Andy Ruble

Andy Ruble

Pitfire June ‘20 Art 45F

Pitfire June ‘20 Art 45F

Low relief carving

Low relief carving

Notching your pottery

Notching your pottery

How to make a sprig mold

How to make a sprig mold

How to recycle your clay

How to recycle your clay

Slab bowl using a slump mold

Slab bowl using a slump mold

Tripod slab cup

Tripod slab cup

How to pit fire your pottery

How to pit fire your pottery

Burnishing your pottery

Burnishing your pottery

How to Make Terra Sigillata

How to Make Terra Sigillata

Pinch pot orb

Pinch pot orb

Orb decorating techniques

Orb decorating techniques

Making a clay rattle

Making a clay rattle

The Ocarina

The Ocarina

Spouts

Spouts

Lids and Knobs

Lids and Knobs

Handbuilding a Pinch Pot

Handbuilding a Pinch Pot

Slab Cup

Slab Cup

Handbuilding the Coil Pot

Handbuilding the Coil Pot

Shaping from the Inside

Shaping from the Inside

Sectional pot

Sectional pot

Clover shaped bowl

Clover shaped bowl

Faceting

Faceting

Batter Bowl

Batter Bowl

Big Bowl

Big Bowl

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  • @hazelhedgie9581
    @hazelhedgie95816 күн бұрын

    I cant wait to try to make this in ceramics class! Thanks for this video. 💛✨️

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble6336 күн бұрын

    I hope it works out! Thanks for watching… -Andy

  • @fancycrafts7774
    @fancycrafts777410 күн бұрын

    If you make the voicing hole narrower, the sound will be less breathy.

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble6336 күн бұрын

    Good observation! It also makes the tone lower. 👍 thanks for watching.

  • @rowanaashley
    @rowanaashley13 күн бұрын

    I have struggle with getting the tube in the right place to get sound with the tube too. When I don't use the tube I get sound but when I try with tube I can't find the right position. Any tips?

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble63313 күн бұрын

    Thanks for watching and sorry for the struggles! My best advice is to cut the tube at a 45degree angle while it’s leather hard and place the front of the tube at the back of the hole. There must be a very small hole remaining at the end of the tube to allow air to blow over the hole. Remember to sharpen the front of the hole for best sound results! Good luck… Andy

  • @rowanaashley
    @rowanaashley13 күн бұрын

    Thank you ​@@andyruble633 I will try it again!

  • @Lauragld
    @Lauragld18 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much for sharing....the use of the serrated rib and the swirl it creates with the spin of the wheel and stretching is very beautiful.

  • @karenrennie1196
    @karenrennie1196Ай бұрын

    Really good tutorial.

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble63326 күн бұрын

    Thanks so much!

  • @karenrennie1196
    @karenrennie1196Ай бұрын

    Have a heat gun or a hair dryer handy so you don’t have to wait for your clay to firm up.

  • @mariyamkhan745
    @mariyamkhan745Ай бұрын

    This is so pretty✨️

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble633Ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @sabelch
    @sabelchАй бұрын

    I'm impressed that with no adjustments or fiddling with the holes he created a playable scale.

  • @Secret_neighbour
    @Secret_neighbour2 ай бұрын

    I may be 5 years too late..but your literally so awesome thank you so much for this tutorial

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble6332 ай бұрын

    You are so welcome! Thanks for watching. -Andy

  • @27andymay
    @27andymay2 ай бұрын

    Thanks!!

  • @sarahlee8838
    @sarahlee88383 ай бұрын

    Fantastic work.

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble6333 ай бұрын

    Thank you Sarah! Look for some new videos this summer :)

  • @ingridyen5161
    @ingridyen51613 ай бұрын

    I can’t wait to try this out next!

  • @ingridyen5161
    @ingridyen51613 ай бұрын

    Great video! What a fun way to shape a round jar :)

  • @ingridyen5161
    @ingridyen51613 ай бұрын

    I love your videos! They are incredibly helpful and simple yet detailed. I’ve been able to throw consistently large and tall cylinders thanks to your techniques :) I’ve improved so much! I even made my very first moon jar!

