Wow, thank you Florian for what you've been done. I am currently watching all your narrated videos, they're cool to see at least 1 before sleep. The narration voice is so soothing. And I am being fascinated by pottery making. Thank you!
I looove the Manganese finish one. Wonder how that would look in a bowl where it coats the inside but only a few cm down the edge on the exterior with the white porcelain peaking out on the rest
I used to carve my initials or other backwards in a chunk of plaster. And, quite easily avoid having to make a signature. However, 'rubber stamp' maker has a service for just that. And impresses superbly in to porcelain clay.
Thanks for this and all your videos/help-just made my first set of makers marks today free watching this took quite a while and definitely a bit bigger than yours but chuffed!
I should put my hands on a butter's block size of porcelain to try my hand on this or maybe wait and see if you decided to do commissions 😅. That metallic manganese glaze is really cool, but I like how it looks on the 2nd from the right, between the red and light yellow 14:44 , is that applied thicker or a complete different glaze?
The manganese crystal was really interesting and gave me an idea for a bismuth glaze. I'm quite new to pottery (I have no tools, nor access to a kiln but I have practice with refining clay I've dug up myself) and I'm unfamiliar with the chemistry of glazes. I know that bismuth has a rather low melting point but without doing research I'm not sure what components are commonly found in glazes and therefore unsure of any potential reactions bismuth might have when fired.
If you mix vermiculite into a bit of moist stoneware clay, then it can be used to roll a coil with in order to chuck up heatwork cones inside of a kiln and fire rapidly, like single fire without exploding.
Lovely video, really helped me make my own makers mark. Thank you. I have seen another video suggesting that they should only be bisque fired so they don't clog up when you use them. But you fire fully? Does this make a difference to the mark in the end. Excellent videos you produce. Thanks.
Thanks Sarah! Well, if pressed against properly leather hard clay I can't see how they'd clog really, mine never do. I simply them before fully fired as I can glaze them, which is a nice treat, and the material itself is much stronger. If you stamp soft clay then yes, fully fired clay will stick a bit more but I never run into that issue.
Out of curiosity, why are the marks recessed and not extended outwards? And can you make them protruding outwards? I would think the dryer the surface of the clay the less the mark would make and the easier it would be to damage the pot when pressing in. With an an extended mark then just the letter and a border would be stamped into the clay and seems it would be easier to make the mark? I'm a beginner so maybe I lack the awareness of experience. Your thoughts?
Thanks Florian, I always enjoy your videos and I appreciate the clear narrative. How long do these maker's marks last? How many times can you use them?
Thank you so much for this video. I never used „wadding“. Sounds great! Do you let it dry before you put it in the kiln? Doesn’t it „explode“ when it’s still wet?
@@floriangadsby I really love the red glaze too, have some special purple glowing! Which glaze is it? Love your work Florian and the videos are simply incredible
In which circumstances do you use the various marks? They look gorgeous and I'd love to know more about them - I've only noticed you use the F style in your videos I've seen
I saw another video of yours where you said this makers mark was a rune. Dont know if you know this......but that specific rune is Ansus. It's an A. Not an F. F is Fehu. The lines go up, not down. So youre signing your pottery with a runic A.
"Makers marks should be made by the maker" -> "Also contemplating accepting comissions for making other people's makers marks" 🤔 Haha, nonetheless, great video!
Right? I made a few as gifts for potter friends of mine, and they went down well, so I was thinking of them as more of a present object - but who knows. You should see the number of emails I’ve received though of people asking me to make them a set… help.
You could try using simply a coarse stoneware clay body. You just have to make sure it's TOTALLY dry before firing it and take the beginning of your firing slowly, more like a bisque firing perhaps.
For the support for the stamps, I wonder... what could be a good replacement for the 50% kaolin clay for the wadding mixture? Would any other clay work? I don't use any materials that have animal-derived ingredients (since kaolin contains bone ash is not an option for me). Answering the last question: the manganese glaze is fascinating, and the clear yellow is also beautiful but I actually do like the black one too. Thank you so much for showing and explaining things in so much detail. Great video!
