I simply adore your tutorials... Your humming... Your water splashes... Your ideas.. Your darling little egg cups... Your potter's wheel.. Your expertise.. And your generosity.. Thank you Simon❤️

@liliannapaxton

2 жыл бұрын

Keep practicing ❤️😄❤️

@beneiseoleinmheart5614

2 жыл бұрын

What do u mean by generosity?

@Larry_Potter

2 жыл бұрын

@@beneiseoleinmheart5614 Sharing his ideas and thoughts. I’ve known many potters who don’t want to share anything least you do better than them.

@liliannapaxton

2 жыл бұрын

@purple rane yep! That's exactly what I mean ... Simon Leach is a generous teacher ... On all levels ...his creations ...egg cups ...vases... bowls... potter's wheel design.. decorating techniques... kiln designs and alterations... firing schedules... etc... all so generous

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Dee Di Dee :)

The Egg Cups are sensational and the bowl. Thank you 😊

Gracias por volver Simón, tú eres mi mejor maestro todo lo que sé de alfarería te lo debo a ti, hay maestros muy buenos, claro, pero no es lo mismo.

Welcome back sir , wishing you all the best ❤😊🪷📚✍️☕️🍰🌈🪭🌅🌕🌍

Simon, greetings from Russia. I'm one of your many students. You are my first and main teacher in pottery. Thank you for your generosity and openness, for the experience and knowledge that you give to students. I am glad that you have recovered and are working again. I hope to meet you in the future and greet you with a handshake.

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Greetings to you in Russia ..where ? Yes hope to meet one day !

Hi again from Japan, Simon. Good to see you healthy once again. The salad bowl idea is similar to the 'suribachi' we have here, although the entire inside is scored... usually for grinding things like seeds (sesame), and combining it with miso, etc.

Missed you, glad to see you back!

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Back in the saddle !

Missed you! Glad you're feeling better!

Hi Simon Thanks for sharing your tips, skills and thoughts. We call the egg dish ‘egg and dunkers’ in nz🌿 love your videos

Good to see you back I have missed my Leach fix Best wishes and keep improving

@eddiespottery8439

2 жыл бұрын

I agree

Your homemade decorating tools are quite inspiring! Especially the bottle cap roller.

So nice to see you’re well again. Love the ideas for home made texture. The bottle cap spinner is great, I’m going to try making one! Cheers from Maryland in the United States!

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Yes no shortage of them !

That goblet Is great for unfiltered drinks, like a cider etc. catches all the silt in the bottom.

So many great ideas packed in this one video! I LOVE the salad dressing bowl - you can probably zest a lemon or lime in there for dressing as well. Can't wait to try that one!

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, yes we crammed in some ideas ! So much to learn :)

Wow! Glad you’re back on the HealingWheel (: CHEERS to 100% WELL! Cool ideas… per usual…thank you! Oh yes, received the box (: thanks again! PS! If anyone out there is vacillating on buying Simon’s tools… BUY the tools or make the tools, whatever … Simon takes the struggle out of making good pots! AHHH The JOY of MAKING POTS! 💫 I’ll be over here on The Island practicing✨

@beneiseoleinmheart5614

2 жыл бұрын

Did you begin learning from his 📖 or videos? Or both

@katekaniff5987

2 жыл бұрын

In 2018 started out hand building… Enamored with the ancient pots… you know how KZread😳is, one thing leads to another 🤷🏼‍♀️I stumbled on Simon… Had never thrown on a wheel, had no intentions…. After watching, i gotta try this… ha! Never would have had the success that I have now if it wasn’t for Simon … Was it video or book?… both … PLUS! November 2019 , flew out for a workshop which was a game changer… There are things you can’t get from videos… it’s those little things… A friend gave me the book… Last winter had zoom clay … couldn’t get the height… Kept burning through the bottom trying to pull up the walls… no longer a stumbling block! Going to zoom again this winter… Lidded jars are my battle cry, well fitted lids chiefly … hahaha, you asked!😂 so with all that said… I keep practicing 😉

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Kate ..thanks for your kind words re tools etc. yep back in the ‘healing wheel’ . Zoom when you are ready!

So glad to see you back at the wheel!

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks !

So glad you are feeling better, Simon!!😊

Had to make soft boiled eggs and finish watching. Thank you for being part of my morning.

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Hey no problem, hope the eggs were great !

Dankeschön! The lazy way is often the best

Glad to hear you are feeling better! Just wanted to tell you that ammo clip - plastic paddle was positively inspired! Well done, as always! TY

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Diane, yes I liked it I think, might play around with the pattern.

@dianemoore5985

2 жыл бұрын

I will be making this one as well

So good to see you again! I was worried!

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Back on track !

feel better Simon and please stay that way! have not commented in a very very long time, but wanted to just say i LOVE your videos. Thanks! take care

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, blessings :)

Good to have you back. Stay well.

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you !

Wonderful to hear you're mended! And back on the healing wheel 🌟😃🌈

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Karen, we keep practicing !

