Holy Moly!!! What an amazing process! I can't believe you would think for a second that you are not a "true" ceramicist for not mixing your own glaze colors. These are freaking awesome! The attention to detail is (*chef's kiss*)! Can't wait to see what's next!! 👏👏👏

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! It is crazy how comments (especially negative ones) can get in your head!

You're videos are so fun. I'd love to be able to do this eventually. You give me Hank green of the ceramic and casting world vibes btw. Awesome

@vantikistudio

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! I hope you get to dip your toes into slipcasting some day soon!

Genius !!! Thanks so much !! Really useful, well explained and entertaining !!

@vantikistudio

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Seeing there is a new video is always a little party 🎉🎊

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

😂

You make me smile

Henrik, these videos have been very inspirational and fun! I’ve made my first plaster mold. It’s kind of a mess, but I’m going to try to cast with it for the first time today. Thanks for all the great info!! And I did but that book you recommended! 😊 🙏

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

That is fantastic!! Best of luck with your first cast - please send me a picture!!

Thanks so much for taking us along on this mug-making journey. The process is fascinating but your vibe and energy are just so enthralling. And you've gotten so good at these videos! It's like PeeWee's Playhouse meets How It's Made. So fun.

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

So amazing! All of your videos are so informative and fun. Not only is it fun for inquiring minds like me, but the real artists you inspire to join you in creating such amazing pieces is super cool, too! This beautiful mug will be so worth the wait! Thanks for all you do!

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! And thank you for watching, it means a lot!

Gee a lot of work, cheers Graham

Ok, so I’ve watched ALL of this series of videos and I still haven’t worked out how one would drink out of these mugs 😂

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

All you need is a straw 😄

I love watching you work! Thanks for sharing your knowledge, I have learned so much from you!! I really want that fancy spray gun, i hope they ship to canada!🤞🏻

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I do love the spray gun. It’s payed for itself over the years in the glaze I haven’t wasted by having to clean out the pot every time I change colors!

This is so great!!! Beautiful fantastic result and THANK YOU for the generous sharing of your gun build! As someone who tries when possible to follow the “buy it right or buy it twice” motto, I love getting to set my sights on a quality (even if expensive) tool. Love all your videos, vibes, and wisdom!! Thanks for another awesome one!

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

Thank YOU so much for watching! I was sooooo hesitant to share the spray gun 😅

Congrats on finishing this beautiful mug! It looks great.

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! It’s been a long journey - this was a HUGE edition size for us!

Good work!

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Loverly job! Such a fun video to watch. I've got my fingers crossed that I can get a preorder spot with the next mug. Happy holidays!

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

Happy holidays to you! Thank you for watching!

wow you are amazing. I love this so so much thank you for sharing

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Your videos always have such good and detailed information. Really appreciate it. I actually learned how to make silicone molds from your videos.

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

10:15 - Nice to get that up and out of the way, but if that's a steel tank, do be sure to drain that regularly. It takes a while to corrode to the point of failure, but thanks to multiple YT aftermath videos, I have a new appreciation for how much energy is stored in one of those tanks - and what it can do when it releases all at once. (shudder)

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the reminder! I need to get up there and drain it. I wanted to splurge for an aluminum tank, but couldn’t afford it at the time.

You are my inspiration. I'm already starts with making my first mugs!!!

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Good luck on your mug adventure!

hi this is late in the game and i do not even know if you will see this comment. I was just looking up plaster to make trays and candle holders. I dont even know how i got here. I literally stopped what i was doing and just binged the series. I dont have interest in ceramics i just found the journey so engaging. I definitely subscribed a few videos ago and im going to look to see what other projects you have been working on. You are a true artist.

@vantikistudio

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! So glad you stumbled on my clay adventures - thank you for subscribing!

Love the channel! Accidentally stumbled on it searching for who knows what, but binged every video. I've enjoyed watching your process for each piece (extremely informative, you're quite talented and very thorough), but the only bummer is that I get to the end and I find I'm a few months late to snag an amazing hornbill mug! Haha no worries, I'll wait to see if another glaze run happens, and consider me subscribed :)

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

So glad you found the channel! Sorry you missed out on the hornbill mugs - I’ve got some neat designs I can’t wait to start this year

Thanks for your videos, Henrik. Can you please give a tour of your workshop, if possible? What would be your advice for people who are just setting up a studio?

