I have strongly recommended to my students that they watch your videos. Your showing of the both the amount of work and, more importantly, the amount of waiting involved in making a single pot let alone hundreds is eye opening. Thank you.
This is really nice gesture for the people who helped get the book published. Cute looking little mugs that I am sure they will all love to drink from.
It feels like a theme in ceramics is humility. Ultimately, you can't force the clay to have the right level of moisture, not completely, without compromising something else. It's ready when it's ready, and you have to be able to wait, and then strike while the anvil is... leather hard.
You mention that you don’t think the plastic wrapping/unwrapping footage is interesting, but I do actually think it is! I’m fascinated by every step of the process that you show. Plus, you do everything with so much intention and precision-I think that turns something so seemingly mundane into something quite compelling.
I recently started a pottery class and on the first session I was able to throw 5 pieces. Obviously they were far from perfect but I was really surprised and everyone else thought I had previous experience. Truth is it was the first time I touched a wheel but after watching tons of your videos I felt like I knew what I was doing. Thanks a lot for sharing you knowledge in such an amazing way. I adore your work! 🙏
It's been a long time since I've commented on videos on UA-cam, and here am I, because your videos are so calm and it kind of invite a response. I love the fact you made them special mugs, they'll be appreciated. At last, I want to share a funny fact about coffee mugs: In Brazil [where I live] we drink coffee multiple times a day, just like you drink tea in the UK, and our coffee is so strong that we use 50ml mugs. I was imagining you throwing these teeny tiny 50ml mugs p.s.: THE DOG SPINNING!!!!! He's so cute
Well, thank you! What kind words, I'm lucky to have you as a viewer. I have a few Brazilian friends and one of them drinks more espresso than anyone I've ever met, so maybe that explains it. And yes, Ciro himself! He'll do anything for a treat.
It's like anything, the more you do the better and easier it gets, although, there were definitely moments during this video where I was exhausted! Thanks for watching Kristen!
I went to the museum with my friends and the rest of my art class. Aside from it being the best feild trip I could ever have as a senior. I also got the chance to buy your book in person. I never expected to see it here where I live but I'm so glad I bought it. It's been really helpful giving tips for my own Potters journey.
It is so cool how you have become a part of my routine. I am currently trying to make my art dreams come true; so, thank you for sharing your story big bro Florian! :)
I have been throwing for 4 months and finally made a mug I am proud of. I watch this video of yours and a couple more and have been pulling nicely. Thank you for your videos, my husband and grand kids are so proud of me.😁🎉. I am a slow learner, but your a great teacher.
I LOVE the blue glaze, haven’t seen it before. To be fair I enjoy how all your pots are glazed, the green reminds me of eucalyptus. A very familiar colour!
There's something mesmerizing about seeing you repetition throw so many essentially identical cups. Keep up the great work, love these longer videos that showcases the entire process from clay to finished cup!
Ah glad you thought so, I was narrating it thinking that nobody would find it remotely interesting! But it's part of a potter's life, unless you have a damp cupboard, maybe I need to find somewhere in my studio to build one... thanks for watching!
As always, I stay until the last minute. Earn more from your knowledge, and your experience. I ordered your book as a birthday present for myself😊 Hope to find interesting things there, that will make this year more developing, educational and a little happier :) Thank you for the opportunity. And also about this sweet video❤
Ill be honest im here from your collab with Alex, but I'm already in love with your work. Amazing stuff and it's really nice to have on while I'm working
There is something so incredibly satisfying about seeing dozens of identical items side by side, especially hand made. Love your work as always, hoping to get the book soon :)
Right? We did a lot of this in college, lining pots up and then picking the outliers to be destroyed. Thanks for watching and, if and when you get the book, I hope you enjoy the read!
Its so incredible to see the difference in size. Especially obvious with smaller mugs in a way. Definitely exciting to see them reveal their colours and shapes after a firing.
I've been teaching myself from your videos. I practice every weekend after teaching all week. I'm getting slightly better every week, BUT it takes me a lot of time to make just a couple in one night. I can't imagine 100 AND identical! I'm lacking consistency in size and shape. I'm getting there.
Three times. The first was when I was studying in Ireland, I dropped a board of my teapots, (not fired yet so it wasn't so bad). Then, during my apprenticeship with Lisa Hammond, I dropped a board of fired yunomi teacups, thankfully only 1-2 broke! And finally, I smashed a board of Ken Matsuzaki's tea bowls, not chawan, but more repetitively thrown shapes with feet. He was absolutely fine about it and I've never apologised more about anything in my entire life, I felt dreadful!