Good to see you back Simon.

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks good to be getting hands dirty again !

Good to see you back Simon !

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks indeed !

Ooo I used to make little vinaigrette garlic grater bowls like that years ago! Sold like hot cakes :)

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I imagine they would sell well :)

Glad you are back! Missed you.

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks , appreciated:)

I'm so glad you are back on your healing wheel ! I think it has healing powers and get distressed if I can't have a throw every few days :) Stay well x

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

‘Clay is the way’…or a least a very good way !

Sorry you've been sick. Sure glad you are back and feeling better. Missed you!

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Back in the clay :)

Hey my friend, I thought you had to be under the wether. Only because I have watched you for a long time and your almost never gone off line for this amount of time. Glad your better Simon. eddie.

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Eddie !

@eddiespottery8439

2 жыл бұрын

@@sleachpots I'm truly glad your doing better sense your a few years younger than me. I worry about you young people LOL keep practicing Simon.

Good to see you're back! Takes a wee bit longer to recuperate as we age but it gives you time to watch KZread videos. Be well... Cheers...Freddie

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Freddie !

Yay!!! Welcome back 🥳

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Back in town !

As always top !! I missed you Simon all the best from Leiden and Groeten van Barbara

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers ma dears !

I like the salad bowl. Decent idea!

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

I recommend a little bigger but yes works well thanks.

I need to learn this stuff

I can commiserate with you Simon! I am going through some very intense health related problems too, plus moving myself and my pottery from Nevada to Ohio.

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Get well soon :)

Was worried about you glad your feeling better

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Yep was feeling rotten, but better now ! Thank you.

Love it

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Good I’m glad !

Sorry for your ailment. I hope it wasn't covid related.

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks good to be back !

my nana used to make me soft boiled eggs

So good to see you again Simon. I was wondering what tool you used to make the texture in the garlic grinder? Thank you!❤️

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a wooden comb, slightly rounded

@heidijensen1322

2 жыл бұрын

@@sleachpots thank you so much! 💖 Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🍁

Welcome back! Glad you are well! Question....is grate part of the garlic bowl glazed?

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Waxed, sprayed over with some wood ash

Question for you SImon: when you throw a pot with a new design / concept (new paddle texture in this case) how many pots will you make of its kind? One? Ten? 50? I'm curious to know how large your 'first generation' of a new design typically is. Thanks for the video.

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Seth..that would depend how much I like the design. I will answer and say 10 and then see where that leads me, maybe some modification to the design, it’s a form that is changing in its early stages.

I recognize those symptoms. Sounds like you are now a covid survivor.

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

I might be, not really sure ?

@nicolagillis4240

2 жыл бұрын

@@sleachpots I think so Simon. I have Covid now and in bed watching all your lovely videos and worrying about the last 100 pieces of an 800 piece order, so hoping doesn't take so long to recover.

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

@@nicolagillis4240 I found talking ‘andrographis paniculata’ to be very helpful.Also recommended officially by the government of Thailand as a therapeutic for COVID. Take it easy when you think you are better, and build back strength and stamina gradually.

sounds like you had cover-19 to me.

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a possibility of course but never was tested.

A potter with a hot glue gun is a dangerous thing....

@eddiespottery8439

2 жыл бұрын

LOL.

@deepashtray5605

2 жыл бұрын

@@eddiespottery8439 :)

What does a regular Brit, even a Potter, do with a gun in the US? Is he infected with the "US rifle virus", or is he just target shooting?

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Gerard if I own a rifle ( for my personal use, target or hunting ) is that a crime ? …you make it sound as such ? Not a pottery related question ! My life, my rules ..sorry !

@gerardmolenaar

2 жыл бұрын

@@sleachpots Dear Simon, you are absolutely right. No offense meant. Sorry!

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

None taken …. we keep practicing :)

It’s called COVID, I am beyond disappointed that you won’t admit that and I will be smashing any pottery I have purchased and I have unsubscribed. I know you didn’t believe in all this I just hope you didn’t get someone else sick

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

A branch covidian troll, get a life….Jesus is Lord.

@sorce2175

2 жыл бұрын

I haven't been able to get this out of my head. Came to see if anyone was running defense, then I got to thinking about how Simon's mental health is the very thing that allowed him to beat "x", of course, real fans know this as well, so there is but a wise response from the man himself. "Don't be Fearful" has kept me strong for about 2 years now. Knowing Stress is one of the, I think top 3 co-morbidities, not allowing the fear to stress you out is so very important. I wonder if looking in peepholes at 2100F helps with Vitamin D too!🤣 I've had a number one customer threaten to break all my pots over political BS. I kept my faith and we remain friends. It's comforting to know one can always find a friend by finding a Leach taught pot! God Bless.

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Yep political BS, that’s what it is, control freaks ! Thanks for your comment, we shall stand against the tyranny. I am hoping and praying that America wakes up to what is going on. Blessings.

Glad you are well and back!

@sleachpots

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, appreciated :)