I'm not a ceramicist and probably never will be, but I have such a great time watching these videos, learning about the field and seeing all the different steps of the process. I look forward to the uploads every week and I'm feeling joy at the prospect of watching this upload now, too. Thank you for making such wonderful content and keep up the awesome work!
I love that you're videos go from clay to finished product with no go to my channel for part two. I also like seeing pots from different videos in the background. And I know this is a long comment but I finally got around to makeing a tea pot and I watched your video to learn how to.
If you don’t mind answering, how do you fire pieces at home? It seems like such a delicate process with quite a bit of machinery. I am interested in the hobby but can’t even begin to conceive having the materials required. Thanks in advance!
Your book! Oh your book is here! It’s gorgeous. My poor husband has now suffered through me rambling about wedging, throwing, trimming, burnishing, glazing, fettering, reduction and cones and Ciro for about 30 mins! (I have no experience beyond high school with clay). Gosh you should be proud, it’s a wonderfully put together book. I hope you are celebrating your book launch.
This is beautifully explained and demonstrated...but I have to say, your studio and workspace is breathtakingly SPOTLESS! That is so very impressive! Now I need to go clean my studio!😂
Thank you very much! Well... I try and keep on top of it but also, this has been a very hectic year with lots of time spent out of the studio doing other things, so inevitably I end up making less, which means there's less mess.
@@floriangadsby I think the time you take to make these videos is wonderful! They are calming to watch and your voice is soothing to listen to, so just know you are appreciated and keep on doing the fabulous work you continue to produce!
i think my favorite part of the pieces that you make is that; it doesn't matter which pieces, or even how many pieces that someone might purchase; they will always look like a cohesive set that belongs together. each new piece is its own form, yet it's never out of place sitting next to the other forms.
these sorts of Entire Process videos are my favorite on your channel, though I do enjoy all of your videos. I know they must take considerably more work to make, too, so I appreciate that you put out as many of them as you do! Keep up the fantastic work Florian :)
Mate, they're just so nice. I'm a working class lad who doesn't really venture into the realm of art, high culture or pottery but those vases give me that gut feeling of quality that I don't have the Times Cryptic Crossword vocabulary to describe properly. They also cost more than my current car, but after 33 mins of top tier craftsmanship I understand why.
Your videos have already been a great help and primer for my brain and clearly made a difference when I finally was brave enough recently to sign on for a pottery class at valentine clays as I work close by. You and a few others have been a big inspiration so I wanted to say thank you 🖤
As someone who just started doing pottery 6 weeks ago and pretty much can only successfully throw tiny bowls, these videos are so fun to watch! I appreciate how detailed you are with your explanations, it really helps me understand how these things are made. And all of your stuff looks amazing!
These are stunning, one of my favourite pieces you’ve done. The middle sized one colour is my favourite, it works so well with those angles. Seeing a video with the whole process is so satisfying even though that’s probably much more work for you. So thank you for this.
Fabulous details in your content. Amazing how you must watch your gas kiln and detailed charts are compiled. I appreciate your keen eye for detail and admire your end result. Bravo! Thank you.
Is it very odd that one of my favorite details of these videos is seeing the mugs and cups Florian uses for his coffee? I feel like this is such a nice window into the mind an artist with a very distinct and relatively stable style, but who (at least if these mugs are anything to go by!) clearly enjoys works entirely different from this. I might be reading a bit much into it, but to me that's a sign of someone who truly appreciates the craft itself in all its variety without airs of superiority or getting stuck in thinking your style is "best".
Just got to take the time to comment. I so enjoy watching your content, its as well crafted and thought through as your pottery and it makes me long to have a go! (even though I can tell you are making it look easy!) it's a real treat watching the whole process, from throwing to firing. Love it.
