Glazing Our Bonsai Pots, The Bonsai Zone, March 2022
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- Izabela and I are applying Iron Oxide and a glaze to finish our hand made bonsai pots. The pots will then get their final firing in the kiln for the big reveal next week!
To see previous videos on making these pots, click on the playlist here...
• Bonsai Pots
Check out Izabela's channel "Gaean Gardens" here....
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Here is Isabela's Etsy store....
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What an amazing resource for knowledge Izabela is! Your community is lucky to have such a generous teacher.
I agree Diana and she is so patient with me, even when I make a mess!!!
So kind of you to say this Diana, thank you- Izabela
This is so exciting! Never thought I'd watch people doing pottery with a wide grin on my face!
Thanks, it will be a long week of waiting, like a kid waiting for Christmas!
Nigel makes everything so engaging and exicitng for sure, glad you're enjoying- Izabela
I am very much looking forward to seeing how kind the kiln gods are and how these glazes turn out. Always a bit of a roll of the dice 🤞
It's priceless handmade by the Master Nigel, so nice pieces!!
Thanks Cherie!!!!
Can't wait to see them done! This is a cool collab!
that is a nice edit Nigel! Cool to see this long process compressed to 30min
Thanks Izabela, I had a really enjoyable afternoon working away at the pots, I can't wait to see them next!!
That cliffhanger...!! Can't wait to see the results... ^^ Thx Nigel for sharing your "Bonzai Life" with us :)
That looks like so much fun. Excited to see the results.
Thanks Elisabeth, I can't wait!!
She's such patient, friendly, creative and instructive teacher, awesome to see such amazing progress on the pots.
Thank you for your kindness, what I know I learned from my teacher- Izabela
That's kind of you to say, Nigel did amazing- Izabela
Great job Izabela and Nigel! Looking forward to the big reveal! 👍
Yes, it will be very exciting and hopefully not disappointing!!
So excited about the pots!!! Sure they will came beautiful from the kiln
I’m really enjoying the pottery videos with Izabela! She does such beautiful work. I just got my “northern lights” pot from her! It is so pretty and I think that I will have to go shopping to find a perfect tree for the pot! 🥰
That's so nice Barb, let me know what you choose to plant in it, I'd love to see it- Izabela
Wonderful!
Nigel, your face makes me think "kid in a candy store". But then, Izabela's apron makes me think of Mrs Claus; so then I am thinking about a kid on Christmas morning, and it is all the good things rolled into one! Pure joy of discovery is a rare thing to watch, and all the more enjoyable for that. It is like a mirror to how I feel dong pottery and bonsai, too!
Thanks Rebecca, I can hardly wait until Wednesday for the big reveal!
Wonderful! Making pots looks like so much fun! I was hoping to see the final result today but I guess I’ll have to wait till next time! 😅
Awesome series. Can't wait to see them in all their glory 😀😀
Thanks Sam, I'm heading over on Wednesday next week for the reveal!!
@@TheBonsaiZone Can't wait. Awesome mate and fingers crossed it turns out really nice. I'm sure it will. 😀
Nigel, have you come across Dan Barton's videos? He's a very accomplished potter in the UK, and he has several UA-cam contributions all about making bonsai pots. There's a recent one, oddly titled 'Smoothing a coil pot' which actually takes you through all the stages of handbuilding in some detail. You are being taught properly and watching Dan Barton would be a good addition.
Thanks David, yes I subscribed and have watched all of Dan's video's, they are amazing!!
Bit late with comments as I saved the viewing of this video to today (Sunday). I second what most already said and really appreciate the joy of crafting this insprires to.
Thanks so much!!!
There is a lot of work going into the pots. No wonder handmade pots are expensive. Isabela is a great instructor.
Yes, I'm amazed how long it takes to make a pot, lots of care goes into them!!
Oh my goodness!! You are doing so much wicked cool stuff!!!
Fun stuff on a cold day!!
This is very exciting Nigel! Can't wait to see how they come out after firing!
Lisa
I agree, I can't wait!!
Really interesting video enjoyed it immensely, can't wait to see how they turn out. Brilliant video thanks for sharing Nigel 👍
Thanks Deb, it was so nice working on the pots!!!
I want to make a pot now. 😝
I think you should try!!
Great updates video Nigel. Just love your plant room 😍 I think you need more space because you can never have too many tree's 😉
Very interesting Nigel, can't wait to see how it comes out after firing!
Thanks Xin, me too, I hope they look good!
Amazing, wish you the best!
Thanks for the video. I am doing what I call the bonsai shuffle here in northern Oklahoma. It’s the time of year here where it’s 70 F in the afternoons and down to freezing at night. So I move my bonsai from inside to outside and back every day.
We'll do anything for our trees, it's a good workout too!!!
Just thought of this! An ash glaze is usually the unpredictable outcome of a wood fired kiln - matt and attractive. But would it be possible to apply ash as you're applying oxide? There must be potters that would know. Then you could have (say) a bonsai pine in a pine ash pot, or whatever. Interesting, a pot complementing its tree in both shape and appearance.
I'm sure it's possible David, it does give an awesome finish! More experiments will have to come!!
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Did you have fun?
I sure did!! It was all new for me and I learned a lot in one day!! Izabela is a great teacher!
Does Izabela use a tack cloth to get the fines off after sanding? Just wondering.
What's a tack cloth Tom? I use a wet rug or simply wash the pots after sanding before glazing- Izabela
Foist
Noice!
Why do you not want to glaze the bottom of the pots?
It helps wick away excess moisture from the bottom of the pot. Maybe tradition too?
Foith