I’ve found the faster the wheel goes the less I have to muscle the clay. Also, if I wedge and then put the clay on the wheel so it spins in the direction it was wedged that helps too!!!
it`s look so easy when a professional makes this, but for us beginners look so hard. we don`t have those years of experience, but I hope one day we can do something like his work! thanks for your videos, it help us a lot.
Beautiful! I sure could use a big bowl right now. My hubby took the only big bowl I had to drain motor oil into. He promised to replace it. I will make him fly to the UK and buy one of your biggest bowls and carry it home on his lap. Ha ha. Wish you folks sold online.
Thank you for being my teacher for the last three years. I've watched everything you have on youtube. There is one thing that you always talk about that you need to reconsider. You need to make a new plan that leads to a new wheel that goes slow so you can grow into new work.
I have always wanted to do clay pottery. It is sooo inspiring! You kind of become one with the clay while thing you are making. It is just sooo fascinating!
Lovely control and a very nice shape. If it wasn't for the intensity of concentration and the potential for collapse, watching this would be very therapeutic.
Hi.. Nice video you have here, out of curiousity I got to ask.. Is there a specific type of clay that potters use to make their pots? It seems clean and not a typical clay that can be found on the riverbanks.. I am interested in this pottery but I dont have the skills nor the machinary.. So watching you guys making it is so satisfying.. 😊 thumbs up
You can refine riverbank clay into a lot finer clay, just with some water, some buckets and some way to dehydrate the clay water you end up with. Mixing the clay with water and vigorously stirring will kick up the light clay particles into the water, pouring that clay water between buckets can remove all the heavier elements such as rocks and a large amount of sand, a sieve will stop lumps and organic materials like small sticks and the like, after letting the clay settle you can pour of the excess water and then pour your clay into or onto something that will let it dry, such as a bag that will only let water through. However this clay will be mostly like terracotta, and might even not be suitable for throwing on a wheel depending on a lot of factors. but unless you live in an area where everything in the soil is just limestone derived you will be able to make pottery with it
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That's lovely Dan. Speed - could you change the pulley ratios easily to reduce speed? (I'm assuming that the wheel is belt driven) I changed the pulleys on my lathe and they cost very little.
thanks for that mate love watching .a thought though if you know anyone thats is up on electrical stuff ask them to have a look at fitting a variac or some other type of electronic speed controller for the motor some motors you can some you cant , if you can then you may be able to get that wheel slowing way down to almost stopped . they are not expensive . the only problem i can see is wet hands but there maybe ones for use in wet type areas . johno
Pice Of Knowledge as a person who learn pottery alone, i use string (like a floss) to scrap off the bottom. But its has too be strong enough to handle and thin enough. But its take skills
