Hello! A few comments asking if the moulds I don't like/ wont use will be up for sale! Yes!! Probably at some point, obviously just for the price of shipping and handling but I have taken photos of them so that I could find new homes for them!! I am not sure how yet but I have taken pictures and will keep you in the loop!
I like today's format for your unknown molds. Pour up and reveal as many as you are comfortable doing (somewhere between 8 and 15 maybe?), talking about which ones inspire you like the hands did in this video. Then maybe film separately 1 or 2 that are your favorites into finished projects the next week (or whatever time frame). Glad you took the time and effort to salvage what you could from this shed! Hopefully you can find someone(s) to pass on the ones that don't inspire you.
Just wanted to let you know that the Seeley mold of 3 bears is actually one that goes with a doll. The child doll is holding onto the bears hand and that's why it's arm is up in the air. Love seeing everything you pour and wish I lived closer so I could purchase your fun item's. Keep up the great work.!!!
Wow! This shed find was like from a fairy tale. Loved the hands, the butterflies and the horse head. Please do not stop the mystery mold series ever! The new owners of the shed did not want a piece from you? Crazy people; they have no idea what they will be missing. But, the community here will thank them for their generosity.
Porcelain dolls have porcelain head, hands, and feet and the rest is stuffed, usually. There are various types of stuffing methods to make the dolls stiff or more soft and they all have little channels sew into the openings and a zip tie is used to hold the ceramic part in the stuffed part, hence the little bulbous part on the ends of the leg and head pieces. You are correct that the head piece should be hollow but I think the hooves can be solid.
I think the part she was struggling with was understanding exactly how the zip tie part works. She needs to imagine a draw-string bag tightening between the channels on the neck, and on the hooves, rather than imagining there's a way to actually sew through the porceline.
Yes, and a lot of older ceramic dolls were anthropomorphic, so the reason the head is bigger may be because it was meant to be on more of a humanoid body with the hooves as ‘hands’ and ‘feet’
Would it be weird to have a workshop where Shelby supplies the appendages and a dollmaker supplies the bodies and stuffing? Build-your-abomination? I could see that horse head combined with a two pairs of hands being a hit.
Hello!! I missed you all! I am feeling so refreshed and excited to share all these wonderful projects I have been working on!! I hope you love this video, it's been a secret I have been keeping for a while but wanted to wait until 2024 to share the news!! What would you like to see me do with all of these pieces?
Wow! More great finds. I'm so happy for you, Shelby. I'd like to see Smash or Pass with groups of 5 or more moulds your Shop Assistant has curated for you with 1 specific theme for each group of moulds.
If you get a new load of moulds once per year, you will have a lifetime of content for us, as well as a bunch of new stuff to sell. I hope that happens regularly!
I agree smash or pass groups or just videos like this. I like seeing bunches of them opened at a time. I’d hate to see you waste time and resources on making items that will be made for the sake of making them… doesn’t really fit your sustainability brand. I missed your videos but I’m glad you got a good break. Much love from the NSW South Coast xxx
I love your 10 (or so) reveals a week! Like this one was. While I love seeing the moulds having a full reveal - fully glazed and fired, to just see a first peek at them coming out of their moulds is also great.
I think the big butterfly thing is the top of a wind chime / hanging mobil 🦋 Idea: could do a series of guest videos where you invite another artist or a staff member to the studio and work on the same mould (without knowing what the other is doing). Then a surprise reveal to each other at the end. Would be a fun exercise in seeing how people think differently/ creatively for the same piece. And you could have some other artists you love visit your studio.
Hello Shelby. I recently stepped away from ceramics after 40 years. I am so glad to see you again. I love all your videos, they make me feel like i can remain in the hobby by watching you. There are quite a few potters in the US that have videos to watch, but i enjoy your enthusiasm in your work. A idea for the soccer ball is make a penny bank by cutting a slot in the top and using rubber stoppers for the bottom. Thanks so much for letting escape by watching your videos.
wow 40 years is a lifetime of art and crafting. I love that you found her channel and are able to fill a maybe void from not doing them yourself anymore. And I agree Shelby is so down to earth and sweet. The way she sees things is so refreshing and how she's realized that creativity knows no bounds.... it's endless possibilities tons of goodies to be made and shared with the world in some cases again!
I very rarely comment on videos. But I have to say the previous owner must be smiling from ear to ear knowing you have their collection and are cleaning it up and giving it the love and attention is so deserved. You are a kind hearted soul.
