Kurinuki Yunomi: How to carve a teacup from a lump of clay

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[@CarissaReneeKimbell]

I love watching your creative process! Such a beautiful creation and such dedication. Thanks for sharing! 😀

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

So glad you liked it! Thank you for watching xxx

[@TheChristineHuang]

love this! hope you make a video on your kurinuki teapot process as well

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Christine Huang Thank you ! Glad you liked it and yes I have a teapot video in the works - stay tuned xx

[@benpjr9640]

Great demonstration, thanks !

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

My pleasure and very happy you enjoyed the video! Thank you Ben x

[@brentrobbie2293]

Wonderful

[@CristinaBphoto]

Très joli. Merci beaucoup pour le partage ! 🙂👍🏻🌼

[@MarkoVegano]

I'm glad I happened onto your channel. I had seen this done with other pottery artist, but I couldn't remember who. But now I have your instructions and I hope I can do a good attemp to honor the tradition. Thanks for sharing. Subscribed.

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Thank you! I'm so glad you found my videos helpful :) Let me know if you have any questions! x

[@nubbee77]

thanks

[@kaytusdesign7502]

Great, thanx for sharing💝

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

No problem! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@Moharani21]

Awesome❤

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Ah thank you so much x

[@cheungshuon]

You solve my problem, thanks for your demonstration

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

No problem! Happy to help -glad you found it useful :) I'm intrigued now - what was the problem?

[@cheungshuon]

@@BlankEarthCeramics I have no idea how to do that, thanks your demonstration

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

@@cheungshuon Hehe! No problem :)

[@dccreations1361]

That's pretty cool

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Thank you!!

[@PastorErickDMarquez]

Great video Excellent 🎉🎉🎉

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Thank you so much xxx

[@lisacatlin7127]

I found you on Pinterest. I love the Kurinuki style but did not know what it was called! Thank you for sharing your process. I'm going to give it a try.

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Hi Lisa - so glad you're going to try it out! Hope you find my tutorials useful and let me know if you have any questions xx

[@lisacatlin7127]

@@BlankEarthCeramics Your tutorials are great! I am going to share them with my ceramic's instructor.

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

@@lisacatlin7127 Thank you for sharing!! xxx

[@carmecarrerastrelliso764]

Muchas grácias !!!

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Thank you!

[@luccamagic]

delicious

[@deepashtray5605]

Sweet.

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Thank you :)

[@adrianocrocenzi2132]

Bravissima splendide creazioni

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Thank you Adriano!

[@fruitlessbeast]

Now 829 likes including mine fresh one. Thanks for sharing!

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Aw thank you so much!!!

[@Zoomfreaky]

This really is gorgeous. And a very clear and beautiful tutorial. Can’t wait to make one. Just one question…and an important one. How do you deal with sharp edges? It seems you are making a lot of them this way. Do you sand them down after the bisque fire? Would love hear from you. Thank you in advance! And now I am going to see what other videos you’ve made….😋🙏

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

To be honest, I really don't do a lot of sanding at all. As long as the edge isn't really sharp, I don't bother as the glaze will smooth over most of the roughness. Otherwise I'll give it a bit of a rub down with sandpaper. After glazing I do check over everything and sand any sharp bits down with a diamond pad, especially the bottoms so nothing scrathes any table it's placed on.

[@Zoomfreaky]

@@BlankEarthCeramics Ah thank you! That helps! I will try it out. Seems such a fun way to make a cup or anything really. Love watching you work. You make such beautiful pottery. Thanks for sharing!

[@karenharper13]

are you doing this when the clay is leather hard or fresh? this is so lovely.

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

It best the do the first hollowing out when the clay is soft then leave until leather hard to do the carving on the outside. I've linked a blog post in the description with step by step instructions to go along with the video that you might fine helpful :)

[@karenharper13]

@@BlankEarthCeramics thank you so much! I'm stoked to try it out.

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

@@karenharper13 Good luck with it!

[@elliepapadopoulou6680]

love your channel! what if I want to make something bigger lets say 70cm high. then how can I do it with the kurinuki method?

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Thank you! I would say 70cm is quite challenging using this method - you would just start with enough clay to reach that height, you can use a long cylinder piece of wood to form the interior of the piece while the clay is soft and then hollow from there - it's not something I have done before though!

[@richardtaylor2361]

nah I'm good