Overview
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Watch a 23-minute pottery tutorial demonstrating the process of blending textured stonewares with standard clay and incorporating iron spangles to create unique vases. Learn how to mix and wedge different clay bodies, add iron for dramatic speckled effects, and master techniques for throwing and trimming vases. Discover solutions for common pottery challenges, such as fixing a thin base and correcting irregular rims. Gain insights into clay selection, spiral wedging, and the initial steps of creating distinctive ceramic pieces, with glazing and firing information to follow in future content.
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Mixing the clays and iron spangles
- Throwing the vases
- How I fix a base thrown too thin
- Trimming the vases
- Fixing an irregular rim
- The finish pair, for now...
Taught by
Florian Gadsby