Yes! I've never seen one that was a horse, but when I was very young a few of my older relatives had dolls with porcelain hands, feet, and head but had a cloth body. You tightly sew it around the grooves of the clay/porcelain pieces so they stay on. Still not a durable design; they were definitely not for play for a small child as I remember accidentally working a hand loose on one of the dolls 😂
Or a horsey suncatcher! Put metal loops on the bottom of the head, attach strings of big gems with the hooves at the bottom? You could make the hooves candy colors to match! That would be so fun! Like My Little Ponies! Or more realistic painted ones with interesting metal chains and leather bits or something. So many multimedia options!
you could do smash or pass style videos and ask people to pitch their best ideas for the pieces you like. then you could try your favourite ideas. like you could turn the bears into tea strainer weights like the bear is holding a balloon. or you could turn the butterflies and flowers into incense holders. so glad these moulds ended up with someone who will love and appreciate them!
I’d love some longer videos like this, where you cast a lot of moulds and just theorize what you would make with them or if you want to pass them on. Seems like the perfect video format for me to unwind and crochet to. Your videos are such a nice, welcoming and warm vibe, and I’d love to crochet with them in the background, but when you are painting, I forget to crochet, since I wan5 to see those pretty artworks. This kind of lowkey videos would be great!
I would love to see a live stream or more videos just like this one. Don't feel pressure to show us every single one. You could do a first round of getting rid of stuff that you would never want off camera, so that you'd not investing your time into things that don't bring you joy.
I could watch you do 20 or more at a time - not boring at all. So fun. I’d also add if you see a mold that you know for sure has lost detail or is a volleyball you could just pass. 😂
I love the mystery mould series and would love if you continued it with these new finds. Your whimsical creativity on them is delightful. As you said, there are so many new moulds so how about opening 5-6 moulds per video and deciding, like you did here, which ones you want. Then only do art works on the ones you like, the rest are squished and put back into the clay bucket. I had an idea for the doll hands, form the fingers into sign language for words like smile, love, peace, flowers etc then decorate to match the sign. The horse head mould I thought was chess pieces: knight and pawns but now I think that is for a style of doll with a stuffed fabric body and ceramic hands/feet (or horse head/hooves).
Wow! What a score! Maybe you could do a “Pouring Day” each month where you get as many molds as you can pour in an afternoon and see what they all are. Then you could share one or several videos from your pouring day and the rest of the month can be business as usual for you.
I wonder if the potter may have gotten ill or too old to work? Now that you have the address, you can find out who lived there 20 years ago. Maybe it was someone well known in the pottery world? Who knows! Enjoy every minute of the work you all put in to get these!
I was thinking something similar. Maybe it was a mother or father who loved pottery and passed away and then the child of the parent couldn't clean it out. It took my friend 3 years to clean out her parents house after they passed.
I like seeing you pour and reveal the molds and how you discuss what you would do with each one and if you like them or not. The volleyball could be a piggy bank!
I love seeing a bunch at a time. I love watching the mystery moulds episodes one after the other too... I think not doing on live (cause that way you can record whenever you are free rather than stress about doing the live)... but tbh in saying all that, I'll take and watch whatever you produce! I love your creativity, your genuine love for pottery and most of all, your kind kind heart!! ❤ thankyou for all you do, can't wait for the next video 😍
vintage treasure hunting in an abandoned space? Through in some gardening and you'd literally be doing ALL OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ✨💖🤩💖✨ I'm REALLY REALLY EXCITED to see you do really amazing new florals on mugs and stuff with those new flowers and leaves!!! 🌱🌺🌼🌿
They are for doll making. At least I think so. I thought of dolls after seeing the ridges on the wrists. That is where they would attach to the cloth arms. I imagine she will be finding more doll making pieces in that collection.
How about a reveal party? You and a few helpers/friends/fellow potters take 5 or more moulds, and turn them into artwork. This way quite a number get created at the same time, and ideas for artwork get bounced around.
I would continue doing it in this format with 10x. You just can't tell the details by looking at the molds. Love that you found a new vintage stash to go thru. 😊
Loved this format 🥰 Yeah, I was thinking a ring dish for your tiny "cake stand" The soccer ball could be a money box? And the flowers could be the top of a wind chime with the butterflies hanging down from it? So great to see you back! 😁
I like this format too. Then you can do little snippets like showing the bow on a mug for anything that you decide to make up into an actual pottery piece.
