hi I'm a fellow potter based in Berlin - I've been following you on Instagram for years now and it's just beyond amazing every time I see your work and working process. like, how precise you can be with every step and how clean you can keep your studio, even those batts!! thank you for sharing, I admire your work and appreciate everything you post!
@timfowler4642
3 жыл бұрын
Fascinating teacher with a soft sultry voice that I love listening to. And that’s in addition to the amazing pottery you turn out. Thanks for explaining so much the process. I have learned so much.
@samuelharley_
3 жыл бұрын
I can’t wait to learn how to fire gas kilns. As much as I love my top loader, front loading kilns just seem so satisfying. The colors that you can get in reduction are stunning.
@floriangadsby
3 жыл бұрын
They aren't too difficult to learn really. It's definitely a bit intimidating at the start and getting them installed can be tricky too but other than that it's a walk in the park. I'm pretty sure I could have someone whose never fired a kiln before fire mine just by following my kiln charts.
@samuelharley_
3 жыл бұрын
@@floriangadsby I’ve started taking some pretty detailed notes about temperatures, firing times, cones, etc. on my firings! Not that it is as important in oxidation, but I reckon it’s good practice. Plus, I’m a sucker for a super organized set of notes like that. Pays to be “Type A” as a potter, I suppose.
@vaimart9819
3 жыл бұрын
i really love the vibe of your videos c: it's really calming and mesmerizing
@floriangadsby
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, appreciate the kind words.
@Wokkaiser
3 жыл бұрын
Extraordinary quality of footage and pottery!!! Thank you so much.
@adelejones1054
3 жыл бұрын
I love your weekly vids- thank you for all the detail you share regarding your processes. Such a wealth of info.
@mukimdeer2083
3 жыл бұрын
this cracking sounds are mesmerising to me
@saarthaktiwari955
3 жыл бұрын
I love this channel man.
@ranjitsreeram
3 жыл бұрын
It was so informative, I am sure it's a complex skill to learn. The small details you take care of, amazes me. I respect your art more and more with every Video you post. Thank you for sharing. PS: It was heartwarming to see you feature in Art Insider 😊
@floriangadsby
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much Ranjit! It is complex in theory but after firing this new kiln a few times it's so straightforward. Appreciate you taking the time to watch as always.
@ranjitsreeram
3 жыл бұрын
@@floriangadsby I wait for your videos all week and finally this Sunday I figured out the time you post your videos, it's 9:30 pm IST. I should have figured this earlier you being a perfectionist there has to be fixed time 😊
@lynndonnelly6471
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this process it was great to watch and learn. Your pots are gorgeous and love the care and attention to detail you take 👍🏻
@floriangadsby
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much Lynn, that really means a lot.
@meesh3034
3 жыл бұрын
The tinkling!!!
@artantme
3 жыл бұрын
Wow! Thank you for the very detailed explanation of everything. Beautiful ceramics!
@artantme
3 жыл бұрын
One more question on the waddings. When you attach them, it is clearly seen that you only put them on places untouched by glaze. But when you remove them it looks like the place of attachement is glazed. How is that possible? Do you fire the clay to the very vitrification point, so it is almost glassy? Or is the result of reduction of some kind?
@Enhancedlies
2 жыл бұрын
i am TOTALLY inspired. I actually have butterfly's and goosebumps and all i want to do, is do THIS. wow. Honestly i'm a little sad that i cant do this right now...
@sphnixen
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the tip about the packing technique for the bottom of the kiln ! Would be interesting to see more about the reducing and the fireing, I haven’t used an air compressor together with gas.
@londalecampbell4893
Жыл бұрын
Great job 👍
@rimaamokrane3226
3 жыл бұрын
21:00 that sound 😍
@Lexouchan
3 жыл бұрын
That tinkling noise !!
@floriangadsby
3 жыл бұрын
It's the best.
@haris8853
3 жыл бұрын
I would love to buy a set of tea cups and a tea pot with saucers, they are so beautiful
@maucarden
3 жыл бұрын
This is amazing
@steffie1692
3 жыл бұрын
im a new subs! this is pretty amazing! appreciate more the art of pottery ❤❤
@Elleffe
3 жыл бұрын
Happy you mentioned advancers - I wanted to ask you what you thought about them. They are so nice, thin and light
@floriangadsby
3 жыл бұрын
I can't wait for them to arrive!
