My dude... When can we get a video of you just telling us about your apprenticeships and all of your training/experience? Would love to see it!

@annaheya2109

3 жыл бұрын

Yes please!!

@floriangadsby

3 жыл бұрын

I'll see what I can do for next week, I have old footage and photographs so could make a sort of 'story-time' kind of video?

@alexjohnson4567

3 жыл бұрын

@@floriangadsby Of course, that would be spot on! I'm a ceramics student in college and you have no idea how much your videos have impacted the speed of my progress. Keep doing what you do brother!!!

@Debauchery_Tea

3 жыл бұрын

@@floriangadsby Ever thought about doing a Q&A? Y'know 2 birds, 1 stone situation.

Right on time, I really needed a pottery video at this moment

@floriangadsby

3 жыл бұрын

So pleased to hear so - thanks for watching!

i am always heartened to see another steiner school success - well hello from another steiner school potter!

@floriangadsby

3 жыл бұрын

We must be a rare bunch! (hello!)

A gift to humanity

Once again, another outstanding video. You are in my opinion the best teacher of the total process of making a piece of pottery. Thank you

@floriangadsby

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much William, that really does mean so much!

Ah your videos are so relaxing and enjoyable thank you so much for posting again!

@annaheya2109

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! How can one speak in such a relaxing manner! I guess it's the after effects of pottery

Thank you. This description and demonstration of trimming has been most helpful.

Beautiful bowls! The interior continuous curve you achieve is marvelous. I will try to emulate!

Thank you! I have been having problems throwing larger bowls. This really helps. Can't wait to give it a go

As always, your video quality superb. I am not a potter, but I have an appreciation for hearing you describe your process.

I just love watching your videos. It’s such a pleasure.

This was exactly the video I needed to see today as I'm attempting to throw big bowls but I really struggle. Will take on this advice. And I'm also feeling very relaxed from your commentary! It's great when the algorithm is actually helpful! (It was suggested, I didn't search)

Beautiful work! I love watching your videos... I’m working on getting back to pottery. You are such an inspiration!!

All of the comments on trimming are so helpful! It probably seems pretty basic to you, but I learned a ton from this video. Thanks!!!

Hey Flo, always mesmerising to watch you creating amazing shaped little wonders. I will start my pottery training next week. I had a crazy thought to be an apprentice for a couple of weeks for you, but this for sure might be as it is, crazy. 😎

I was running out of your content to binge, really love these narrated videos! Your voice can put me to sleep cause it's so calming hahaha.

Another lovely video Florian, thank you so much.

@floriangadsby

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for taking the time to watch-it really means a lot.

i miss throwing so much. Covid has prevented me from taking lessons.. due to health risks and also financial issues. i wish throwing was more financially accessible. thanks for making these videos. it's very relaxing!

Ever since I graduated in 2018 I desperately crave to get back on the wheel. I remember my ceramics teacher telling us “Move the clay, don’t let the clay move you.”

@sarahisabella1745

3 жыл бұрын

I‘ve heard this so many times but it’s still a challenge very often. Also I think just throwing itself is training for the muscles 😂

These are so beautiful

Needed this! Thank you!

Inspired x very generous tutor

Gorgeous

Wow😍 love your pottery so much

@floriangadsby

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Rishika!

i would really like to see a video of your pottery studio

Thank You

Beautiful collection. Pottery Tools are such a joy. I have to admit I also just enjoy collecting them... btw. Phil from Bison tools is super nice and I think he usually accepts orders via mail. So it's worth a try to hit him up. I placed an order couple of weeks ago and he was kind to add another item after it was closed already.

@floriangadsby

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I have a bunch ordered from Phil, I managed to buy when his shop accidentally went live for 24 hours without Etsy telling him... anyhow, I can't wait to use them, I need the fresh bite of new sharp tool.

@fantasticeverything3665

3 жыл бұрын

@@floriangadsby Thanks to you for your awesome videos! ;) In the realm of unnecessary awesome tools, I also have ordered one from spd tools south korea which I can't wait to to get. But your triangle metal tool might cover that already. I'd love to make my own but I have no clue how everyone is working with tungsten carbide.

Salut Florian. Je suis complètement fan de ton travail, mon anglais est médiocre, alors je ne comprends pas toutes les explications.. Quand je regarde tes vidéos, je rentre immédiatement en méditation, j’installe mon iPad face à moi devant le shimpo, je met la vidéo en boucle et j’essaie de reproduire tes gestes. Ton économie de gestes et ta capacité à reproduire strictement les mêmes séquences sur des séries sont fascinantes. Peux tu s’il te plaît me dire quelle terre tu utilises ? Merci Eric

I think my bison tools are coming soon, since I ordered in November. Absolutely cannot wait to try trimming with them. I’ve only used steel, so I imagine I’ll have too much fun with it and ruin a few pots, but probably worth it. Still won’t call it cheese hard, though.

@floriangadsby

3 жыл бұрын

It changes everything. They just remove so much material so quickly. It certainly takes some getting used to but it's very worth it.