Just a personal opinion, but I find the blue ones very appealing (though they're more teal than blue, aren't they?) you should definitely include that glazing more and more into your usual body of work.
Thank you so much for sharing your process with so much clarity and simplicity. Your skill and the processes you've honed are inspiring, as is your finished work.
Thanks for making this video, I always learn something! Loved the tinkling-sound when the kiln was opened…so cool🤓. Thanks again for sharing such thoughtfully created videos.
I love your work, it’s a pleasure to watch your attention to detail and fine craftsmanship. Also your tidiness close to godliness! I wish I had a tidier space to work in, the studio I rent time in is much less so, but I try to leave it better than I find it.
watching this the night before your drop this year and it's REALLY got me longing for one of your pieces! i'm sure i'm not the only one doing this too, may the gods of luck smile upon me tomorrow...
I watched this entire video, glued to every word you said. I’m so inspired by you. Your meticulous attention every step of the way, how you value efficiency and zero waste, and how you explained both why and how blemishes can happen. Thank you!
I love seeing all the work that goes into creating many similar things each with their own character. Also I just recently watched the Great Pottery Throw down and was delighted to see you demonstrate your handle pulling skills :)
Ah yes, the infamous handle pulling, recently described in the Guardian as, "one of the most phallic episodes ever seen on TV." Thanks for watching! So pleased you enjoyed the video.
Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge. I have been trying to learn about pottery and most UA-cam creators do not explain what or why something is or isn't done. I plan on going back through all of your videos. THANK YOU
watching you make these is amazing, they are beautiful cups! thank you for making this video! also you inadvertently answered a question i had wondered (if broken pots could be turned back to clay with water) so thank you for that too!
I've seen you make a lot of cups now, but it is still enjoyable with new small tips every time. Additionally, I must send a lot of kudos for your book which I am a couple of chapters into. I am not a big reader but the stories and your writing style catches me. That was a lot of positive words. Promise to bring some criticism next time. Best wishes
I am starting to get into my pottery journey and picked up your book. I did not realize that i’ve been watching your videos! But I love your work and am a huge fan! I’ve been learning a lot and am hoping to start myself on a wheel in the near future!
The entire video is soothing and gets anyone interested in this process. Its all because of the details with which you explain. I try to notice and grasp all the details you explain. Which makes me wonder what is the 6th column on your graph sheet during reduction firing 27:56
Besides the benefits you mention, pulled handles are also stronger than ones where the clay is pushed through an extruder, because pulling aligns the clay platelets.
I look up to you Florian I really do your work is just so precise and flawless I’ve never seen any potter online even come close to your skill level you are truly talented you can really see all the craftsmanship and care that went into your pieces and it makes me think what of one day I can be as good as Florian Gadsby
I actually liked them even more, when they were less smooth 😅 PS: My son is 19, autistic and goes to a speciel need school. His favorite class is ceramics. He has made so many wonderful things and people ask, if his work is for sale, but he says no all the time 😄
I started taking pottery classes at a community studio last May and I am in love - I walk there nearly every day after work and try to push myself with more challenging shapes, sizes, and clay bodies (namely porcelain lately). Thank you so much for your educational content, it's helped me develop a deeper appreciation for the art and supplement what I am learning in my classes! I noticed that when I get my pieces back from my studio's reduction glaze firing (cone 10), my pieces (even when thrown with the studio's grogged stoneware clay body) often develop a warp in the rim or a wobble in the base. I know this can be due to over-firing but the glaze comes out looking as expected, so I think it has to do with my throwing. Has this happened to you along your pottery journey? And if so, I would love to hear your tips and strategies - it's quite impressive to see your very thinly thrown pieces pieces come out of a cone 10 firing so perfect and with no warping
Super exposition of the potter's skill! Only one question, you don't worry about fettling the dry glaze without a mask? Three hours fettling creates quite significant exposure?
Hey I have kind of a mundane question. What is all the kiln furniture made of? Like the stands and shelves and such. I assumed, because you talk about how expensive it is, it was some kind of fancy pants space age material or something. But it occurred to me that it could just be ceramic, right? And if it is ceramic, what stops you from making your own kiln furniture?
Beautiful work as always. I found it very interesting to see you “double” pulling your handles. I never have thought to do it that way. Though to be fair I don’t pull many handles as I prefer mostly to throw perfectly round handles. On another note, is there a particular reason you fire to cone 10? Is the clay body high fire? I usually fire my pieces to cone 6.
