This week I'm making a batch of stoneware, wheel thrown RAMEN bowls, from start to finish, for a collaborative video I filmed a few months ago with Alex, @FrenchGuyCooking. If you'd like to watch HIS video, where we actually use the bowls to eat ramen from and talk about their shapes, you can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB_vyfGpo0c
Thanks so much for taking the time to watch! And if you have any questions please do ask in the comments below.
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⏱ • Timecodes:
0:00 - Introduction
0:28 - Preparing clay to throw with
3:08 - Throwing the bowls
11:14 - Wiring the bowls off the MDF bats
14:36 - Trimming the bowls
22:00 - Before & after — thrown verses trimmed
22:16 - Packing the electric kiln for a bisque firing to 1000ºC
23:02 - Unpacking the electric kiln
24:01 - Waxing the bowl's feet
25:26 - HOW I MIX the Tenmoku glaze, (recipe included)
26:06 - Glazing the bowls
28:27 - Cleaning up the glazed bowls prior to firing
30:04 - Packing the gas kiln
32:58 - Reduction firing the gas kiln to 1290ºC
36:21 - Opening the kiln and seeing the bowls
39:40 - Sanding the base of the bowls
40:42 - Close up images of the Tenmoku glaze
41:36 - Clean up
*It's worth noting! That you won't get the same results as I do if you're firing in oxidation. The reduction firing really helps with this process.
*I throw using both a Rohde HMT 500 & 600 potter's wheel and fire using Rohde kilns too, the electric is a TE-200 and the gas kiln is a KG-340.
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