Stop cracks in your pottery! // Different kinds of ceramic cracks and how to prevent them.

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 68

  • @chompers11
    @chompers11 3 роки тому +11

    Sitting here with a notebook nodding and taking notes like uhhuh, uhhuh, uhhuh. This is so helpful THANKS

  • @lynneschneider2885
    @lynneschneider2885 Рік тому +1

    Another great and informative video. Mia answered questions my local vendor could not answer…thank you again! 👍👍👌

  • @jeffhurst4744
    @jeffhurst4744 2 місяці тому

    Excellent overview. I’m new to pottery, and appreciate this information on what to look out for in clay arts.

  • @felipegazoni
    @felipegazoni 3 роки тому +8

    I just wanna say thank you a lot. The tip, turn over before trim, save my life. 70% of my pieces cracks. Now none one cracks anymore. ❤️

  • @aprilbehnke9611
    @aprilbehnke9611 3 роки тому +4

    Thank you! I get S cracks very often and didn't know you were supposed to flip the pots to dry!!

  • @charlottesmom
    @charlottesmom Рік тому

    Made my first plate the other day, got a crack, made a really nice mug, handle got a couple cracks...😖. Sitting here sucking in this info, thank you for this video!!

  • @lulzgibberish3772
    @lulzgibberish3772 3 роки тому +10

    Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience so generously!! 🥰

  • @ashliellis1718
    @ashliellis1718 3 роки тому +4

    Thanks for taking the time to make these videos! I have learned so much

  • @timclark4931
    @timclark4931 3 роки тому +3

    Great tips. I am just starting out and learned a bunch! Thank you.

  • @staceem
    @staceem 2 роки тому +3

    Really great video Mia! I'm enjoying many of your vids as I'm a new potter and am especially interested in hand-building. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge, I really appreciate it. :)✨

  • @micheledickey4066
    @micheledickey4066 3 роки тому +5

    You shared such great information!! Thank you so much!!

  • @patryuska
    @patryuska 11 місяців тому

    OMG never been told on the drying flip, ohhh I hope that is what will avoid the S cracks there 🤞

  • @steveanacorteswa3979
    @steveanacorteswa3979 Рік тому

    Thanks for this video, I make Bonsai pots and until now they were pretty small, as I am making larger pots I am getting more cracking.

  • @al-vj4cg
    @al-vj4cg Рік тому

    Such great tips as always. Interesting compressing theory. I learned for a time in Thailand and my instructor put an emphasis on compressing the bottom. He was Thai and trained in Chiang Mai. So not sure if it's a Western thing but who knows, I know their medical schools often use Western books so maybe some got thrown into the pottery as well. Not that they wouldn't have had their own massive clay knowledge and history to call upon but interesting.

  • @smallka1416
    @smallka1416 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you very much for all the information, they really helped! I am wondering if you could share some of your favourite pottery books for beginner or to anyone?

  • @Jonjonlovers
    @Jonjonlovers Рік тому

    Thank you for sharing these tips. I am just wondering if glazing the none biscuit clay body can makes the cracks.

  • @tannaztahsini4446
    @tannaztahsini4446 Рік тому

    Thank you for this video❤

  • @Nushqa
    @Nushqa 2 роки тому

    Love your videos. You explain everything sooo well. Thank you 🙏

  • @adamasartislife2943
    @adamasartislife2943 2 роки тому

    💗💗💗thank you!!!

  • @sandracartica4932
    @sandracartica4932 2 роки тому

    Very informative, thank you!

  • @uib301
    @uib301 2 роки тому

    Really well explained, thank you.

  • @bbsdaniel9676
    @bbsdaniel9676 2 роки тому

    Thank you a lot for your tips! I wish I had found this video sooner ❤

  • @RosarioCostanzo
    @RosarioCostanzo 3 роки тому +2

    Wow what a great lesson!! You're great, Mia!! Thanks for sharing it

  • @kokweyebovi9805
    @kokweyebovi9805 Рік тому

    Thanks so much for sharing all your experience. On the issue of flipping your pot for drying the base what can you do with a piece of sculpture that has a tapered top that cannot sit?

  • @RiccardoCavallari1
    @RiccardoCavallari1 2 роки тому

    Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! ❤🙏

  • @KelseyHubley
    @KelseyHubley 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks for another great video! I was wondering if you have any tips on how to pick a project and how to plan a project or studio time? I have to bus to the studio and can only go a few hours at a time. Hope this makes sense thanks 😊

  • @beabejo14
    @beabejo14 2 роки тому +1

    Maybe You have a tip how to fix crackle, and how it could be avoided? Thinner glaze coat? Cup and bowl that I made have crackled inside, but I want to use them for food:(

  • @jrs1845
    @jrs1845 3 роки тому

    Thank you soooo much for sharing your experiences and knowledge

  • @Californiamari
    @Californiamari Рік тому

    So if, for example, I only glaze the edges of my sculpture, would that potentially cause stress? Should I be glazing all of the sculpture in one way or another? Thanks

  • @susi6679
    @susi6679 3 роки тому +2

    Hey☺️ Love your content! What if there are only small holes in the glaze and a pling sound?