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble6333 ай бұрын

    I’m so happy my videos are helping you Ingrid! Thanks for the kind words and be on the lookout for more videos this summer. 👍 -Andy

  • @ingridyen5161
    @ingridyen51613 ай бұрын

    Yay! I’m so excited for more of your videos :)

  • @s.missizhippiew.1117
    @s.missizhippiew.11173 ай бұрын

    Very nice! I noticed that you didn’t oil your wooden bowl before you put the clay in there.. is it because it was a wooden bowl? If I use a different type of material, would I need to oil it first? Thank you…. Is oil better or cornstarch? Or plastic wrap? Plastic wrap leaves marks I noticed… 🤷‍♀️please advise…

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble6333 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching! If it is a porous material such as wood, it is not necessary to use a release agent. I hope it works out for you! -Andy

  • @s.missizhippiew.1117
    @s.missizhippiew.11173 ай бұрын

    @@andyruble633 okay thank you 🌸

  • @willowgalan2942
    @willowgalan29424 ай бұрын

    Andy your lovely warmth of personality and eagerness to explain the finer details of hand placement and the importance of taking advantage of centrifugal force by stacking your coils inwards make this one of the best tutorials for the BIG scale clay vessels on KZread. Im gonna take full advantage of this and try to make some wine storage vessels to sell to local wineries. I really want to make it as a solo potter, and big stuff is the dream since I saw Peter Voulkos's protege Peter Callas at my ceramics class in college. Ive never connected to an artform so deeply how I feel when I make large scale vessels such as these. Thank you!

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble6333 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for this lovely comment Galan! I truly hope it helps you out to make your best work yet. I remember seeing Peter Volkos working in Kansas City way back in the day and Peter Callas was his assistant back then. Look for more videos this Summer! Andy

  • @Dononcall
    @Dononcall5 ай бұрын

    I am a complete novice and this was extraordinarily helpful. Thank-you.

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble6335 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much for checking it out! I’m glad it is helping. I’m going on sabbatical next quarter and will be making additional videos. 👍

  • @santonucci
    @santonucci5 ай бұрын

    If you were looking to make a deeper bowl (think Ramen/soup), would you slump over the outside or inside? (I am a woodturner, so making the proper mold is easy.)

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble6335 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching! I prefer to use the hump mold technique with the clay over the mold not inside. Good luck! Andy

  • @e_g7736
    @e_g77366 ай бұрын

    Hi Andy! Please tell how long do you dry ocarina before making holes in it: several hours, 2 days, one week? Do you cover it with plastic bags to make it dry slowly or it is ok to dry it on open air? Thanks.

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble6336 ай бұрын

    Hello, and thanks for watching! I like to make the holes and mount the blow tube when the clay is much stiffer in the leather hard stage. How long it needs to dry completely depends on the humidity and the temperature. You can speed up the drying by using a heat gun or hairdryer, or keep it wet by wrapping it up with plastic. I hope this helps! Andy

  • @e_g7736
    @e_g77366 ай бұрын

    They told me that the clay should dry as slowly as possible. I thought that if it dries on open air, it will be damaged in the kiln. Is it true?

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble6336 ай бұрын

    Really fast drying could cause cracking, but it is possible to speed dry clay and it has no effect on how it fires in the kiln.

  • @simonalvarez9655
    @simonalvarez96556 ай бұрын

    Hi! I’m a ceramics major trying to make a big usable vessel. Do the seams between the coils smooth out on the inside/is there a way to make it smooth? I’m asking because I’m afraid of texture breaking the glaze and keeping it from being completely water tight.

  • @simonalvarez9655
    @simonalvarez96556 ай бұрын

    I also just want to be able to look inside and have a nice even wall without and rings

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble6336 ай бұрын

    Hi Simon! Thanks for checking out the video. Coil throwing is completely water tight when stacked, compressed and pulled well. The throwing lines on the inside can easily be smoothed out using a rib after you have completed that section of coils. Sometimes I use a rib on both sides of the wall to completely eliminate any process marks depending on what I’m making. Go for it and good luck! -Andy

  • @jmc6383
    @jmc63836 ай бұрын

    You seem to have stopped posting videos a few years ago, but from the bottom of my heart I hope you are doing well. You explain everything so well. I'm coming back to pottery after a long lapse and I've been struggling to troubleshoot my issues since I'm not taking formal instruction this time around. Your videos are perfect, and I love the way you explain your hand positions! I'll definitely be incorporating (and anthropomorphizing) your "shadow bird".

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble6336 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much for watching! I truly hope these techniques help you progress. I’m going on sabbatical this Spring and will begin posting new videos once again! -Andy

  • @jamietuohy7481
    @jamietuohy74816 ай бұрын

    Thank you. Very helpful.