Inspiring as always. I love it that you pack in recyclable material. I'm curious what the gadget you use at around 33:49 for the paper tape. I've never seen such a thing.
Had an idea to make weighing the clay out faster, but I'm not actually sure if it'd work in your favor or not. Basically, instead of making balls by tearing off clay you could figure out the dimensions of a square piece of clay of that weight and then (maybe using calipers?) cutting the clay square prisms which should all be around the target weight. I don't know enough about working with clay to know if this would be helpful at all, but I thought I'd share anyway.
man I have no idea how you can just work with so many ceramics on the edge without any worry about knocking them to the ground also curious- what are those packing peanuts made of?
Your work is amazing, Florian! I am curious, though. There is some serious pinging going on when you open the kiln door... do you experience a lot of crazing?
Hi there! I love your videos! I've only been hand building and coiling in the past, but I'm now learning how to throw. May I ask you which one is your dominant hand? I'm left handed (although I'm a quasi-ambi) and it's difficult to throw if the wheel is not spinning anti-clockwise.
Thank you! So, I'm right handed, but nowadays I'm rather ambidextrous on the wheel. You'll find that potters in the West generally throw with the wheel spinning anti-clockwise, no matter if you're left or right handed, whereas in the East it's often the other way around. My advice would be to not let it be your focus when initially learning. Throwing pots feels very strange at the start and all your movements awkward and uncomfortable, no matter your dominant hand. Slowly, it'll begin to feel more natural and you'll gain more control but it really helps if you, and the person teaching you, throw in the same orientation, otherwise there can be some barriers. I guess ultimately you should do what feels most comfortable but know that at the beginning making your hands do the right thing with the lump of clay always feels clumsy. Good luck!
I have strongly recommended to my students that they watch your videos. Your showing of the both the amount of work and, more importantly, the amount of waiting involved in making a single pot let alone hundreds is eye opening. Thank you.
Thank you for doing so! That honestly means a lot, I hope they like them!
I'd make it a requirement.
So nice of that cute dog to let you do pottery in its studio
This is really nice gesture for the people who helped get the book published. Cute looking little mugs that I am sure they will all love to drink from.
It feels like a theme in ceramics is humility. Ultimately, you can't force the clay to have the right level of moisture, not completely, without compromising something else. It's ready when it's ready, and you have to be able to wait, and then strike while the anvil is... leather hard.
You mention that you don’t think the plastic wrapping/unwrapping footage is interesting, but I do actually think it is! I’m fascinated by every step of the process that you show. Plus, you do everything with so much intention and precision-I think that turns something so seemingly mundane into something quite compelling.
I recently started a pottery class and on the first session I was able to throw 5 pieces. Obviously they were far from perfect but I was really surprised and everyone else thought I had previous experience.
Truth is it was the first time I touched a wheel but after watching tons of your videos I felt like I knew what I was doing.
Thanks a lot for sharing you knowledge in such an amazing way.
I adore your work! 🙏
That is just so cool! It sure sounds like this is your niche. Don't get frustrated if you have a bad time at some point. We all do.
Your videos always seem to go by so fast they are so so fun to watch as well as relaxing :)
It's been a long time since I've commented on videos on UA-cam, and here am I, because your videos are so calm and it kind of invite a response. I love the fact you made them special mugs, they'll be appreciated.
At last, I want to share a funny fact about coffee mugs: In Brazil [where I live] we drink coffee multiple times a day, just like you drink tea in the UK, and our coffee is so strong that we use 50ml mugs. I was imagining you throwing these teeny tiny 50ml mugs
p.s.: THE DOG SPINNING!!!!! He's so cute
Well, thank you! What kind words, I'm lucky to have you as a viewer. I have a few Brazilian friends and one of them drinks more espresso than anyone I've ever met, so maybe that explains it.
And yes, Ciro himself! He'll do anything for a treat.
I like to make smaller pieces, and I started using your two-ball slap-wedging method recently. It’s been so much help speeding things up!
I made 4 mugs one pottery class and it was exhausting. This is so impressive ❤
It's like anything, the more you do the better and easier it gets, although, there were definitely moments during this video where I was exhausted! Thanks for watching Kristen!
I went to the museum with my friends and the rest of my art class. Aside from it being the best feild trip I could ever have as a senior. I also got the chance to buy your book in person. I never expected to see it here where I live but I'm so glad I bought it. It's been really helpful giving tips for my own Potters journey.