The three bears could be cute candle holders for birthday cakes...adding a little bit on the raised hand to hold the candle. The doll parts are wild. Dolls with stuffed fabric bodies and porcelain heads, hands, feet were popular a couple hundred years ago. Had no idea they were still being made.
I like this format of 10 at a time or so, but I think what would be great for your channel is to turn the openings into shorts (one mold at a time, your commentary about the pouring and labels, then reveal and thoughts) and painting and glazing ones you decide are keepers or bear testing as longer format videos. I think that way would be most fun to watch. I really can’t wait! ❤
I would enjoy a few smash or pass videos like this one. So you can weed out the ones like the volleyball quicker.Maybe you could even do a poll to see which ones we might like to see as an art work.
What an amazing opportunity! I've always wanted to be able to rummage through an old abandoned space for fun vintage treasures. I enjoy this format of you pouring up a big group of them and reacting to them like the smash or pass, even without you finishing them up into a finished work. Especially with how long a finished work takes, the ones you don't feel inspired by will take so much of your energy away from the ones that bring you joy and inspiration. The way you light up when a mould inspires you is so lovely to watch. I can't wait to see what you do with the ones that you do want to make into a finished work. Also the flower dome with the butterflies would make such a fun mug lid. You could cut only part of the pouring spout off so that it has the little lip to keep it on the mug, then put a butterfly on top for the lid handle 😍
Hey Shelby, maybe contact Fed U arts and have students come and learn to pour? This way you are seeing results, they are learning skills, great advertising for both! They may even take some moulds that you don’t want? Doesn’t need filming but it would be a great collaboration 😊
Lovely Shelby, I’m so happy for you and this rescue. I hope the kiln works and helps you with productivity. I’d love to see more like this going over 10 at a time with quick reveals and no art. That gives time and space to paint what is truly a passion. Maybe your assistants could select and prep the pieces in theme groups. Your reactions are so true and genuine, the ones not in your style are great to ‘re-home’. I get a feel that the previous owner was a doll maker using soft bodies with heads, hands and feet. A lost art but you would need passion for it. Not my favorite medium. cheers from the Midwest USA. 💜
If you smoothed out the lines on the volleyball and placed the hands on them, with a light inside the ball with maybe small holes in the ball to disperse the light as a night light type thing. You said you wanted to look into doing some lamps
How exciting for you!!! I hope the kiln is in working condition. Thank goodness the homeowner thought of you and the molds were saved from the landfill. Can’t wait for all the fun stuff that comes from this haul. I like this video, trying a bunch at a time. Love seeing the lightbulb go off when the creative idea pops into your head!! Such fun.
What a blessing. You're going to have so much fun with these molds. I really enjoyed how you opened them up your reactions were priceless. I would love to see you do a live
Im so excited that theres so many fans that are able to help keep this series so alive. The bears could totally be ornaments with the wire going through the hands
Right? I thought the bows would make pretty Christmas ornaments, but then she showed it as a mug (or vase or plant pot) attachment and I thought “Oh! Much better idea!”❤
with the bears you could add a coil of wire to the paw reaching up to make them into either a holder for photos or place cards. it might even work with the flowers and butterflys
While I admire and enjoy others creativity I am not artistic at all. I saw the hands and thought they were creepy and I would have flung them away so quickly. You, on the other hand saw potential and minutes later there was an awesome lamp in development and I actually loved it. It’s a good thing there are people like you in the world. It would be a lot duller if everyone was like me.
Most people have something inside of them. It could take years to find what it is. I’ve had a go at a fair amount of crafts, and arts. Some, I was awful at. Some, I was ok at. Some, I was ok at, but wasn’t really bothered about pursuing. And then, a few that I enjoyed and got better at! Sadly, I have a debilitating illness, which causes pain, and exhaustion! I struggle to manage a small project! I have to say, I could never be a musician, even when I was younger. 😂 And no-one would endure my singing…it’s awful! 🤐
The hands will be great for Halloween. You can also have the hands holding up an orb that lights up. Very cool find! Hope the new kiln works for you. Will make getting ready for a show much easier. Have a Happy Healthy New Year 🎉
Goodness, how exiting! This accidental smash or pass was a hoot! I love how you played through your ideas on how to use certain pieces. Would not be mad about seeing more parallel to your actual art.
This format was actually great for this. because we know the background story now you can just dive straight in. Fingers crossed for lots of great finds 🥰😻😻
You crack me up Shelby. You look at something that looks like it is ment to be a ring dish and are completely baffled by it. Then in the very next mold that is clearly not a ring dish suggest to make a ring dish. I love it.