@bobdinetz

3 жыл бұрын

@@floriangadsby Yes, I find, because they are so sharp, especially when new, that they seem to do better trimming slightly drier clay - especially smoother clay rather than with grog. But, these are details and I really love trimming with the Bison tools. Thanks for all the great videos Florian.

To save throwing a clay pad I bought ‘The Absorber’ the large size, cut into a round that is bigger than my wheel head and put this damp on my wheel and this firmly holds my bats in place even for larger items. Amazon have them. 👍😃

Thanks!

@floriangadsby

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike! Appreciate the tip!

Thank you for this clear and informative video! What are the approximate dimensions of this bowl?

Hey Florian, First off great video, I really enjoyed watching it. Secondly, would you consider making a more uncut, longer video showing the processes almost fully to give a sense of how long each stage takes you, with minimal narration as it may be a long video? Thanks for the inspiring content!

Regarding your wedging table, it’s harder to get 18mm Russian Birch plywood in the US. Sometimes we call this multi-ply or voidless 7 (or 8) layer plywood. In my area it’s sold at specialty hardwood stores and isn’t cheap.

Love your work! I just got a shimpo RK3D wheel myself and i’m working my way around it, but how long would you say did it take you to get fully comfortable and confident using the wheel?

@floriangadsby

3 жыл бұрын

It can take months to get used to even the very basics of throwing. It's a skill like anything else, like learning an instrument or a language, it takes time. Don't be discouraged by that! It's just the truth. The Shimpo RK3D is a good little wheel, I spent many hundreds of hours using one during my time studying on the DCCoI Ceramics Skills and Design Training Course.

Love your videos! Can I ask what your bats are made from? I’m thinking of making some myself

@floriangadsby

3 жыл бұрын

They're made from MDF. Thanks for watching!

Thanks for another brilliant video. Is there a reason you don't use the bats that attach to the wheel with dowels?

@floriangadsby

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you thought so, thank you! Well, it's just personal preference really. I was taught to attach batts and throw on a pad of clay like this and I guess I've just continued that method.

@kevinmacnamara7000

2 жыл бұрын

@@floriangadsby ok thanks for replying!

When you flip the bowls over, do you need to wire them off again? In my case, if I wait till they are leather hard, I have to wire them off again.

Trimming properly by far is the biggest challenge to a intermediate to Advanced Potter.

I can use the pot/bowl/mug without glazing?

Hi Florian. Do you use MDF for your bats? I was going to make some from marine Ply but it's expensive. Doesn't MDF fray and warp?

How are the bowls inverted for trimming. In the vid at approximately 6:47 you state bowls are left I presume to open Air to leather hard. Then next frame they magically appear inverted again on bats. Can you show or state how you invert the bowls so they retain shape on the bat ready for the trim process? Thank you.

How can you tell when your tools are dull and need to be replaced?

ah yes, the infamous cheese hard trimmings

@floriangadsby

3 жыл бұрын

Delicious.

Does Lisa Hammond have her own KZread channel?(forgive me if I spelled her name wrong)

@floriangadsby

3 жыл бұрын

You can certainly find videos about her on KZread, there's an amazing Goldmark Gallery produced one, but I don't think she has a personal account. Her Instagram is worth following though!

Where could a person from the US buy a throwing gauge like yours. All the ones here are stiff on the end not those cool rubber flipping tips to prevent gouging your pot

@floriangadsby

3 жыл бұрын

I'm afraid I don't know much about pottery supplies in the US. I know my friend Darren Ellis does ship internationally, but that's all, I haven't dome much investigation in tools from the US apart from trimming ones. Sorry I can't be more help!

@lweed26

3 жыл бұрын

@@floriangadsby just knowing he ships and his name helps all the ones I have seen are ridge and will tear things up but Darrens’s looks like if it touches that the rubber ends flip up and away giving you time to stop the wheel.

@lweed26

3 жыл бұрын

Can you put us all onto how to contact Darren?

@lweed26

3 жыл бұрын

Never mind he has a website under his name but he is sold out of gauges!

@floriangadsby

3 жыл бұрын

@@lweed26 there’s a link on this videos description to his website, there you’ll be able to find all of his contact information.

10 years of apprenticeship.

But what about that metal kidney, Florian?

@floriangadsby

3 жыл бұрын

Which one? The one used to clean off the inside of the bowl?

@heathermccabe8371

3 жыл бұрын

@@floriangadsby I love the look of that one with the hole that also has a straight edge!

I’m looking around on how a potter does his work. I am a preacher so I am preparing a sermon on the potter which is Jesus Christ. The Bible talks about the potter and I find your work interesting, that is why I looking at different videos so I can compare a human potter to the potter that the Bible talks about in a spiritual form.

ممكن تسكت عن الكلام لو ثواني ! تراك مزعج بشكل وماتترك المشاهد يستمتع بالعمل

@floriangadsby

3 жыл бұрын

Don't worry, I'll upload a version in a few days titled ASMR, which will have no voice-over. Up until then, you can always just mute the audio.

@nikayh

3 жыл бұрын

@@floriangadsby لايحتاج الصامت بل لن اشاهد مقاطعك للأبد شكرا على تفهمكم والرد العقيم .