Follow along with a 19-minute pottery demonstration video exploring the experimental use of silver and brass fish hooks in ceramic bowl creation. Learn the complete process from mixing metals into high-iron stoneware clay through to the final gas reduction firing at 1290ºC. Watch detailed techniques for throwing bowls, addressing common issues like thin bases, managing holes from metal chunks, trimming, and various firing stages including bisque firing, waxing, and glazing. Discover the surprising results of this unconventional material combination as the kiln is unpacked to reveal the finished pieces. Perfect for intermediate to advanced ceramicists interested in experimental techniques and unique material combinations in pottery making.
Unexpected Results Using Silver and Brass Fish Hooks in Ceramic Bowl Making
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction and unboxing
- The metals included...
- Mixing the metal into my high-iron stoneware
-Throwing the bowls
- Fixing a base that's too thin
- Plugging the holes created by the large chunks of iron
- Trimming the bowls
- Bisque firing the bowls
- Waxing their feet
- Glazing the bowls
- Cleaning the glazed surfaces
- Loading the gas kiln & reduction firing it to 1290ºC
- Unpacking the kiln — THE FINISHED RESULTS!
Taught by
Florian Gadsby
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