What an amazing story! Its sad to see that shed before and think about why that happened. But I'm so glad to see them in good hands. Also, dying at you asking what the piece before the hands was and then saying you'd use the hands as ring holder. 🤣
Hello! Curiosity is something that drives every one of us, you know??!! We ALL would love to see whats inside all the new treasures you just acquired, but you need to make it work for you! I think it might be helpful for you to do like you did today, go through several at a time, and it can help you weed out the ones that you know you want to do something with in the future, and pass on the others to get them out of your space. You want a garden, right 😂 !!! Have a wonderful day!
I would love to see multiple casted at once, like you did smash or pass and maybe see them in later videos being painted and finished? like a little teaser on what's coming?
Thank you Shelby, I really needed my mystery moulds fix 😊 I like this format or smash and pass. Maybe you could pour up a few at a time and then make your favourite into completed art works?
I think that this format was great and that 10 per episode is a good number. If you find one that is really special please make it into an art work and maybe make a video just on that item or make a short for it. Also I hope that you can get the kiln up and running. They are very expensive, as a fused glass artist I know that only too well. I always wanted to do pottery but too date have not done so…maybe one day but I still love to watch potters. I was watching a few people but now I just watch your video’s only..Keep up the great work…your videos are soooooooooo much fun to watch. Please pass along the molds that you are not going to use to someone else. Maybe someone just starting out. Having the extra kiln if it still works or you can get it working will take some of the stress out of preparing for shows. Keep up the good work. Love the video’s🇨🇦🍁👍
Videos of 10 at a time works fine, just to see if you will keep them. Then you can make a video, where you pick 1-2 or 3 of the keepers, to create, combine or play with. Maybe leave a good amount of molds, that you can see are stand alone pieces, to make 1 mystery mold video a month or every 2 weeks, as a treat for us! So maybe in a month, you could make: 1 smash or pass video, with 5-10 molds. 1 keepers video, with 1-3 molds you want to create with. 1 mystery mold video 1 video with what ever makes you happy! It could be molds, other clay activities, gardening, telling us your dreams, answering questions or anything else you want. This is what I would like to see, but mostly I don't want you to burn out, so try to have fun🎉 Lots of hugs from Denmark.
I think like this smash and pass., but where you decide if you wanna keep or rehome. If you do it in parts, you can also score your favorite one out of the ones you try (possibly alternate with making your favorite one entirely done). As you said, you are running out of space; I suggest getting an idea of what you have so you can clear up some space. And give ppl who will love the pieces a chance to get them sooner rather than later.
I like this format for getting through a bulk of the moulds, but you could also add on a section where you craft with some that you opened in previous videos, even if it's not in depth. IDK if you have an editor or anyone helping with filming, but that might be useful in addition to your shop helpers, and might allow you to post more/give you more time for crafting. I enjoy the reveals of the finished pieces more than the glazing process, personally.
Dear Shelby, the Horse Doll parts were very popular in the 1990s. They were made into dolls like porcelain dolls. They came in all sorts of animals, cows, sheep, pigs, cats… made up into Victorian dolls. I know. Weird. But some folk loved them. Niche. Very niche. Some were incredibly intricate and beautifully made too. The porcelain/ china was beautifully done and the clothes all hand made. I suppose it was a reaction to the “dead child” vibe of porcelain dolls? I so enjoy your videos. I’m lying in bed with bad bout of AS, doing complex embroidery and watching you to take my mind off my pain. I used to do ceramics, but there is no one around here anymore with a kiln and one more hobby and my house may explode, but I loved the whole process. Opening the kiln was always thrilling, even “fails” were fun. So I do it through you! 🤩 xxxx❤
Wow, Shelby, what an amazing find. So glad you rescued these and didn't let them go to the dumpster. Hope the kiln works. I think the piece with all the butterflies on it, looks like a lid to something. Love the bow mug, those bows would look cute on so many pieces, even a flowerpot,
You should do a big in person warehouse sale of all the ones you don't want for cheap. I know you think "i got them for free, i couldn't charge for them" but you've spent lots of time and effort gathering them, cleaning them etc. I bet you'd get so many people attending
Concerning the horse: you would have to sew the body out of fabric, stuff it pretty hard and then the legs and the head will be tied in by a cord. The pottered parts have this ring around the end that goes into the stuffed part and that is where the cord goes. There are also dolls made this way and the hands look like they are also meant to be used that way as they also have that ring at the wrist. But feel free to use those to make a creepy lamp 😄
