I really appreciate how thoroughly you explained and featured your use of PPE here. That is such a vital part of health and safety when working with certain materials and I think it gets overlooked far too often. Like, just because it's art doesn't mean it can't be harmful or dangerous to do.
I'm not a big UA-cam commenter but I just wanted to let you know that you're basically a celebrity in my college pottery class lol. We all, including my teacher, obsess over your work and when one of my friends got your book, we all flocked to admire it. I figured you should know that you are most definitely admired by many, online and offline. You've played a part in my growing love with ceramics and you're truly a delight to watch ❤️❤️❤️
I don't know if "master" is an official title amongst potters but I would call you a master of pottery. As a beginning potter (since last september) and coming from a lifetime of working in my family's restaurant I'm reminded of a test of skill for chef's which is to simply fry an egg. Sounds easy enough, right? Most people know the basics of frying an egg as they do it themselves everyday for breakfast, for example. But frying an egg to perfection is a skill that takes many years of practice with intent(!). These flatware dishes in this video remind me of that test as the sheer simplicity of the shape makes it so that any mistake will probably be noticed immediately. These are too many words to say thank you for being such an inspiration and a teacher (your voice is always in my head when Im trimming my little pots hahaha)
Golly. What a range of comments, including that troll! I think these are most beautiful. Wonderful seeing 'your' colours on this type of piece--perhaps functional? definitely decorative. The smoothness of the glazed surface is so satisfying (a word used a lot in these reviews, but so appropriate!). Thanks as ever.
to the comment at the end about hanging the plates- i'd love to see some splattered glaze on them in that case, maybe monochromatic black vs white. Something a little more eye catching if it's going to be hung on a wall.
Florian - I have a theory for the pattern created on the bottom of the platters. First observation, there appears to only be the "echo" of one previous firing, the three distinct rings. Second, the clay body outside of the rings has a reddish tint. It's possible that, during the cooling process of your previous firing, the areas of the kiln shelf exposed to air reacted with or absorbed oxygen while still hot. When you did the subsequent firing, those air-exposed sections could release some oxygen when heated, reacting with the bottom of the platter and resulting in areas of the piece with more oxidation. What are your thoughts?
Love the close ups of your glazes. Glazes in general are abstract and very photogenic when view through a macro. I wonder how they would look under 2 or 3x magnification. Was a good call to use those pictures for the endsheets of your book
Lovely work as always (and as mentioned below, I love that you don't glamorize the work, instead highlighting the necessity of PPE and safe work practices). I for one would definitely like to see a series on making those larger plates you mentioned - but also, have you considered making any videos on how you plan for/approach and work towards your exhibitions, from more of a bird's eye view? Sorry if you've already covered this (you make a lot of videos!), but if not, it would be super interesting to see and hear more of how you approach your work a bit more behind the scenes.
I don't know how to describe it, but the irregular coloring on the fired bottom somehow looks tasty :) Like some homemade gingerbread, which add to the hand crafted atmosphere.
Those are really cool, definitely wouldn’t mind having a few at home to use as a backdrop for photographing some of our rare plants, snakes and isopods. Love that lighter green glaze, the crackles almost look like tiny roses.
These plates would make any dinner table look really elegant. It could be a popular choice for Michelin Star restaurants (specially in plain White and Dark Black) and people who love Minimalist Aesthetic. ❤
Beautiful work Florian. I'm always astounded, despite watching all your videos, about the amount of process involved - not just in the, hands-on, physical creation aspect, but also in the business of being a potter. The safety aspect, the chemistry and physics involved, the kiln knowledge, the patience… Were you always quite a process driven person? Have those methodical processes and steps come easily to you? Or is that something that's developed alongside your other skills?
Very nice plates/platters. I love the unintended designs on the bottoms. I had a casserole dish come out of the kiln last week with a beautiful Chun glaze on the inside with an unfortunate globe of iron in the middle that I'm guessing came up out of the clay body. However, even stranger, there was a series of small perfectly round flat dots in a straight line going across one side of the unglazed bottom of the pot that didn't make any sense at all. Later someone in the studio matched them up with the holes on the metal shelving that the pot would have set on before going into the kiln. It still doesn't make sense to me that those would have left an image on the finished pot but I guess only the kiln gods know for sure.
My friends and family are always asking me to make plates like this for them, and I keep telling them they're great for decoration but useless for actual food - any sauce or juice will drip right over the edge. Lovely to see your take on it though, I like the subtle curve-recurve of the fired top sides, adds a little bit of nuance.