I watch these religiously as a wind-down ritual of sorts, please keep up the incredible work :D
It is so cool how you have become a part of my routine. I am currently trying to make my art dreams come true; so, thank you for sharing your story big bro Florian! :)
You can do it! 💪🏼💪🏼
Thanks for watching buddy.
I have been throwing for 4 months and finally made a mug I am proud of.
I watch this video of yours and a couple more and have been pulling nicely.
Thank you for your videos, my husband and grand kids are so proud of me.😁🎉. I am a slow learner, but your a great teacher.
Great job!
I LOVE the blue glaze, haven’t seen it before. To be fair I enjoy how all your pots are glazed, the green reminds me of eucalyptus. A very familiar colour!
There's something mesmerizing about seeing you repetition throw so many essentially identical cups. Keep up the great work, love these longer videos that showcases the entire process from clay to finished cup!
Your section on dealing with the dry glaze clearified some issues I've been having thank you so much.
Florian, you are masterful in your craft. Thank you for educating us and sharing your craft. I’m greatly inspired by your work.
The plastic covering and uncovering isn't boring 💜 I love your work
Ah glad you thought so, I was narrating it thinking that nobody would find it remotely interesting! But it's part of a potter's life, unless you have a damp cupboard, maybe I need to find somewhere in my studio to build one... thanks for watching!
I love the crackling sounds when they come out of the kiln!
Two months into my pottery journey and your videos are my source of inspiration and lots of valuable insights ❤ thank you for the beautiful work
THANK YOU! You're too kind, appreciate you taking your time to watch.
As always,
I stay until the last minute.
Earn more from your knowledge, and your experience.
I ordered your book as a birthday present for myself😊
Hope to find interesting things there, that will make this year more developing, educational and a little happier :)
Thank you for the opportunity.
And also about this sweet video❤
Finally learned why my pots go in to the kiln smooth but come out a bit rough. Thanks for yor generous gift of your time and knowledge.
Ill be honest im here from your collab with Alex, but I'm already in love with your work. Amazing stuff and it's really nice to have on while I'm working
There is something so incredibly satisfying about seeing dozens of identical items side by side, especially hand made.
Love your work as always, hoping to get the book soon :)
Right? We did a lot of this in college, lining pots up and then picking the outliers to be destroyed. Thanks for watching and, if and when you get the book, I hope you enjoy the read!
Your work is fantastic. Love the detail of your narration. I have to mention that you represent the pure definition of craftsmanship.
Its so incredible to see the difference in size. Especially obvious with smaller mugs in a way. Definitely exciting to see them reveal their colours and shapes after a firing.
Thanks!
I absolutely adore the crackling and clinking of the cooling pots in the gas kiln!
I've been teaching myself from your videos. I practice every weekend after teaching all week. I'm getting slightly better every week, BUT it takes me a lot of time to make just a couple in one night. I can't imagine 100 AND identical! I'm lacking consistency in size and shape. I'm getting there.
I so agree! A few mugs is an accomplishment.
19:50 damn...the pressure of that moment. I was holding my breath. Have you ever had a disaster happening?
Three times.
The first was when I was studying in Ireland, I dropped a board of my teapots, (not fired yet so it wasn't so bad). Then, during my apprenticeship with Lisa Hammond, I dropped a board of fired yunomi teacups, thankfully only 1-2 broke! And finally, I smashed a board of Ken Matsuzaki's tea bowls, not chawan, but more repetitively thrown shapes with feet. He was absolutely fine about it and I've never apologised more about anything in my entire life, I felt dreadful!
I can almost imagine the cold sweat along the spine seeing it happening in slow motion @@floriangadsby
Just a personal opinion, but I find the blue ones very appealing (though they're more teal than blue, aren't they?) you should definitely include that glazing more and more into your usual body of work.
Awesome mugs!!! I love that light blue color! Pairs so well with the light greens
Thank you so much for sharing your process with so much clarity and simplicity. Your skill and the processes you've honed are inspiring, as is your finished work.
Thanks for making this video, I always learn something! Loved the tinkling-sound when the kiln was opened…so cool🤓. Thanks again for sharing such thoughtfully created videos.
I loved watching this video. Thanks for the care you take in your work and in showing us your process. ❤
You are working so exact and respectful, your video is so informative and meditative at the same time, thank you. Anne
I love your work, it’s a pleasure to watch your attention to detail and fine craftsmanship.
