I love "platters" I'd love "just to sit by your wheel" and watch and learn, but that's not to be unfortunately Matt. So I have to be content on youtube; better than nought I guess., and thank you for all your videos and live streams I've learnt a ,lot. Don't concern yourself about your English as you do very well Matt and I've got used to pronunciations of certain words over the years. My fav of your platters is the peacock decor.; lovely
I wholeheartedly endorse your comment about language use, good and well. Perhaps we could add another, enjoy. One enjoys something, enjoy needs an object. I very much enjoy seeing you throw which you do very well.
Throwing clay 90 degrees to the axial direction of the pug is excellent advice. Fortunately for me, I learned this early and can testify that all the "compressing" in the world cannot compare to proper orientation of the clay. Working on bats also prevents flexing when you take your piece off the wheel, the clay has a memory and if you flex it and can "Taco" your piece. Buy some bats and you won't regret it. Excellent demo.
I too love watching your videos, they are very helpful and inspiring! I noticed that you did not wire under the bowl. Do you normally not wire? How do remove the work from the bat when it is ready to trim?
Many thanks for taking time to post. Also, I noticed you do not wire the platter bottom after throwing. Any tips and tricks in the future regarding preventing large items from sticking to the bat and cracking during drying would be appreciated. Getting larger flat pieces off the bats can be challenging. Just an idea for future videos. All the best and sweet dreams. You look bushed.
As a former teacher, all I can say is, "Good for you!" Standards are a good thing in pottery and speech. Nice platters!!! This was very enjoyable to watch!!! Thanks!
Wow, just found this and really enjoyed it all, I can't wait to see the wood firing! When you throw your lidded jars, do you think you can show how you wax resist so the lids don't stick to the body? Thanks in advance ♥
Where can your pieces be purchased? Have you ever made a round gravy boat with an attached plate beneath it? I love your pieces, espresso the red glaze ones!
I sell locally for the most part through a couple of galleries and craft shows. I do have plans for a website but I have to make time for that. I’ve not made a gravy boat like you speak of. There are more ideas out there than time to make them all. Haha
I personally find that "s" cracks are caused by too much water. By that i mean not getting the water off the bottom of the piece. "u" cracks are caused by clay being spiraled in a pug mill. To prevent "s" cracks I always make sure to sponge or mop out the bottom of my piece before i start the drying process. Its also important to compress the bottom of pieces once the water is mopped out. Just my personal experience
I was always told that "s-cracks" resulted from not properly compacting the bottoms of the plates, bowls, platters while throwing. By the way: I don't think I've ever seen a video of your wood-fired kiln...could you share?
I have heard that also but have only ever had problems with those cracks because of what I described. I have other videos of building the kiln. Will be making more also.
Grammar Nazis unite. I am also something of a stickler for grammar. I love the way you throw pots, you have a rhythm that I would like to achieve for myself. I need much more practice though (years of practice).
I always got A's in English, but I don't see anything wrong with speaking with the colloquialisms of our surroundings. Granted it does bother me when people say ain't because I feel like that has been taught as a no-no all across the nation since kindergarten. But, for instance, in the south, we say "y'all" and I don't have a problem with that. That said, anyone who wants to improve their diction, I'm all for that!