    • @PotterytothePeople
      @PotterytothePeople  3 роки тому

      Holes in the glazes are called pinholes (or maybe crawling?) that is a firing problem, not really a crack. Pinging usually comes from crazing.

  • @danielajohnson177
    @danielajohnson177 3 роки тому +1

    This is fantastic, thank you very much!!! I so needed this information! :)

  • @kimazz1
    @kimazz1 Рік тому

    Thank you

  • @CAZZIEK321
    @CAZZIEK321 2 роки тому

    Very useful, thank you so much.

  • @gracecassidy437
    @gracecassidy437 3 роки тому +1

    This is such an informative video!!! So appreciative :)
    What about pinholes? Why do those happen and is the piece no longer food safe? Thank you!

    • @PotterytothePeople
      @PotterytothePeople  3 роки тому

      Technically yes, but there are different thoughts on this among potters. If the clay is vitrified, I generally think they are ok. Pinholes can appear from a bunch of different problems. I will make a video about it!

    • @gracecassidy437
      @gracecassidy437 3 роки тому

      @@PotterytothePeople Thank you so much! I have loved your videos -- they've taught me so much in the first year of pottery :) Sending love from California!

  • @antjenehls6061
    @antjenehls6061 3 роки тому +1

    Your videos are so helpful! Thank you

  • @deannak1841
    @deannak1841 Рік тому

    I often a like 1 crack in my glaze usually at the base of a wall, just 1 lil 1-3” crack in the glaze, looks like it was pulling apart. a spoon rest had a piece of underglaze bubble up and chipped off a little rectangular chunk of glaze n the underglaze with it, but when I try to research it just shows crazing!.

  • @raquelcordeiro4186
    @raquelcordeiro4186 Рік тому

    I had a crack happen on the bottom of the wall and edge of the bottom. What could be causing this?

  • @evetaitcreations
    @evetaitcreations Рік тому

    I have more cracks with the 3rd firing for gold. Any ideas why?

  • @paintandpotterybymangala
    @paintandpotterybymangala 3 роки тому

    I do agree with you that compressing is not so important .The base needs to be clean, smooth and even like you say .I have never got cracks at the bottom.Maybe the s crack because I might have left some slip when I went for the closed form .

    • @PotterytothePeople
      @PotterytothePeople  3 роки тому

      Yay, good to hear I'm not the only one who things compression is a big conspiracy, lol!

    • @chrispya1
      @chrispya1 3 роки тому

      Compressing is fun, though! I like it because it gives me a moment to think about what to do next. ;D

  • @DerNeueGranatapfel
    @DerNeueGranatapfel Рік тому

    Do you know a book in German similar to "The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques"? That would be so great! Thank you! :)

  • @Deem57
    @Deem57 3 роки тому

    Very informative.

  • @alexandracompton3786
    @alexandracompton3786 2 роки тому

    Hi Mia - I buy bisqueware and decorate with glaze and my vases keep cracking around the base evening if I leave the kiln and open at 50 degrees. Do you know of a solution with the glazing or kiln settings? Thank you!! Sasha

  • @lucialatenstein6892
    @lucialatenstein6892 3 роки тому

    Thank you!!!! Need to flip my plates!

  • @ericshaw3165
    @ericshaw3165 Рік тому

    😮 I just heard you say never open your kiln before 100 Celsius? I think you meant 100 Fahrenheit. I don't ever open before it is within 20 F of ambient temperature. This seems like a good rule of thumb. But if you are opening at 100C and don't have any problems, then okay, I can not speak to that as I have never opened my kiln at that high temperature.

  • @sanaspets5851
    @sanaspets5851 3 роки тому

    love your videos so much! i just subscribed!

  • @reneeweisschase
    @reneeweisschase 2 роки тому

    Thanks so much for this informative video! I am a hand builder and make hollow forms with added bottoms. I am not able to turn my pieces over for even drying and this results in cracks some of the time. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

    • @PotterytothePeople
      @PotterytothePeople  2 роки тому +1

      Do you mean the piece is round at the top or something? You can make a sort of support with a bucket and a towel (or something else) and to rest them upside down if theyre round on the top. This is what I do because I really believe they need to be flipped, so I will do it however I can.

  • @joysu5080
    @joysu5080 3 роки тому

    Thank you so much!!

  • @kevinjamiesonbelou
    @kevinjamiesonbelou 2 роки тому

    I’ve never compressed the bottom and I’ve never had s cracks or any issues.

  • @mateusp55
    @mateusp55 3 роки тому

    awesome video!!

  • @OriginalLacytoo
    @OriginalLacytoo Рік тому

    A clothes dryer is a good tool for gently drying clay(provided you have laundry to do)!

  • @Taichientaoyin
    @Taichientaoyin 2 роки тому

    I haven't made my first piece. I am afraids of cracks already.

  • @LizaPolitical
    @LizaPolitical 3 роки тому

    What is engobe?

    • @PotterytothePeople
      @PotterytothePeople  3 роки тому

      this video explains it: m.ua-cam.com/video/GnwbmjRSpYo/v-deo.html

  • @kennethdante
    @kennethdante Рік тому

    lol 11:50

  • @Bacciagalupe
    @Bacciagalupe 7 місяців тому

    : )

  • @kimberlygarcia7091
    @kimberlygarcia7091 11 місяців тому

    say crack one more time