I have a friend who is a home baker who has been unsuccessfully searching for a very flat plate such as this with no rim on it to use for cakes. This is so the cake can be removed from the larger cake pedestal to be stored more easily in the refrigerator. This is to say, I would try to buy one if you were to sell these. I think they have real utility, in addition to being stunning to look at.
Have you thought of argon or other noble gas heating using recirculating electrical heating? Love the plates, honestly. It's really cool just don't know much about it, I do know that the gases transfer heat more efficiently, but don't take oxygen away unless you add a gas or vapor that will use it.
If silicosis is a serious concern then you should trim you beard to allow the respirator to form a seal around the rim. As is, your beard limits the capability of the filter to do it's job. If the filter requires too much differential pressure then the air will go through the gaps between your beard hair rather than through the filter
9:20 Would you consider it safer to use a soft/clingy surface to rest the ceramic on? Is there danger of a plastic bucket lid actually scratching or scraping the porous ceramic at this stage?
Interestingly, pottery does not seem to be a traditionally guild-regulated trade in England, perhaps because there wasn’t a very strong tradition for it in the country during the Middle Ages.
I have been wondering the entire time I've been following your channel how the heck you look through those spy holes without burning all the hair off your face!😂😂 That's the first time I've seen the glasses. Still looks like a very risky endeavor though!
What brand are the bats that you use? I'm looking to purchase some and I want ones that don't have holes predrilled, as my wheel doesn't have any bat pins. Any suggestions you have would be amazing!
Lovely work. Just wondering why you're mixing your glaze by (ungloved) hand. Aren't you concerned about some of the chemicals leeching into your skin? You do such a good job with PPE otherwise...
Hello, Florian! I have a question for you regarding refirings: have you ever tried refiring a por in an oxidizing environment after firing it first in a reduction one? I remember you were trying to achieve some new colors. Can't you layer two os them from different firing environments? Regardless, greetings from Brazil! Love your videos
Florian! ua-cam.com/video/8y06-R13SEw/v-deo.html The Visconti Brunelleschi... I bought one when they came out, #254, Fine nib I feel like one of these should be your pen for signing books, and all that cool famous stuff at gallery shows, book signings, etc., hahah. Your work is exquisite.
While i love your work and the information you provide I find the cost of your work ridiculous. While i believe you can sell your work for as much as you can I personally think you should sell your mug for a more appropriate price for example. This is just my opinion.
You claim to believe that he can sell his works for as much as he can then criticize him for it. It’s a free market. His work is in demand and the price reflects that. Anyone would do the same if they were in his position.
I really appreciate how thoroughly you explained and featured your use of PPE here. That is such a vital part of health and safety when working with certain materials and I think it gets overlooked far too often. Like, just because it's art doesn't mean it can't be harmful or dangerous to do.
But... He isn't using PPE correctly...
That beard prevents the respirator from doing its job
I'm not a big UA-cam commenter but I just wanted to let you know that you're basically a celebrity in my college pottery class lol. We all, including my teacher, obsess over your work and when one of my friends got your book, we all flocked to admire it.
I figured you should know that you are most definitely admired by many, online and offline. You've played a part in my growing love with ceramics and you're truly a delight to watch ❤️❤️❤️
Same in my art class!!! Its high school ceramics though, so his work is even more impressive in comparison lmao.
The large grains on the crackle glaze are so beautiful!
And I love the phrase "echoes of past pots" it's so evocative!
I would be super interested in a series about making more of these flatware pieces!
That bottom trimming was, indeed, incredibly satisfying!
How can a flat disc be so beautiful?! Ha. They are gorgeous 😊
Also, I’d love to see a series that could be hung on a wall.
I don't know if "master" is an official title amongst potters but I would call you a master of pottery.
As a beginning potter (since last september) and coming from a lifetime of working in my family's restaurant I'm reminded of a test of skill for chef's which is to simply fry an egg. Sounds easy enough, right? Most people know the basics of frying an egg as they do it themselves everyday for breakfast, for example. But frying an egg to perfection is a skill that takes many years of practice with intent(!).
These flatware dishes in this video remind me of that test as the sheer simplicity of the shape makes it so that any mistake will probably be noticed immediately.