@Elleffe
3 жыл бұрын
@@floriangadsby we can’t wait to see you use them in a video!
@AnLe-yg9ln
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@dizzybishop9240
3 жыл бұрын
Hi florian, i have a few questions... When using slip to paint pots, what is the process? After you paint them at leather hard, let them dry for a few more days, what do you do? Do you bisque fire and then dip them in clear glaze? And fire again? Or do you not use clear glaze? I have no idea and would appreciate you explaining it to me! Also, where can i get plaster batts (to reclaim clay) or the supplies to make them? Or is there anything else i can use instead of plaster batts? (I live in the UK) Thank you!
@floriangadsby
3 жыл бұрын
Hey! I recommend watching this video to learn more about the glazing process, kzitem.info/news/bejne/z2-wr3mro3N4h5g, lots more detail in there. I glaze my work after it has been bisque fired, no clear glazes, just a variety of celadon-type crackle glazes. And I think it's easiest to make your own plaster batts, there's a number of guide online. I use 8320 grams Potters plaster mixed with 2080 grams Herculite plaster. It should make some thick and strong batts that are perfect for drying out clay. Good luck!
@saarthaktiwari955
3 жыл бұрын
@@floriangadsby you’re so kind to you viewers 😍
@dizzybishop9240
3 жыл бұрын
@@floriangadsby Thanks so much!! 😀
@Elleffe
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for another great video, Florian. Really informative and so insightful. I have a practical question, if you have the chance to answer it: when glaze firing, my Italian teachers always encouraged us to leave quite a distance between the glazed pots because according to them, the pieces, when firing, would slightly increase in size as the temperature increased, to then decrease quite significantly during cooling (sintering). Our firings were all oxidation firing in electrical kilns. When you mentioned leaving 2-3 mm in between the pieces, it made me curious. We’re our teachers over cautious? Naturally we always want to run the kiln as full as possible for any firing for economic reasons. Sorry for all these words 🥺🥺 Thank you in advance for any info you may provide
@floriangadsby
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! So pleased you enjoyed the video. Well, it could depend on your glazes but I imagine he was being over cautious. In an ideal world you pack as much as you can so the firings are more cost effective. I've seen some potters fire kilns with all the pots practically touching they're so close.
@Elleffe
3 жыл бұрын
@@floriangadsby thank you. I will make some pieces to test grazes and I’ll try to put them closer together. It won’t be a great loss if some fuse together.
@LiiiHemma
3 жыл бұрын
Do you ever find that pots you're re-firing get overfired? Thanks for sharing your knowledge Florian!
@bayareaartist999
3 жыл бұрын
You will love the advancers. Do not let them get wet or damp. Do not wash them either.
@floriangadsby
3 жыл бұрын
Good advice! How do you go about painting batt wash onto them then? Or do you just let them dry considerably before putting them in the kiln?
@bayareaartist999
3 жыл бұрын
@@floriangadsby you do NOT paint anything on them. You put some alumina hydrate on the shelf and rub it around. You do NOT kiln wash advancer shelves. Get a recommendation from the company.
@floriangadsby
3 жыл бұрын
@@bayareaartist999 Good to know. I'm obtaining them via the kiln company itself, Rohde, so hopefully I'll glean some good information from them. Funnily enough, when I was apprenticing in Japan, I spent a good week cleaning up a gigantic wood kiln and that included grinding maybe 70-100 advancer kiln shelves. Once cleaned up I was shown how they prepared them for the firing and it was as follows. First, we coated each shelf in an incredibly thick layer of batt wash, then, whilst it was still yet, we sieved over very coarse alumina hydrate into the still wet batt wash, in another thick layer that gets stuck. Then they were all carefully dried out before being stacked ready for use. I'm not sure whether they were different types of advancers perhaps? I never asked Ken Matsuzaki as I presumed they could just get wet like normal shelves can when you need to paint on batt wash. Anyhow, I'll ask the company and see what they recommend.