Also your tidiness close to godliness! I wish I had a tidier space to work in, the studio I rent time in is much less so, but I try to leave it better than I find it.
watching this the night before your drop this year and it's REALLY got me longing for one of your pieces! i'm sure i'm not the only one doing this too, may the gods of luck smile upon me tomorrow...
I watched this entire video, glued to every word you said. I’m so inspired by you. Your meticulous attention every step of the way, how you value efficiency and zero waste, and how you explained both why and how blemishes can happen. Thank you!
I love seeing all the work that goes into creating many similar things each with their own character. Also I just recently watched the Great Pottery Throw down and was delighted to see you demonstrate your handle pulling skills :)
Ah yes, the infamous handle pulling, recently described in the Guardian as, "one of the most phallic episodes ever seen on TV."
Thanks for watching! So pleased you enjoyed the video.
I have been watching your videos recently. Your work is top-notch, sir.
17:27 Really enjoyed watching & learning from this video. Thanks for sharing your skills.
The images of all the fired cups mixed together was absolutely stunning! Love your work although I am not a potter, the process fascinates me.
Excellent video, as always!
Made it to the end, as always! Fascinating process and beautiful work, sir.
Thank you kindly! Appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment!
They look very beautiful.
Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge.
I have been trying to learn about pottery and most UA-cam creators do not explain what or why something is or isn't done.
I plan on going back through all of your videos.
THANK YOU
watching you make these is amazing, they are beautiful cups! thank you for making this video! also you inadvertently answered a question i had wondered (if broken pots could be turned back to clay with water) so thank you for that too!
You really do make beautiful pots. Something that I'd like to try my hand at.
This level of meticulous craftsmanship looks exhausting! Beautiful results though, of course. :)
I've seen you make a lot of cups now, but it is still enjoyable with new small tips every time. Additionally, I must send a lot of kudos for your book which I am a couple of chapters into. I am not a big reader but the stories and your writing style catches me.
That was a lot of positive words. Promise to bring some criticism next time.
Best wishes
I am starting to get into my pottery journey and picked up your book. I did not realize that i’ve been watching your videos! But I love your work and am a huge fan! I’ve been learning a lot and am hoping to start myself on a wheel in the near future!
Have you ever thought about using an extruder or slab roller for some of the prep work? Might make portioning out the clay faster and more consistent.
Indeed, I chat about that in the video in rather a lot of detail!
The singing in the background at 8:50 is probably unintentional but pretty funny, compliment them for me
My neighbour! Haha, she's a brilliant musician and I hear lots of singing at I make, those two did line up particularly well though.
The entire video is soothing and gets anyone interested in this process. Its all because of the details with which you explain. I try to notice and grasp all the details you explain. Which makes me wonder what is the 6th column on your graph sheet during reduction firing 27:56
Is it something related to dampeners
My favorite color was all the to the right at the end. The dark green. Beautiful
Besides the benefits you mention, pulled handles are also stronger than ones where the clay is pushed through an extruder, because pulling aligns the clay platelets.
Great video as always, showing technique and process. Thanks for the view
i could definitely do with more Ciro clips! ❤️ what an adorable fella
I'll make sure to film him a bit more!
I always wait for the ASMR version.
I look up to you Florian I really do your work is just so precise and flawless I’ve never seen any potter online even come close to your skill level you are truly talented you can really see all the craftsmanship and care that went into your pieces and it makes me think what of one day I can be as good as Florian Gadsby
I love your work SO MUCH. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks so much for this video, I watched all the way through. Enjoyed it thoroughly! Always so informative and relaxing.
Please tell me you take a picture of the loaded kiln at 30:15 before unloading. It looks like a framed art piece (which it is).
I have indeed! I've taken a before and after photograph of every kiln pack I've done since buying the thing.
I knew it. Thanks.@@floriangadsby
@@floriangadsby It's very Wes Anderson, I love it.
@@floriangadsbyCool!
this is so wonderful and amazing at the same time🤩
Blue is my favorite color, but I like the color of the dark green and has very much more distinguishable features.
That blue tho, wooo its fire!
4:47 I never knew that you tuaght your dog tricks, so cute tbh
I actually liked them even more, when they were less smooth 😅
PS: My son is 19, autistic and goes to a speciel need school. His favorite class is ceramics. He has made so many wonderful things and people ask, if his work is for sale, but he says no all the time 😄
I can certainly see why he is attached to each. It's hard to get your mind to the point of selling them.
