away with it nicely.

Oh sweet! Even if they don’t recycle or compost it, it is better than the plastic

I have videos that show the process! The colour comes from red iron oxide that’s reduction fired in a gas kiln.

Here’s a good link to an article that goes into more depth about it, ceramicartsnetwork.org/ceramics-monthly/ceramics-monthly-article/Techno-File-Dirty-Dishes, and clears up some of the misconceptions that are spread around. As long as you properly wash crazed pottery there is no bacteria left in the crackles. As long as you take time to care for your handmade ceramics after they’ve been used then they’ll be just fine, but of course it does depend on the materials used and temperatures fired to. I’ve been using crackle glazed ceramics for years. My pots are highly fired stoneware with nothing nasty that could leech, the crackling doesn’t stain too badly as long as it’s properly washed but of course it happens overtime. To the same degree, many of the potters I’ve worked for over the years who wood fire, soda fire and so on, all have work that crazes and crackles to some degree and it all stains with time, yet functional work is still made abundantly and is completely usable. I saw this in Japan especially, with so many functional tableware pieces that were crackled/crazed and stained and no body blinks an eye, nor do you hear of an excessive amount of people getting ill. My clay is fully vitrified after being fired to 1300ºC and unless you take terrible care of your ceramics you’ll be perfectly healthy. Other clays, like earthenware, never fully vitrify and will absorb water if not glazed properly, that can be issue. For industrial use it could be a problem, due to the surface of the pot having less strength, long-term staining with use and fragility, as it’s high fired stoneware packed full of iron, which makes it weaker and more susceptible to chipping on the whole, but that’s what you get with handmade ceramics, I don’t want to make pots that have perfect, uniform surfaces like you might find in a shop, I want each to be individual and interesting and handmade and I suppose the same goes for the generations of potters who’ve worked all over the world. I think certain parts of the world, I won’t say which, seem to have a fixation on this. And of course it is the potter’s responsibility to provide surfaces that are food safe, but in most cases that applies to the leaching of toxic materials, not staining itself. Hot dishwater water and soak will kill anything in the crackles, and they are gaping crevices in bacterial terms. Anyway, I hope this helps!

Kidney or rib, actually, you’re right it is very strange! But I suppose the original metal kidney tools do look just like a two dimensional kidney, the organ. No idea of the origins of the names beyond that.

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Maths never was my storing point!

@@floriangadsby Fortunately for you, the correct calculation is even easier than what you were doing: just divide by 0.[the length of the ruler after shrinkage], and you’re done!

Thankfully for you I upload a version of each video without any narration, just look for the titles labelled with ASMR. They’re simply have the sounds from the studio. The videos with a voice over are meant to be as informative about the process as possible, I get that isn’t for everyone but luckily I provide both options, both the narrated and unnarrated.