@lkd15468
3 жыл бұрын
good 👍🌷🌷🌷
@leahstarr3301
3 жыл бұрын
Hello I am trying out pottery for the first time do you have any tips for me? Also how do you get your edges all even? Love your videos they are so satisfying 😍😃😃
@muditrustagi3356
3 жыл бұрын
So how you can add color to the pots? Will adding some color to the white glaze itself or after glazing work? Would love to see some varieties of color if possible.
@floriangadsby
3 жыл бұрын
Red iron oxide when reduction fired creates green and blue hues. I've been experimenting with colour too! Check out my Instagram, (instagram.com/floriangadsby) for some examples.
@marktaylor865
3 жыл бұрын
Cause its so long I'm gonna have to save it for later.
@floriangadsby
3 жыл бұрын
Haha, they would be longer! I'm currently limited in the length by the amount of space on my computers hard drive. Once I get an upgrade some will easily push 40-60 minutes.
@marktaylor865
3 жыл бұрын
@@floriangadsby sounds good to me. I just didn't have the time to watch til later this evening.
@waqas2926
3 жыл бұрын
Love your vids
@gregh378
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Florian, you mentioned a show next month. Do you have any more details about this please?
@floriangadsby
3 жыл бұрын
Hey! You can find out more information here, www.hauserwirth.com/hauser-wirth-exhibitions/32153-the-impossibility-of-repetition
@gregh378
3 жыл бұрын
@@floriangadsby Thank you
@mocostalas1957
3 жыл бұрын
Where do you buy “walding” do you’ve a supplier you use in the UK? Love the way you explain how you pack the kiln!! Thank you
@floriangadsby
3 жыл бұрын
You can find a recipe for it in the posts description, but I mix the stuff myself, I'm not sure there are any suppliers that sell it.
@floriangadsby
3 жыл бұрын
And thanks for watching!
@sulaimanfirdaus7401
3 жыл бұрын
why did you use 3 pyrometric cones, and not just one with the final temperature?
@radnukespeoplesminds
3 жыл бұрын
Do you number or track yout pots to keep track of what firing it was part of?
@jonahdichter6291
3 жыл бұрын
do you use water or oil-based valve grinding compound?
@bayareaartist999
3 жыл бұрын
What mesh silica do you use in your glazes. In the united states there is 200 mesh and 300 mesh silica. If you change to a finer mesh silica you will have a better melt. Also you can ball mill just the silica with water and that will make a better glaze.
@Naj69
3 жыл бұрын
What is the material that makes a mug or saucer shiny and waterproof? I made a cup and put glitter on it but I can't drink in it because it is not waterproof 💔
@floriangadsby
3 жыл бұрын
It's glaze! Do you have access to a kiln? You need one if you want to make your pots waterproof, that more important really than the glaze itself.
@GirlPainting
3 жыл бұрын
why do you keep refering to the centigrade scale, instead of the name celsius?
@floriangadsby
3 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure! It just slips out, I'll see if I can remember to say celsius next time I record but it generally isn't something that passes my mind.
@GirlPainting
3 жыл бұрын
@@floriangadsby thats ok...instead of braking a leg over it, just explain it maybe in a video in a sentence that you prefer to call it that but it means the same ;-)
@johnnyb8629
3 жыл бұрын
During the reduction process, do you need to be careful of carbon monoxide? You say the burn becomes more and more inefficient, that would mean , more CO.
@floriangadsby
3 жыл бұрын
Not so much. I have some carbon monoxide detectors around the studio and recently they detect nothing. In the past, there have been moments, from about 900ºc to 980ºc where they read about 30 parts per million, but it only lasts about 1 hour and the official guidance for that amount is as follows, the adverse affects are "None for healthy adults. According to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), this is the maximum allowable concentration for continuous exposure for healthy adults in any eight-hour period."
@johnnyb8629
3 жыл бұрын
@@floriangadsby yea, its going out the chimney.then...
@richardtaylor2361
3 жыл бұрын
why do you keep the cones?
@floriangadsby
3 жыл бұрын
No reason really. I suppose it’s nice to keep the first few as a record but I’m sure I’ll get to the point where I throw them away. Or, I could just keep lining them up, there’s another high up ledge in my studio where they could go, space for hundreds of the things!
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