Stunning 😍😍
My favorite ceramic engineer
I'm going to make myself a throwing gauge, thank you for your help with my potting Florian
I started taking pottery classes at a community studio last May and I am in love - I walk there nearly every day after work and try to push myself with more challenging shapes, sizes, and clay bodies (namely porcelain lately). Thank you so much for your educational content, it's helped me develop a deeper appreciation for the art and supplement what I am learning in my classes!
I noticed that when I get my pieces back from my studio's reduction glaze firing (cone 10), my pieces (even when thrown with the studio's grogged stoneware clay body) often develop a warp in the rim or a wobble in the base. I know this can be due to over-firing but the glaze comes out looking as expected, so I think it has to do with my throwing. Has this happened to you along your pottery journey? And if so, I would love to hear your tips and strategies - it's quite impressive to see your very thinly thrown pieces pieces come out of a cone 10 firing so perfect and with no warping
Absolutely awesome. Thanks for the inspiration and preciseness. German Folllower.
Love these videos!
thank you, Florian, very much
4:50 Inspector Dog approves of your work.
I would be so terrified of dropping or tipping over one of those stacked-full ware-boards!
Wonderful 🙌🏻😊
Incredible vlog
I can't imagine picking up a ware board with 100 pots stacked on it. I would be afraid I'd drop them all!
Super exposition of the potter's skill! Only one question, you don't worry about fettling the dry glaze without a mask? Three hours fettling creates quite significant exposure?
a lovely work
Hey I have kind of a mundane question. What is all the kiln furniture made of? Like the stands and shelves and such. I assumed, because you talk about how expensive it is, it was some kind of fancy pants space age material or something. But it occurred to me that it could just be ceramic, right?
And if it is ceramic, what stops you from making your own kiln furniture?
Would you say these are stamped with...a book mark?
very good!
Beautiful work as always. I found it very interesting to see you “double” pulling your handles. I never have thought to do it that way. Though to be fair I don’t pull many handles as I prefer mostly to throw perfectly round handles. On another note, is there a particular reason you fire to cone 10? Is the clay body high fire? I usually fire my pieces to cone 6.
It's Sundaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
Inspiring as always. I love it that you pack in recyclable material. I'm curious what the gadget you use at around 33:49 for the paper tape. I've never seen such a thing.
Had an idea to make weighing the clay out faster, but I'm not actually sure if it'd work in your favor or not. Basically, instead of making balls by tearing off clay you could figure out the dimensions of a square piece of clay of that weight and then (maybe using calipers?) cutting the clay square prisms which should all be around the target weight. I don't know enough about working with clay to know if this would be helpful at all, but I thought I'd share anyway.
We're getting some good doggo action in your latest videos :)
What did potters use before plastic wrap? It seems so integral to the process of drying properly, its invention must have been a game-changer
動画ありがとうございました。
Oh you have a dachshund? I have one too, although he’s a long haired boy. They’re such sassy little dogs, but they’re also massive cuddle bugs
man I have no idea how you can just work with so many ceramics on the edge without any worry about knocking them to the ground
also curious- what are those packing peanuts made of?
Your work is amazing, Florian! I am curious, though. There is some serious pinging going on when you open the kiln door... do you experience a lot of crazing?
😿i want one of your lil cups ❣️
Love you videos thank you ❣️😸
Hi there! I love your videos! I've only been hand building and coiling in the past, but I'm now learning how to throw. May I ask you which one is your dominant hand? I'm left handed (although I'm a quasi-ambi) and it's difficult to throw if the wheel is not spinning anti-clockwise.
Thank you! So, I'm right handed, but nowadays I'm rather ambidextrous on the wheel. You'll find that potters in the West generally throw with the wheel spinning anti-clockwise, no matter if you're left or right handed, whereas in the East it's often the other way around. My advice would be to not let it be your focus when initially learning. Throwing pots feels very strange at the start and all your movements awkward and uncomfortable, no matter your dominant hand. Slowly, it'll begin to feel more natural and you'll gain more control but it really helps if you, and the person teaching you, throw in the same orientation, otherwise there can be some barriers. I guess ultimately you should do what feels most comfortable but know that at the beginning making your hands do the right thing with the lump of clay always feels clumsy. Good luck!
@@floriangadsby thank you for your valuable advice. 🙂
Did you actually make exactly 100 at the start, or were there spares to allow for any that cracked during firing or similar?
I made 105 - can't remember the exact number that fired successfully but easily had 95 that were good!
When will your shop be restocked? I would adore some of these 😊
Ah, soonish? I've got to make a few more mugs then I'm more or less good to go I think, after firing a few times.
heyyyyyyyyyy you should make some merch, i would totally buy some