A Gift For My Friends

This week's video shows the creation of two vases, a pair, and a wedding gift for a friend of mine. I go through the throwing, trimming, the bisque firing to 1000ºC, and waxing, glazing, the reduction firing and even the packaging up thereafter — a process I rather like, protecting the pots for their voyage onwards. Thanks so much for taking your time to watch! I hope you like the video and if you have any questions whatsoever, please leave them in the comments and I'll do my best to reply.

🐚 • How to cone clay:    • How to Cone Clay on the Potter's wheel  
📦• How to pack and ship pots safely:    • How to Package Pottery SAFELY for Shi...  

📏 • Here's a link to my friends throwing gauges: http://www.darrenellispottery.com/sho... (Darren makes wonderful pots and tools and in no way is this link sponsored).

⚱️ • MORE about my YSP exhibition: https://ysp.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitio...

📖 • ORDER MY BOOK: http://ow.ly/9wYn50MQXV5

📢 • Find out much more about my work here: https://linktr.ee/floriangadsby

⏱ • Timecodes:
0:00 - Weighing out and wedging clay
0:32 - Throwing the vases
4:11 - Setting my throwing gauge
6:15 - Trimming the vases
11:58 - Packing the electric kiln for a biscuit firing to 1000ºC
13:25 - Waxing the bases of the vases
13:55 - Glazing the vases
16:36 - Packing my Rohde KG-340 gas kiln
17:25 - Reduction firing the gas kiln to 1290ºC
18:51 - Unpacking the gas kiln
19:50 - Sanding the bases of the pots
20:51 - Wrapping the vases

I throw using both a Rohde HMT 500 & 600 potter's wheel and fire using Rohde kilns too, the electric is a TE-200 and the gas kiln is a KG-340.
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