Making A Twisted Mug - Part 1 

Very cool. I will have to try that, so I can teach my students this trick. I definitely prefer a thicker walled mug, because it keeps my tea warmer longer. 😊

Very cool Matthew

Giving this a go as soon as I can get myself to a wheel!

Wow! Love this, going to have to try this! Much love from England!

This is a wonderful video. Still working on these with lots of rainbows :). I really need to get the cylinder thicker yet tall. I think the thickness is key. I’ll keep trying :). Thanks again!

Nice job ! Love you work.

Thanks

This is pretty amazing. I just cannot get the spirals to be as exaggerated as yours. I noticed you stretched with your left hand. Are you a lefty or does that have something to do with it ?

Nice video! It would be interesting to see the top down video flipped 180deg - it would me even more relatable, i think.

Cleannn

Enjoy your work very much. Have you ever used crystalline glaze ? I have several pieces from a potter here in California.

How tall is the cylinder you start with?

Ooh how neat. Cannot wait to see these fired.

The first one is remarkable I've seen something like this done before Matt, but mostly on larger items! you are a genius thinking of doing it on such a small pot. It works extremely well, I love it. I hope you will continue this. I realise you'll have to charge more because of the extra wok BUT I think you'll find that people won't mind paying extra. Good luck. I posted this to facebook, I hope you don't mind Matt.

Thanks for sharing. @MatthewKellyPottery It's there a trick for longer spirals. I have done this but spirals aren't as long. I've tried speeding up wheel and or increasing speed of hand going in with disasterous effects. Any tips on longer spirals. I don't have a wheel at home so i have limited practice attempts.

I love that mug it's so cool!!

This was very cool to watch. Thanks for sharing. I think it would be very cool to use this twist technique for the base of a skinny neck vase, then finish it by attaching and throwing the top section. If I you try it I would love to see.

This is incredible ! Thank you!

I don't even throw and that was so cool to watch!

Tried this yesterday - great fun but not as easy as it looks!

That was fun. I really like the asthetic of that mug shape. One thing about a thicker mug wall is that the contents of the mug holds it's heat better. I don't know for certain, but I think that bellied mugs also hold heat better because there is less surface area exposed to the ambient room temperature. The twist is fun. Could be even more fun if the facets got a coat of underglaze just before the twist, or a coat of underglaze just before you cut the facets, leaving just a tiny strip of color between the facets. Probably easier to just pant a strip of underglaze in each facet.

Thanks for doing this great video, love the 2 camera views. Every time I watch it again, I learn more by concentrating on the top versus the side view for each stage of the work. What kind of clay are you using? Do you think a stonewear like Standard #112 would have enough stretch to survive this technique? I want to try this, and then glaze with something like Folk Art that breaks from cream to rust brown on all of that fantastic texture. Really appreciatte the effort you make producing these videos, they are some of the best on the entire internet.

It might be my eyes but, looks like the edges of the spiral look jagged, distorted. How do you clean that up?

So cool. So glad I saw this. Thank you for sharing

Thanks for the great demonstration. You make this look so easy.

Thanks for your reply, I know how busy you are.

Really like the smaller facet mug, looking forward to giving it a try! Thank you for sharing your talent!!! :)

This was great to watch. I’ve tried on four different mugs, it’s definitely difficult! Can’t seem to get the swirl, but it looks like it’s beginning to at the bottom. Should I be using more force down?

OMFG!

what kind of camera do you use to get such great angles?

This is such a cool thing to do! thanks Matthew :-)

What a wonderful video. Just love your ideas. Might you share how tall you turn the cylinder before you start shaping. Thank so much

This video was amazing! I can’t wait to try it! Thank you ❤

Amazing thanks I can’t wait to try!!

Very cool technique!

Great Video Matt, I will give it a try

This is great thanks

This is super fun to watch!

Very nice! I extrapolated this technique for myself after throwing cylinders with bands of colored clay on a white body. It really made realize how much twisting occurs and can be forced even more. Thank you for your excellent demonstration!

Beautiful ❣️

Spiraling facets is not required, but will thin the clay wall when expanded. This can be done on a jug using a throwing stick. And, facets can be a various patterns like zig zags, hour glass, etc.

Thank you Matthew Kelly, you are a great instructor! I will be trying these techniques today.

Wow!

Thank you for sharing your Amazing talent with others!!

I tried this yesterday. I was able to complete it, but I wasn't satisfied with it at all. My lines were way too wide and it was uneven. But it was cool to try something different. You are very talented.

Wow, that's a nice mug and a unique way of throwing. You make it look so easy. I know mine would collapse....LOL

That is amazing! I am a beginner, 3 months, so I bet if I tried that it would be flying all over the place when I stuck my hand in! 😂 thank you for sharing!

Love the pro tip on the carve out, awesome Matt thanks. 4Freedom Ayala 2024

Very cool technique!! I have been experimenting with new texture techniques and can not wait to try this!

Спасибо за технику! Долго не мог так сделать , очень понятно !

That is so cool❤!! Thank you!!

I finally tried this today, I got the first one to work flawlessly! Every effort after that have failed lol. But…. I WILL persevere! haha. :). Thank you Matthew for this great lesson and stunning (and fun!) shape!

This is so cool! Thank you for sharing!

Gotta try this

Very cool!

Nice!

cha-ching

That's really nice that you have a bird's eye view camera set up, I would be able to get more from it if it was facing me instead of you. Thank you for sharing.

I like your two visions