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! I do a brief studio tour in this episode: kzread.info/dash/bejne/c2qIs7OBdLfRYbw.html

Id love to see you drink from that mug! Since I've never been to the US or Hawaii, I have no idea of what It looks or feels like! Love the process of making It though! I've learned a lot! What kind of drink would you drink in It? It would be nice to have that perspective of the mug.

( 24:12 ) that reason has been on top of list of my reasons to MIX MY OWN GLAZES and even clay bodies. That said, there are occasional shortage or discontinuing in the basic glaze and clay body ingredients also but in once or twice a decade or so. These glaze companies simply discontinue many glazes every year - year after year. I am not sure how or why production ceramic workers don't break free. Mixing glazes, color slips and even clay bodies are not that difficult in comparison to the rest of our work. BTW Google brought me here for the spray-gun. Thank you for sharing the information.

@vantikistudio

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! I have total respect for folks who mix glazes - but it isn’t something I want to introduce to the studio. Mainly because it takes space to store and mix materials - and I like to use a very wide range of glazes (meaning I’d need lots of storage). My studio is small - and I don’t want to allocate space to raw materials storage. And, to be honest, I’m not a ceramic artist who delights in glaze testing - it just isn’t my jam 😄 True, glazes I use can be discontinued, but I’ve learned to buy all the glaze I’ll need for an edition in advance, instead of re-stocking as I make my way through the casting and glazing. You wonder why production ceramic folks like myself don’t break free from commercial glaze? For me it is my limited time, the certification of food safety, the ability to try a vast range of colors, and the repeatability of the glaze results. Whew! This is a big reply! To be honest I was a bit defensive as I often experience (and see other ceramic artists get) pushback along the lines of “real ceramic artists make their clay/glaze from scratch” - I know this wasn’t your intention, but this type of gatekeeping is so common in art that I was triggered 😅

@overlycranked8674

4 ай бұрын

@@vantikistudio Ah, heavens I did it again. I missed the important part as always I've been told. So, here you are. I truly admire your methods and I'm here to learn from you. The obvious skillful planning and execution of wonderful works you are offering represent your experience and knowledge of the artistic ceramics. And that level of practitioner is an artist, bar none. The DIY mixing the glaze and then using the experimental within the experimental product have been and will remain cr'p-shooting at best and it has never been an indicator of " artistry " of the person deploying it. One way or another we are all production artists with varying levels of dependency in running the studio/workshop. My goal has been reducing that dependency to minimum possible. And glazes ... glazes hurt the most when they are pulled off the shelf or suddenly change characteristics - or even price. You are lucky you managed to hunt down your planned ( and budgeted ) glaze after it was discontinued unannounced. I have had cases that client order was partially executed and we couldn't finish the order because glaze was discontinued. Needless to say, we didn't get paid for that order and the client never came back. Lastly, I must buy something similar to your spray gun. Those quick replace pouches of glaze holders are absolutely genius. So far Amazon says they are out and don't know, don't care. But I'm sure I'll find one just like it.

Hey there! Amazing job with those mugs!! I really enjoy watching your channel!. Do you think you can sometime do a video about bisque and glazing temperatures for regular ceramic slip? That´d help a ton!! Thanks in advance and happy new year!

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

That’s a great idea! I can tell you now that I bisque at cone 04 and glaze fire at cone 6

Looks awesome. It's sad that the final glaze isn't offered any more. I can see the effect you were going for, I think if you experiment with adding fine salt to a regular glaze you might get the same effect.

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

I was sad to see this glaze get discontinued, but I be only used it one other time in the last 6 years, so maybe it isn’t that popular 😅

just watched all of these episodes of the mug creation in 2 days. such an amazing process and thank you for sharing it. I'm so so inspired! Question about your HVLP gun. do you just use the nozzle and needle that came with the gun, or do you have a different one because glazes are so thick?

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! To answer your questions: It’s a tungsten needle due to the abrasive glaze, and the nozzle/air cap was one suggested by the company to match my compressor output

Amazing video!🤩🤩 I wish you could post more! I have watced all of your videos twice, i need moreee!! 🫠 You give such great explenations to everything that i wish i could go to a pottery school of yours!🫶🏻 Do you have any experience with porcelain? Much love!!❤

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

So funny you should ask, I’m casting porcelain today! I haven’t done a video on it yet - but maybe someday soon!