These are too many words to say thank you for being such an inspiration and a teacher (your voice is always in my head when Im trimming my little pots hahaha)
That crackle was so pretty on the plates. I feel like the light catches so well on the surface.
yes to the series about the large plates! Also loved the ghost images left on the undersize of the plates. So cool.
The widespread surface shows the beauty of the glazes very nicely.
Really glad to see you wear an effective mask, with a good seal and very effective filters!
I can barely breathe with the damn thing on!
absolutely stunning! love the story the pieces tell 🤍
A series about an even larger version sounds cool, please do make that!
Lovely video as always. Particularly really loved the extreme close up of the glazes at the end; so stunning
Golly. What a range of comments, including that troll! I think these are most beautiful. Wonderful seeing 'your' colours on this type of piece--perhaps functional? definitely decorative. The smoothness of the glazed surface is so satisfying (a word used a lot in these reviews, but so appropriate!). Thanks as ever.
to the comment at the end about hanging the plates- i'd love to see some splattered glaze on them in that case, maybe monochromatic black vs white. Something a little more eye catching if it's going to be hung on a wall.
Florian - I have a theory for the pattern created on the bottom of the platters. First observation, there appears to only be the "echo" of one previous firing, the three distinct rings. Second, the clay body outside of the rings has a reddish tint. It's possible that, during the cooling process of your previous firing, the areas of the kiln shelf exposed to air reacted with or absorbed oxygen while still hot. When you did the subsequent firing, those air-exposed sections could release some oxygen when heated, reacting with the bottom of the platter and resulting in areas of the piece with more oxidation. What are your thoughts?
Love the close ups of your glazes. Glazes in general are abstract and very photogenic when view through a macro. I wonder how they would look under 2 or 3x magnification. Was a good call to use those pictures for the endsheets of your book
17:20 I really like this colour glaze with the red foot/back 😁👍
Lovely work as always (and as mentioned below, I love that you don't glamorize the work, instead highlighting the necessity of PPE and safe work practices). I for one would definitely like to see a series on making those larger plates you mentioned - but also, have you considered making any videos on how you plan for/approach and work towards your exhibitions, from more of a bird's eye view? Sorry if you've already covered this (you make a lot of videos!), but if not, it would be super interesting to see and hear more of how you approach your work a bit more behind the scenes.
I don't know how to describe it, but the irregular coloring on the fired bottom somehow looks tasty :)
Like some homemade gingerbread, which add to the hand crafted atmosphere.
Those are really cool, definitely wouldn’t mind having a few at home to use as a backdrop for photographing some of our rare plants, snakes and isopods. Love that lighter green glaze, the crackles almost look like tiny roses.
17:04 Wow, top notch snowflake crackle! Nice job!
i'm so amazed by your work. watching this video made me have physical reactions, shaking my head, smiling widely by awe. really incredible!
I never realized the crackle glaze was as complex as it was until you included those macro shots. It's really something.
I came just in time for another vid, love your works florian
These are absolutely gorgeous and now I'm inspired to try throwing plates again
These plates would make any dinner table look really elegant. It could be a popular choice for Michelin Star restaurants (specially in plain White and Dark Black) and people who love Minimalist Aesthetic. ❤
Yes!!🤩 Definitely make ones that could be hung on walls!!🔥 Love your videos 🙏🏻
Beautiful work Florian. I'm always astounded, despite watching all your videos, about the amount of process involved - not just in the, hands-on, physical creation aspect, but also in the business of being a potter. The safety aspect, the chemistry and physics involved, the kiln knowledge, the patience… Were you always quite a process driven person? Have those methodical processes and steps come easily to you? Or is that something that's developed alongside your other skills?
im very new to the pottery world, and I just want to say thankyou! your work is beautiful and I love your content
That was the most content I’ve been in a while, while watching that trimming
Beautiful work. Thanks for sharing
Very nice plates/platters. I love the unintended designs on the bottoms. I had a casserole dish come out of the kiln last week with a beautiful Chun glaze on the inside with an unfortunate globe of iron in the middle that I'm guessing came up out of the clay body. However, even stranger, there was a series of small perfectly round flat dots in a straight line going across one side of the unglazed bottom of the pot that didn't make any sense at all. Later someone in the studio matched them up with the holes on the metal shelving that the pot would have set on before going into the kiln. It still doesn't make sense to me that those would have left an image on the finished pot but I guess only the kiln gods know for sure.