  • @anaisdelossantos1501
    @anaisdelossantos15017 ай бұрын

    hi ! thank you for the video, just curious if you happen to know the exact spec to plug into a skutt electirc kiln? like if im firing at cone 012, what preheat to input if any?

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble6337 ай бұрын

    Hello! I’m not sure exactly what you mean by exact specs? To fire these small pencils you probably wouldn’t need much more than a one hour preheat. -Andy

  • @magnuswootton7368
    @magnuswootton73688 ай бұрын

    I dont know how to get plaster to dry properly, I tried getting calcium sulphate but it doesnt set hard at all!!!!

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble6338 ай бұрын

    What a bummer! I really only recommend #1 pottery plaster which is the industry standard for slip casting and pottery molds. If you have tried this type of plaster and it didn't work, your mixing ratios must be adjusted or the plaster itself is old and no longer usable. Good luck! -Andy

  • @magnuswootton7368
    @magnuswootton73688 ай бұрын

    @@andyruble633 that glazed pot is a beauty, i live the little cross stamp on the side, it actually looks like its metal. ill clean that one and fill it up with milk if i ever got it!!!!

  • @crystalsmith3783
    @crystalsmith37838 ай бұрын

    Beautiful work! How did you get this piece from the wheel to the kiln and what kind of kiln do you have that would fit this piece?

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble6338 ай бұрын

    Believe it or not, I lifted this piece off while in the stiff leather hard stage. I then once fired the piece in our soda kiln which is large enough to accommodate pieces of this size. Thanks for watching!

  • @rayx3880
    @rayx388010 ай бұрын

    Andy, I just want to say that this video was so mesmerizing! I've only started ceramics in January this year, so I don't know all the possibilities yet. I am gobsmacked at the height you've built on this! I am surprised that despite having almost no attention span nowadays, I couldn't tear myself away from the screen! This was amazing!!! So inspirational! I was hoping that you or someone else can answer a question I have. I understand that it is important to maintain thickness in the walls to support the building and throwing, but once you are done coil throwing, how much can you trim the form? Or would trimming it any be detrimental to the firing process? Thank you!

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble63310 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much for watching! I hope these techniques help you make your largest form yet. 🎉 To answer your question, I usually throw the form to its final thickness but you could trim it quite a bit and it shouldn’t effect the way it fires. 1/2 inch to 3/8” would be the thinnest I would go for a large form. Andy

  • @franadav
    @franadav10 ай бұрын

    Fabulous tutorial ... thank you. Curious to know what that market is for such large pieces? And are these mostly decorative or is there a functional use for the pots?

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble63310 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching and I hope it helps you! This pot is largely decorative and often graces people entry ways. The price for these pieces depend on size, form and surface decoration. $800- $2000

  • @andhemills
    @andhemills10 ай бұрын

    Nice guide. I'm going to be teaching a whistle class soon. I'm also trying to make a 3 chambered flute/ocarina. That's turning out to be a lot to have bitten off! I'm trying to make it somewhat unique in that I want one chamber to be the bass with two holes controlled by the thumbs to play 1st, 3rd and 5ths. the other two chambers to share (7) finger holes, so that they play relative 3rds and I"m hoping it gets a decent organ-like tone to it. I'm using math to try to get relative tones. I first tried a cylindrical design, but I couldn't get a sound out of it the second day after it dried to leather hard. I'm trying a more square/cubic approach on my second attempt. It's turning out to be too big, but I'm saving the whistle parts for last and I'm hoping I can get all 3 chambers whistling as desired, then I can dial it down on the 3rd one to get a good fit. I'm imagining I might have to make some "channels", esp for the thumb bass notes. such that where I place my thumb leads to a different hole position leading to the chamber to get the desired tonality. Long live imagination and exploration!

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble63310 ай бұрын

    Awesome! Sounds ambitious. I have made multiple chamber whistles in the past and they really sound great. Look up a guy named Brian Ransom. He has made the most amazing ocarina clusters I have ever seen! Good luck, -Andy

  • @maggiesands7625
    @maggiesands762511 ай бұрын

    Awesome video. Thank you so much!