Wow, what a process. And what a stress with the discontinued glaze. How many bottles of underglaze and glaze do you use for such a large project?

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

A lot!! I’ve gone through so many bottles I’m actually gonna write to Amaco and Mayco and see if they will accept empty bottles to recycle them.

Wanting to learn about making mugs, and very much wanted a foundation in the traditional method of doing it. This has been fantastic. Thank you! I am curious though if 3D modeling/printing being incorporated into the process at some point is practiced at all. If so, at what point? Are you aware of methods in which the molds are 3D printed and then used to create mugs? I assume you can't use slipcasting at that point?

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

Check out Curt Hammerly on Instagram. He’s doing some really interesting work 3D printing his master molds: instagram.com/hammerlyceramics?igshid=YWJhMjlhZTc=

@simonpsheckells1338

Жыл бұрын

@@vantikistudio Thank you!

I know this isn't a super recent video - but when you put the colour on the beak you don't seem to cover the black inside, how do you keep the colour from going inside when you spay it?

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

Good question! There is some overspray into the interior, but the inner glaze absorbs the color with no issues during the firing.

Can you please tell us what paint container you use? There is only a link for the spray gun and I can't seem to find the part you put the glaze in.

@vantikistudio

5 күн бұрын

Ah! Those are 3M PPS Paint Spray gun lids and liners. This is the set for the cup that I use with my gun - I know there is a newer cup design that uses a different type of liner. www.amazon.com/dp/B000ANXZ7W/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_0N66B5R5HJJT371PY9Q3?linkCode=ml2&tag=vantiki-20

@BlobDob5877

5 күн бұрын

@@vantikistudio, thank you so much! I really appreciate your reply. I absolutely love your videos, they are really entertaining and really informative too. I aspire to do slip casting and I'm glad I came across your channel. You are great at what you do.

Do you get much spray into the inside of the mug by accident? Does this affect the final result?

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

Good question! The glaze I used on the mug interior is a dark satin glaze - it absorbs any underglaze overspray when I fire it without any color shift (I did tests to make sure I wouldn’t have any surprises)

@michellechowns9970

Жыл бұрын

@@vantikistudio thanks for the quick response! I love your content. I’m learning so much & I’m always excited to see what you are up to.

@mauricioespinosa9190

Жыл бұрын

@@vantikistudio I was wondering the same but in regards to food safe - ness. You said underglaze isn't food safe but there is some overspray on the inside without the extra glaze top coating. Does that same absorption work for food safety?

How mâle a slip?ingrédients ?

@mimabatomayena9200

Жыл бұрын

How mâke slip? Ingrédients ?

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/lqGembqif8eXe5c.html

Isn't glaze powder cancerous? Or at least I remember our ceramics teacher in art school telling that to us in the early 90ies. And damn, he really died of lung cancer a few years later. : /

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

Well, any airborne dust is hazardous (that’s why I wear the respirator in the spray booth), and some dry materials for making your own glaze can be toxic. That’s another reason I buy premade food safe glaze.

@georgetirebiter4343

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, any dust from silica minerals, including clay dust, is not great to breath in over the long term. And I can remember a famous occupational case from the Hawk's Nest hydroelectric tunnel in the 1930's where many workers succumbed to silicosis after drilling and blasting in quartz sandstone with no respiratory protection. However, you should note that Señor VanTiki, here, is about as scrupulous as anyone can be about his personal safety. Not only does he wear a respirator (and is clean shaven) but he has a spray booth ventilating his work area and drawing off particulates. So he has both personal protective equipment AND AN ENGINEERING CONTROL to mitigate his respiratory hazard. Plus, he keeps his studio pretty clean. Really, he is a pretty good exemplar when it comes to studio safety.

@____Ann____

Жыл бұрын

Silica is very dangerous for longs. So use a respiration while mixing glazes or sanding clay.

@georgetirebiter4343

Жыл бұрын

Using a wet cleanup for glazes and clay dust, such as a damp mop or sponge, instead of lofting particulates into the air with a broom is also a good idea.

I think your underselling yourself dude. Checked one of those tiki resell sites and one of these resold for over $600 USD in Dec. Great return for that guy but you could be leaving money on the table. Just raise the price after I get on the next preorder list!

@vantikistudio

Жыл бұрын

Ha! Thanks!