Throwing a Perfectly Shaped Sphere Pottery Vase on the Wheel
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- Опубліковано 26 жов 2022
- This is one of my favorite shapes to throw on the wheel. It feels so satisfying using a rib to smooth the shape and contour of the pot to make it perfectly round. I hope you enjoy seeing how this is made and if your a potter maybe something you can try.
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I really like this shape, gorgeous ❤
no clue how i even got here but that IS a very nice sphere
I think we call that phenomenon "the end of the internet" glad you found your way to us and enjoyed watching.
One of my first projects was to make one just like this from slab. Nowhere near as smooth and well shaped but I love it. This video is amazing to give me the courage to one day try throwing and making a pot just like this on the wheel. One day. Thank you for such a beautiful mindful video which for me doesn’t need narration or captions. 😊
Thanks for the kind words and good luck in your throwing!
Beautifully done
Beautiful vase.
Thank you so much 😊
Wow! Wanna try itt!!😍😍😍
You should! You'll be really proud of yourself when you do.
PERFECT
I'm fall in love with it broh thanks!!!:)(:my favourite shape too...Looks so fluffy raund...I want to make one & colouring also...
Thanks, I hope you get to try something like this soon.
Nice job man!
Thank you! Cheers!
Hi Andrew, A great video, I enjoy your relaxed manner and your patience with the clay. Thanks for sharing your skills... I can't wait to see how many attempts it will taken me to create a sphere...lol
Thanks, Im sure you will figure it out and have a great sphere!
I was hoping for some commentary as you demonstrated - being specific as to the steps taken to round it out
Watching what my hands are doing will probably be more useful than anything i could say explaining the process.
Nice.
Well done bro
It's very hard throwing a sphere
Thanks, its gotten easier over the years with some practice.
@@RedCirclePottery I pray to god that you'll get more and more success in life 👍👍👍👍👍
I like your video and position of the camera. I like the speed as well. It would be nice to hear what you are doing with your hands as you are doing it. Thank you!
Thanks for the feedback, im thinking of either throwing another video of this but in porcelain or doing a centering/hand placement video soon since that what most people seem to be interested in. Cheers!
Yes! Hearing you talk your way through the process would be super helpful! It’s beautiful though!!
Very interesting. I like how you throw against the flexed metal kidney. One difference I notice in the way you work is that you keep your clay much wetter than I do. I feel like my pots would collapse if I did that. What type of clay do you use, and are you near the threshold of the walls collapsing, or do you feel they have plenty of margin? Wonderful shape, I will work on learning how to do that. Thanks!
I typically throw stoneware or porcelain. This here was porcelain. You mostly need to learn how your clay reacts. Stoneware has must more strength and less prone to collapse. One thing you can do is let it dry on the wheel for a few hours and come back to throw. This is almost a requirement when you start throwing pieces over 10 lbs.
Do you have any tips on keeping your wall thickness the same throughout so when you close it will be the same thickness at the top?
Gorgeous! This is a form i'd like to try as well. Thank you for sharing your process! I have a few questions 😌How much clay are you throwing with here? and also how do you go about trimming this sort of vessel? do you use a chuck?
Thanks for the questions. I do trim a small foot on this piece. This was 3lbs which is typically what I use for my teapots though this one stayed as a vase. The trimming is done using a giffin grip which i find really useful for things that have a high center of gravity. I also have a bisque chuck that would work as an alternative. Given the awkward shape you have to have some sort of chuck to trim in.
very nice, i cannot pull up so often....
Just keep practicing and you will get there.
He is jacked and looks like the hulk when he reaches towards the camera
That was a great bit of throwing
Could u advise me a little
On pulling up the clay mine loses centre as it goes up, I'm struggling around 5" wonder if u might have advise
It's so satisfying to watch you throwing in real time, without quick cuts, annoying voiceover or sped up timing. Like, THIS is how long it actually takes to make this difficult (for beginners) form after you've mastered it. 👍
Thanks, its a tough form but with practice I think just about anyone can get there.