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble63310 ай бұрын

    I'm glad you liked it and I hope it helps with some of your projects. :)

  • @carolparkes6031
    @carolparkes603111 ай бұрын

    I followed your sprig method with great success thank you. BUT I'm struggling with applying them without them 'lifting'. Have you done a video on applying them please? Many thanks

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble63310 ай бұрын

    Sorry for the slow response! I haven't made a video on this, but it is best practice to make sure both the object and the sprig are basically the same leather hard consistency. Apply slip to both sides and firmly work the edges down with your fingers or the tool of your choice. Drying the piece slowly will also help a lot! I hope this helps... -Andy

  • @bettygreiser2919
    @bettygreiser291911 ай бұрын

    Thank you for keeping it simple

  • @barisonenunsalver
    @barisonenunsalver11 ай бұрын

    This is the only video that really helped me make the ocarina work. Thanks a lot.

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble63311 ай бұрын

    I'm so happy it helped you! Thanks for watching.. -Andy

  • @tatianaivanovna5798
    @tatianaivanovna5798 Жыл бұрын

    etude for okarina kzread.info/dash/bejne/gJqJm8WPZZefpMo.html

  • @juniorplay8742
    @juniorplay8742 Жыл бұрын

    Esse formato de ocarina é bem diferente da ocarina peruana que tenho mm

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble633 Жыл бұрын

    It is different but very effective! Thanks for watching... -Andy

  • @coopart1
    @coopart1 Жыл бұрын

    Very cool !thanks for sharing !

  • @ombrettalomanto8331
    @ombrettalomanto8331 Жыл бұрын

    The right way to pronounce is: si (ci-nnamon ) gilla ta ( ta-blet) 🤗

  • @ombrettalomanto8331
    @ombrettalomanto8331 Жыл бұрын

    Hallo, good morning, What kind of plaster?

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble633 Жыл бұрын

    #1 pottery plaster is best. 👍

  • @amaryllisamaryllis8795
    @amaryllisamaryllis8795 Жыл бұрын

    Very good 👍

  • @radhasreedhar4381
    @radhasreedhar4381 Жыл бұрын

    hi, thanks for the video. loved it. can you pl tell from where you got the wooden bowl? does it not need an agent like corn starch to prevent sticking? i prefer to use these simple tools rather than expensive forms sold in market.

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble633 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Radha! I found this bowl at a second hand store. I sanded it until the oil type finish came off allowing the bowl to be porous once again. You can always put some thin canvas over the form to act as a release. An old tee shirt works perfectly. -Andy

  • @radhasreedhar4381
    @radhasreedhar4381 Жыл бұрын

    @@andyruble633 thanks. will definitely try this

  • @hilarygomes8761
    @hilarygomes8761 Жыл бұрын

    Great video!

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble633 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Hilary!!

  • @GuilhermeMorando
    @GuilhermeMorando Жыл бұрын

    Incredible...from Brazil

  • @BlueHeart-gt7lg
    @BlueHeart-gt7lg Жыл бұрын

    6:18 TOOT TOOT!! sorry

  • @pharmdpottery
    @pharmdpottery Жыл бұрын

    How do you make such even coils?

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble633 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Jacob! For this project I used an extruder which in this case made about 3/4” thick coils.

  • @user-cw2qc5qe6z
    @user-cw2qc5qe6z Жыл бұрын

    thanks Andy

  • @musi1musi264
    @musi1musi264 Жыл бұрын

    Exelente MAESTRO! Gracias!!!!!

  • @llllllllIIIIIIIIIII
    @llllllllIIIIIIIIIII Жыл бұрын

    But what is the pasta used?

  • @user-cw2qc5qe6z
    @user-cw2qc5qe6z Жыл бұрын

    How do you move so much clay?

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble633 Жыл бұрын

    Coil by coil! Thanks for watching.

  • @user-cw2qc5qe6z
    @user-cw2qc5qe6z Жыл бұрын

    @@andyruble633 Hi andy! I like to watch people who know their job, and you are a maestro. I think we didn't understand each other. How do you move so much clay from the wheel to the drying place, or kiln?

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble633 Жыл бұрын

    @@user-cw2qc5qe6z I remove them from the wheel while they are is a still leather hard consistency. Sometimes two people locking arms is needed for the really large ones. I hope this helps! -Andy

  • @DaithiOh
    @DaithiOh Жыл бұрын

    Very cool

  • @FlairGiftBoxes
    @FlairGiftBoxes Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful! Thank you.

  • @taleofawhale6964
    @taleofawhale6964 Жыл бұрын

    Awsome! What a great way to show how you do it.

  • @andyruble633
    @andyruble633 Жыл бұрын

    I hope it helps, and thanks for checking it out!