93. Five Great Tips to Make Textured Pottery

I love working with textures on my pottery. It's a great way to make very unique pots. It is virtually impossible to make two that looks exactly the same.
Also, textured pots looks really good with the right kind of glazes, that breaks over the edges and make them really stand out.
There are many ways to make textures. In this video I will show you 5 great ways to make textures that I often use.
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INDEX:
00:00 Textured pots - a great way to make unique pottery
01:56 Two different ways to make textured pots
03:29 5 great ways to do textured pots
04:28 Great tools for making textures
05:24 Number 1: The Carved Texture Bowl
05:30 The best clay for textured pottery
06:36 Centering and pulling the clay
07:00 Remember to leave the walls thick enough!
09:41 Drying the sides of the pot
09:59 Carving the texture into the pot
12:17 Expanding the bowlfrom the inside
19:23 How to make your texture pottery lighter
19:55 Trimming the inside of the bowl
23:28 Trimming a foot on the bowl
27:54 Number 2: The Scratched Texture Vase
29:08 Centering and pulling the clay
29:46 Scratching the wals of the clay cylinder
31:48 Expanding the vase from the inside
35:42 Shaping the top of the vase
38:21 Glazing ideas for the scratch texture vase
39:32 Trimming the textured vase
40:50 TIP: How to measure the thicknes of the bottom of your pot
41:50 Trimming the foot of the vase
43:02 Number 3: The Steve Tool Texture
45:14 Adjust the thciknes of your walls to the texture tool you use
45:31 Texturing the bowl with the Steve Tool
47:15 Expanding the bowl from the inside
52:50 The Roller Texture Vase
53:32 I recommend the MKM Pottery Roller Texture Tools
54:19 Preparing for the roller texture
54:55 Using a tube to supprt the cylinder
56:15 Wrapping newspaper aound the tube
57:30 Adjusting the cylinder to the tube
58:31 Rolling the texture onto the vase
1:00:07 Tips for removing the tube and the newspaper
1:01:09 Expandiing the vase from the inside
1:04:45 Shaping the top of the vase
1:06:44 Number 5: The Sodium Silicate Texture
1:08:00 Applying the sodium silicate
1:10:54 Expanding the vase from the inside
1:16:38 Other ideas for using odium silicate
1:18:40 Finishing the bone dry pots

[@krissader4855]

Hi, So informative! Thankyou. I am a texture person for sure. So beautiful.

[@deMibPottery]

Glad it was helpful!

[@deMibPottery]

It depends. If I want it very soft I wite off but most often I dont need to - it is soft enough when its automatically released to trim

[@denisenoble4010]

me, still new to throwing clay, my walls are still to0 thick, however i will carry on slowly getting to move clay up rather than just leaving it to trimming later in the process. last week in class, i used the trimming on the inside of a bowl i had made as it had the 'beginner' shoulder, which i did manage to trim away, but was enjoying the trimming so much, my walls became very thin, they actually felt damp like i had just thrown the bowl. So for me i did follow your lead and trim the bowl into a better shape, The tool you got from the hardware shop is a tile grout spreader, with bigger teeth are for bigger tiles. ive enjoyed this video very much, its difficult to throw by only touching the inside, but its another skill to master. Thankyou

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks :-)

[@smartypantsify]

Finally, a real video on texturing a pot,, I thoughly enjoyed your experience. Thank you very much!

[@deMibPottery]

Glad it was helpful! :-)

[@quentinmartiny1615]

Amazing video!
Thank you so much for sharing what should be a very expensive masterclass :)

[@deMibPottery]

Thank you so much for your kind words ❤️

[@edelgyn2699]

Why should people charge others for sharing knowledge???????? In any case perhaps you don't realise these techniques are widely known.

[@ajohnsonstudio]

Very much enjoyed your explanations! I've been using Lego wheels as my "texture tools" lately, will have to try some of these techniques next...

[@deMibPottery]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ameljaber6806]

Thank you for all the infos.....❤

[@deMibPottery]

You are so welcome! :-)

[@cathy3851]

Thank you for such an in-depth demo! Love the different methods you used for these textures. Hope to try some of these myself!

[@deMibPottery]

Thank you so much for your support - and good luck with your work :-)

[@katiakatiakat]

Thank you so much Mikkel. Very inspiring and fun to watch

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks. Good to hear 🙏

[@gabriellame1815]

Yesssss 🤩🤩 we will be here!

[@deMibPottery]

Great. See you soon :-)

[@gopasen1658]

I loveeeee your work and videos 😊

[@deMibPottery]

Thank you so much 😀

[@neilahalter9663]

Beautiful work . Thanks for sharing with us.

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks. My pleasure 😊

[@priscillaneow4069]

This is so amazing! Thank you for sharing Monsieur 🥰 I can't wait to try it someday. I am still learning glazing which is very difficult, I enjoy throwing and trimming more

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks. Yes, lot of thing to lesrn :-)

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks. Yes, lot of thing to lesrn :-)

[@mettesonne3932]

Now i’m ready for trying this - thak you for a very informative video.

[@deMibPottery]

Hope you enjoy it! :-)

[@Caroline_622]

Can’t wait!

[@deMibPottery]

It's very son now. Hope to see you at the premiere tomorrow (Sunday) at 5 pm CET :-)

[@sylviefeys744]

Thank you for sharing. I will try these ideas out. 🙏

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks

[@nadjabierbaum8136]

Very interesting, very creative!

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks 🙏

[@snOOpster007]

Fantastic thank you happy 2024

[@deMibPottery]

Glad you liked it :-)

[@edelgyn2699]

If you like smooth sponges for throwing, try the very cheap pan scourers that come with a green backing - the yellow sponge sides are invariably very fine and suitable for smoothing. If you also want a reasonable soak-up sponge the very cheap decorating or car sponges are best - fine textures. Much cheaper than Mudtools.

[@edelgyn2699]

Please try placing a bat on top of your bowl if you wish to turn it upside down, that saves you from mishandling/squashing a larger leather hard bowl.

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks but I havent sern them here in Denmark. I do use the car sponges a lot :-)

[@judithmoore6564]

What type of wire do you use to remove the piece off the batt? Thank you so much for all of your videos. All great information and I like how you roll with imperfections.

[@deMibPottery]

With the bats I use I most often do not wire off but when I do I just use a commercial wire from a pottery store

[@judithmoore6564]

@@deMibPottery curios do you just let it dry on the batt? If so how do you then trim the bottom? Would it be too dry by the time it releases off the batt?

[@deMibPottery]

It depends. If I need it very soft I wire off but most often I dont have to - its soft enogh to trim when released

[@drjones2419]

Thank you for this very informative video. I have one question. Since the sodium silicate hardens like glass (alternative name in English is "waterglass"), can it be used as a sealant to waterproof raku and pitfired pots?

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks.
Yes, but its not thr best sealant. I have found better solutions. Watch this: ua-cam.com/video/l-7ujypQYis/v-deo.html

[@indirasolanki6333]

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[@deMibPottery]

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[@emilieneubauerova4699]

😲👍👋5.3

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks a lot :-)

[@sharonpieri1896]

Very good video

[@gigi3242]

I would love to see these pots glazed. Thanks for the video. Maybe you shouldn't make your woman angry at you when you are getting ready to "film", lol Take care, be well. Spring is coming, yay.

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks. Glazing them will be shown as well - when they are ready for this. The woman in the background is my daughter. She is not angry. Just a bit noisy hehe

[@gigi3242]

@@deMibPottery That's good, glad you aren't in the dog house. Have a lovely week.

[@emilieneubauerova4699]

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[@deMibPottery]

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