Hi! I was wondering how you can get the base to also be round, i'm trying to make a spherical lid for a container and was just wondering how (or if) it's possible. Thank you!
When to use sponge and when to use the steel rib..any particular reason of using them?
Great throwing, not easy to make a closed form is it? Well done
Thanks, it does take some thoughtful back and forth of collaring and bellying out at the right times.
Lovely form! Any tips for getting it so evenly round? With mine, sometimes it is lop-sided. One side bulges out a bit more. Also, what wheel do you use and why do you like it? Thank you!
Thanks, the roundness mostly comes from using a rib and pushing just a little bit from the inside to get the right contour on the outside. I would also make sure that your starting from a perfect cylinder and go tall. The clay will get shorter as you start to put a belly on it. As for wheels I used a Brent in this video which has a lot of power for larger pieces. I also use a Speedball Artista for things that mostly weight under 3 lbs. Both wheels are great.
It does take practice. You'll get there.
Lovely to see! How much clay did you use fpr this pot?
This is a 3lb vase, which is the typical amount that I use for this shape when making teapots. Hope that helps!
@@RedCirclePottery Thankyou, that helps!😊🙏
What is that handle that you are using? Is it to adjust the wheel speed?
Yeah that might be hard to see but it's a metal rod that you can use to adjust the foot pedal for speed.
Great video! Have you thrown this form in porcelain?
Yes I switch back and forth to porcelain and stoneware. My new years resolution is to throw more porcelain and white stoneware. This shape is how I typically make my teapots with maybe slightly more tapering towards the bottom. Porcelain can be a bit more difficult to work with, but manageable with some good compression and either letting the clay rest for an hour or two or hit it with the torch.
@@RedCirclePotteryso good to know!
Show AND Tell...please offer instructional narrative
Thanks for the feedback, ill be adding more narration to future videos.
I saw your comment that the clay is a cone 10 buff stoneware, but what company makes it? Does it have a name. I have found some clays are quite different in what you can throw.
This happens to be Continental Clay's out of Minneapolis.
How much clay is that?
This is 3lb. Thinking about doing a 4 or 5lb video soon.
yeah...throw with sponge sponge are a big girl
Are you suggesting I'm a girl because I use a sponge?
what kind of clay and hi or lo
This is a cone 10, buff stoneware.
Some narration on what you're doing at each point would have been helpful. Still a good video though.
How many lbs?
This was 3lbs, which is what I typically use for my sphere and teapot shapes.
Beautiful! My pieces are always so bottom heavy..not sure what I’m doing wrong. There doesn’t seem to be any clay left to pull..bottom is square..yet when it dries and I can tell right away that it’s heavy..any thoughts?
Mostly I would suggest trying to push the clay along the wheelhead into your piece. So basically your pushing all the clay on the bottom in towards the center. Also test to see how thick your bottom is. That will help get more of that clay into the walls of your pot. Also if you have a thick bottom sometimes that is okay and can just be trimmed away when in your trimming phase.
It's not helpful to newer potters that there is zero commentary. We need to know how you are doing what you're doing and why; what pitfalls to watch out for and how to avoid them etc. Unless you tell us these things, only advanced potters will find this video useful.
Thanks for the feedback, I have been narrating my newer videos for that reason. I'm still working on figuring out what people want to watch on youtube and it's becoming clear my best videos are the ones that are narrated and me making forms.
Thank you for showing us your techniques, I really appreciate. No need for comments, according to me, beginners should start with other videos
Narrating would be great. Another way is to put written captions on the video after you have filmed it. Not that I know how to do that.
I disagree. Words get in the way - and who says everyone speaks English anyway. Pottery is a kinaesthetic art, no matter how hard it is, you've just got to feel yourself into it. This is a lovely demo, thank you.