Cheers Simon ,love the detail in this video, the positioning of your hands and the close up on the inside and outside, very useful, will give that a try. Merry Xmas
I like that first part of the torch use, so many do it just for show, here was a real reason for it's use. As for the second part, well I'd never seen a show quite like that before, most revealing of the clays nature, nice form. Bravo, bravo, bravissimo.
Ah yes. Keeping the studio warm during the long winter months is always a bit of a challenge. How's the wood for heat, does it dry pots faster than electric, or do you use electric heat when you're not in there working? I keep an element or two on low at all times during the winter. I do enjoy using a paddle! Thanks for sharing, Simon! :)
- sounds like a trick question ! So I think what you are asking, which is a bit confusing as the paddle I am holding in my hand to do this ....but I think you mean the 'treadle' bar of the wheel where I place my foot !? well yes the answer is I keep my foot on the treadle bar all the time never take it off, the wheel has enough momentum for me to just leave my foot there in place. So this results in a nice even action and a sense of continuously being 'in touch' with the wheel and its speed. Hope this is the answer you were looking for !
@@sleachpots yes that is exactly the answer I wanted to know. We just bought a kickwheel made under licence of Bernard Leach in the 1960's here in New Zealand. Your video's are just the best learning curve we could wish for, so thank you.
agatha sanchez I guess with art and pottery one can do whatever they like with their vision. However not putting glaze inside bowls may seriously affect their practical use... Unless it's specific clay bodies that vitrify in a way that seals the artifact surface enough to make it non-porous to food and liquids
Hi Simon Leach(new to this channel), there's a channel called primitive technology where they make things with no modern tools.The guy made pot with only wood ash,I don't think it will be as strong as a clay pot. Since you have worked with wood ash do you have any opinion about this
I know that a mixture of coal ash and clay was used to make bricks when most people had a coal oven at home. You can make glaze out of woodash, why not pots?
Maghil vannan - if you are new here welcome ! I can't imagine making a pot with just ash as it is not plastic and too crumbly, needs some clay to give it slipperyness no ? Yes as a glaze ash at high temp makes for a decent glaze .