Bone china contains bone ash but most kaolins/china clays don't, so you should be fine as long as you find the right material. Alternatively, you could use a smooth stoneware too, it all just needs to be very dry before putting it in the glaze firing. Thanks for watching! And good luck making your own :)
Why would you ever want to make other peoples maker marks when you made such a fuss about them coming directly from the actual artists hands? That makes no sense
Upon completion of the video that bit dos sound weird - in the past I've made a set of marks for some friends - as gifts, that were well received and are used, I suppose it's a nice gesture but you're totally right! It goes against the whole point I was trying to get across. Perhaps it's more of a novelty and there's always going to be people who don't create their own stamps.
I love the sound they make they clank together in your hand. That's so satisfying for some reason. 😅
Just had my space set up for this year!
Definitely making some stamps with this method. Thanks Florian!
It´s the simplicity of the process that makes it so mesmerizing.
Wow, thank you Florian for what you've been done.
I am currently watching all your narrated videos, they're cool to see at least 1 before sleep. The narration voice is so soothing.
And I am being fascinated by pottery making.
Thank you!
I liked the manganese crystal and the black lava. Great detailed tutorial.
The manganese crystal was quite fascinating and gave me an idea for a bismuth glaze
The manganese One looks quite spectacular but the red One is nice too. 👍
Thank you, I’m inspired to make a fresh batch of my logo. Your detailed demo has been useful.
You forgot to stamp a maker's mark on your maker's mark!
Wonderful video! I tried making my own and there was definitely a steep learning curve. I guess I need to keep trying.
I think I like the red the most. Though that metallic flake black is eye catching as well.
I almost bought a 3d printed Maker's Mark, but I will give this a try instead.
Thanks for sharing.
I looove the Manganese finish one. Wonder how that would look in a bowl where it coats the inside but only a few cm down the edge on the exterior with the white porcelain peaking out on the rest
I used to carve my initials or other backwards in a chunk of plaster. And, quite easily avoid having to make a signature. However, 'rubber stamp' maker has a service for just that. And impresses superbly in to porcelain clay.
Thanks for this and all your videos/help-just made my first set of makers marks today free watching this took quite a while and definitely a bit bigger than yours but chuffed!
Your videos are so helpful, thank you so much!! 🤍
I should put my hands on a butter's block size of porcelain to try my hand on this or maybe wait and see if you decided to do commissions 😅. That metallic manganese glaze is really cool, but I like how it looks on the 2nd from the right, between the red and light yellow 14:44 , is that applied thicker or a complete different glaze?
I had ceramics in the morning during high school and remember the clinking cracks of cooling glaze when Mr. Smith opened the kiln.
So much fun to watch.
The manganese glaze 😍
I like it! Thank you!
The manganese crystal was really interesting and gave me an idea for a bismuth glaze. I'm quite new to pottery (I have no tools, nor access to a kiln but I have practice with refining clay I've dug up myself) and I'm unfamiliar with the chemistry of glazes. I know that bismuth has a rather low melting point but without doing research I'm not sure what components are commonly found in glazes and therefore unsure of any potential reactions bismuth might have when fired.
God also left his signature on His People.❤the work you do is Godly😊
If you mix vermiculite into a bit of moist stoneware clay, then it can be used to roll a coil with in order to chuck up heatwork cones inside of a kiln and fire rapidly, like single fire without exploding.
Lovely video, really helped me make my own makers mark. Thank you.
I have seen another video suggesting that they should only be bisque fired so they don't clog up when you use them. But you fire fully? Does this make a difference to the mark in the end. Excellent videos you produce. Thanks.
I wondered the same thing. Is a bisque firing enough?
Thanks Sarah! Well, if pressed against properly leather hard clay I can't see how they'd clog really, mine never do. I simply them before fully fired as I can glaze them, which is a nice treat, and the material itself is much stronger. If you stamp soft clay then yes, fully fired clay will stick a bit more but I never run into that issue.