So glad you're ok. I was really worried. Grat😢kiln opening as usual, such a variety of pieces. Those planters were soooo funny 😂😂. Good luck with your sales. Keep well, keep hydrated 🤗
Watched it till the end! Thank you so much for taking your precious time to film this entire process with narration 🙏 your discipline and dedication of each step is inspiring Florian
Love watching you! Came across your work on Instagram. Its my first time watching you on You tube... really makes me itch to learn pottery. I am a jeweller and love making, so am always tempted by watching people busy with their craft. ❤❤❤
I really like the large pots . The colors are just right,I like the white one the best. Thank you for showing us how you make them. I’m a watercolorist I know just a bit about clay, just enough to make me dangerous. I’m from Arizona US where it is very hot summers 120 degrees f. I live in the mountains of eastern AZ in the summers where it is cool . In the forest. I just discovered your RU-vid channel I love watching you make pottery. 😊🌵🌲😎
I think before I make bonsai pots I'd want to learn how to care for bonsai trees - rather than just tipping my toe in one end to craft the pots, if that makes sense? Maybe one day though!
Thanks Alex! They work nicely as a group I think. And these are just some wild grasses and other bits and pieces, nothing special I think, but they've lasted well!
great video - as usual! How important is the softness of the clay in throwing certain shapes, do you think? I'm thinking of especially working with larger amounts of clay so you don't feel you're wrestling with a material that is too stiff to do what your hands want it to.
I really love all of your work, and your stamp somehow fits perfectly with every piece. I’m curious - it seems like you either stamp the very base of the piece or you stamp the bevel, is there a reason why you choose one vs the other for any given piece? I understand that sometimes there is not enough space on the bevel, but sometimes it seems like there is enough space and you go for the base instead.
Quick question if you don’t mind answering …. It seems like you have to be SO careful with the timing on each different step with varying reasons. 32:11 At this time stamp, there are pots in the background that have not been glazed; are they on a time crunch? Or at this point can they sit around waiting to be fired again? Also, thank you for the content! I love watching other crafts that I know nothing about and learning all the in’s and out’s. You also make it very enjoyable to watch. Thanks!! 😊
I always see these huge batches you're firing in your videos but everything on your website is sold out, where are they all going? Would love to be able to pick up a piece when they're available!
I noticed when packing your bisque kiln that you nestled the base of one or two pots tightly inside the rim of the pot below. I have heard that this can sometimes run the potential risk of cracks, as the base of the inner pot restricts the rim of the lower pot from contracting as it shrinks slightly. Have you ever run into this problem, or does this clay not shrink enough during the bisque firing for it to be a cause for concern?
Definitely NOT synthesised! I did have a cold this week, and recording was difficult, this thing took some 3700 audio attempts over two days, (whilst doing other things). Maybe I didn't notice how choppy it was but I typically don't write scripts for these and just wing it and make it fit - but maybe it's time to do longer, uncut narrations. The truth is I find the narrating part rather difficult as I'm not a naturally great speaker, I 'um' and 'er' a lot and I can't stand excess vocal-fry and other such things, so I record and rerecord until those are eliminated. Anyway, some weeks narrations are better than others, I suppose these longer videos push me to be more systematic with my approach but that's potentially a bad thing. I hope it was still watchable! Edit: I say 3700 audio attempts, that means sayings sentences over and over again to get the enunciation right, stitching them together, and so on. Probably not the best way to do it and perhaps it becomes too perfect? (Perfect as in there's no 'errring', mumbles, etc).
@@flourishingweee I know computer generated speech is possible, but Florian still sounds like Florian in videos where he’s speaking spontaneously to camera (or to another person on camera), such as the one he did with Tom Scott, and I also already knew a a bit about how he tends to record his voiceovers and why that process tends to result in somewhat chopped-up-sounding sentences.
@@floriangadsby Nahh it is clear that you are not narrating them in one take but it doesn't feel choppy. You have a specific rhythm and pace. It is almost like you where reciting a poem. And i don't think that whoever said that it was Ai knows how Ai works. Doing it with Ai would mean same amount of work if no more that doing them directly.
