From Beginning to End, How to Make a Vase — ASMR Edition

Here's this week's ASMR version of my angular vase making film. If you'd prefer to watch the narrated edition, which goes into FAR greater detail, or at least explains what's happening on screen, you can find it here:    • How to Make an Angled Pottery Vase — ...  

HOW TO CARVE STAMPS:    • How to Make Your Own Pottery Maker's ...  
HOW TO REDUCTION FIRE:    • Loading and Reduction Firing a Kiln F...  

Wadding recipe: 50% China clay and 50% coarse alumina hydrate, mixed slowly with water until it has a clay like consistency, then wedged and stored in an airtight container.

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Preparing clay
1:20 - Throwing the vase
9:52 - Trimming the vase
10:40 - The tools 'safety' box
16:02 - Trimming the foot
17:55 - How I carved my porcelain maker's mark
18:32 - Packing the electric kiln for a bisque firing to 1000ºc
19:27 - Preparing wax, (wax emulsion, not actual bee or paraffin wax)
19:38 - Waxing the vase
20:24 - Glazing the exterior
21:09 - Glazing the interior
21:37 - Cleaning up the glazed surface and base
23:56 - Packing the Rohde KG-340 gas kiln
25:19 - Firing the kiln
27:45 - Unpacking the kiln
29:29 - Sanding the pots bases
30:04 - The finished vase!

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