@Florian Gadsby thank you. Maybe I'll fire mine fully then! Only been used a couple of times so far.
Very good video
Out of curiosity, why are the marks recessed and not extended outwards? And can you make them protruding outwards? I would think the dryer the surface of the clay the less the mark would make and the easier it would be to damage the pot when pressing in. With an an extended mark then just the letter and a border would be stamped into the clay and seems it would be easier to make the mark? I'm a beginner so maybe I lack the awareness of experience. Your thoughts?
Thanks Florian, I always enjoy your videos and I appreciate the clear narrative. How long do these maker's marks last? How many times can you use them?
Thanks so much for watching! Well, as they're porcelain they could last a VERY long time, as long as you don't drop them.
@@floriangadsby I see. If they last long is there a reason you make several? Apart from the different glazes?
Demonstrative purposes, incase I lose one, some larger for bigger pots,
smaller ones for the tiny feet of bowls. Lots of reasons!
@@floriangadsby Got it, thank you :)
Thank you so much for this video. I never used „wadding“. Sounds great! Do you let it dry before you put it in the kiln? Doesn’t it „explode“ when it’s still wet?
They are super nice! What brand of clay is that? :)
I like the red glaze, not sure why it appeals to me but it does.
Me too... there's something very satisfying and smooth about it, it's not entirely flat and shimmers a bit.
@@floriangadsby I really love the red glaze too, have some special purple glowing! Which glaze is it?
Love your work Florian and the videos are simply incredible
In which circumstances do you use the various marks? They look gorgeous and I'd love to know more about them - I've only noticed you use the F style in your videos I've seen
I saw another video of yours where you said this makers mark was a rune. Dont know if you know this......but that specific rune is Ansus. It's an A. Not an F. F is Fehu. The lines go up, not down. So youre signing your pottery with a runic A.
Nice!
Question : why use wadding, the special refractory base for them to sit on, and not just a little clay base?
Thanks for the awesome content!
That’s what I am wondering too!
The Ash rune. Classy as fuck.
So before you start carving the clay is dry or semi dry? Thank you
"Makers marks should be made by the maker" -> "Also contemplating accepting comissions for making other people's makers marks" 🤔
Haha, nonetheless, great video!
Right? I made a few as gifts for potter friends of mine, and they went down well, so I was thinking of them as more of a present object - but who knows. You should see the number of emails I’ve received though of people asking me to make them a set… help.
What can we use if we don't have access to wadding?
You could try using simply a coarse stoneware clay body. You just have to make sure it's TOTALLY dry before firing it and take the beginning of your firing slowly, more like a bisque firing perhaps.
For the support for the stamps, I wonder... what could be a good replacement for the 50% kaolin clay for the wadding mixture? Would any other clay work? I don't use any materials that have animal-derived ingredients (since kaolin contains bone ash is not an option for me). Answering the last question: the manganese glaze is fascinating, and the clear yellow is also beautiful but I actually do like the black one too. Thank you so much for showing and explaining things in so much detail. Great video!
Bone china contains bone ash but most kaolins/china clays don't, so you should be fine as long as you find the right material. Alternatively, you could use a smooth stoneware too, it all just needs to be very dry before putting it in the glaze firing. Thanks for watching! And good luck making your own :)
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I like this one, like Chinese characters " 匠 "
Right? Which means crafts/craftsmanship if I remember correctly. Total coincidence!
@@floriangadsby This also means like master
How often do you have to make new ones?
Practically never. Highly fired porcelain will last a very long time.
I was a vidéo about how to make clay
Why would you ever want to make other peoples maker marks when you made such a fuss about them coming directly from the actual artists hands? That makes no sense
Upon completion of the video that bit dos sound weird - in the past I've made a set of marks for some friends - as gifts, that were well received and are used, I suppose it's a nice gesture but you're totally right! It goes against the whole point I was trying to get across. Perhaps it's more of a novelty and there's always going to be people who don't create their own stamps.
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