I could watch those grooves spinning for hours ❤
Love it ... That white.plater.... for my pizzas ...20/20❤
Amazing. Really like the lightest coloured one. Just seems to work when combined with the size of the piece (IMO, anyway!)
My friends and family are always asking me to make plates like this for them, and I keep telling them they're great for decoration but useless for actual food - any sauce or juice will drip right over the edge. Lovely to see your take on it though, I like the subtle curve-recurve of the fired top sides, adds a little bit of nuance.
I love watching pottery. I’m trying to start making pots and cups.
I love these. I remember always wanting very flat flatware as a child when I watched Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame (the grapes scene).
I always watch these videos every time I do a clay project with my classmates. :)
I have a friend who is a home baker who has been unsuccessfully searching for a very flat plate such as this with no rim on it to use for cakes. This is so the cake can be removed from the larger cake pedestal to be stored more easily in the refrigerator. This is to say, I would try to buy one if you were to sell these. I think they have real utility, in addition to being stunning to look at.
beautifully done and informative as always!
Florian feels like my youtube big brother! I would want to talk to you about art all day. :)
Wow really loved these pieces. Very flat indeed!
I'd love to see a video of your glaze reclaim process of when you sieve the dry glaze back into the buckets.
Have you thought of argon or other noble gas heating using recirculating electrical heating? Love the plates, honestly. It's really cool just don't know much about it, I do know that the gases transfer heat more efficiently, but don't take oxygen away unless you add a gas or vapor that will use it.
They are incredible
Stunning plates.
As always, thank you for sharing your skills and knowledge so freely. What wire do you use for your cutting wires? 🙏
Love your work! 💜
What are those incredibly thin kiln shelves?? ❤wow!
Advancer shelves.
the way i yelled "get a bigger brush" lol
I'd love you to explain what you're doing in those notebooks in one of your videos
If silicosis is a serious concern then you should trim you beard to allow the respirator to form a seal around the rim. As is, your beard limits the capability of the filter to do it's job. If the filter requires too much differential pressure then the air will go through the gaps between your beard hair rather than through the filter
Thanks
These, or something similar, would be loveley as plant pot bases
9:20 Would you consider it safer to use a soft/clingy surface to rest the ceramic on? Is there danger of a plastic bucket lid actually scratching or scraping the porous ceramic at this stage?
Interestingly, pottery does not seem to be a traditionally guild-regulated trade in England, perhaps because there wasn’t a very strong tradition for it in the country during the Middle Ages.
Tape a 20x20 furnace filter to the back side of a box fan. Run that in the shop for all the dust
I have been wondering the entire time I've been following your channel how the heck you look through those spy holes without burning all the hair off your face!😂😂 That's the first time I've seen the glasses. Still looks like a very risky endeavor though!
Wonderfull!!
What brand are the bats that you use? I'm looking to purchase some and I want ones that don't have holes predrilled, as my wheel doesn't have any bat pins. Any suggestions you have would be amazing!
Lovely work. Just wondering why you're mixing your glaze by (ungloved) hand. Aren't you concerned about some of the chemicals leeching into your skin? You do such a good job with PPE otherwise...
What is the name of the thing that presses the clay when he is modifying it?
I kinda like the slightly rounded edges on those platters, sometimes it's a happy accident.
3:47 Clay Oreo confirmed.
Hello, Florian!
I have a question for you regarding refirings: have you ever tried refiring a por in an oxidizing environment after firing it first in a reduction one?
I remember you were trying to achieve some new colors. Can't you layer two os them from different firing environments?
Regardless, greetings from Brazil! Love your videos
wow
Bigger is better😅❤
May be decorative, but I'd Love to eat from it 😂
why don''t you use other colors?
Florian! ua-cam.com/video/8y06-R13SEw/v-deo.html
The Visconti Brunelleschi... I bought one when they came out, #254, Fine nib
I feel like one of these should be your pen for signing books, and all that cool famous stuff at gallery shows, book signings, etc., hahah.
Your work is exquisite.
These are called chargers, I believe.
I don't want to ruin the 666 likes. I'll leave it like that
"i squeeze with my little fingers"
While i love your work and the information you provide I find the cost of your work ridiculous. While i believe you can sell your work for as much as you can I personally think you should sell your mug for a more appropriate price for example. This is just my opinion.
You claim to believe that he can sell his works for as much as he can then criticize him for it. It’s a free market. His work is in demand and the price reflects that. Anyone would do the same if they were in his position.
Thanks