I'm not sure anyone needs one of these, but they're a form I've wanted to throw and trim for a while now, a tall, pedestal for vessels like teapots, or candles, or well, anything you so desire. I discuss the entire process from throwing the solid shape, which is followed by careful drying, which is followed by the hollowing out of the stem, which is some rather intense trimming work. The other use would be a giant chalice I suppose, but we won't dwell on that... After this I take you through the waxing, glazing, reduction firing and finally unpacking the finished, strange vessel from the kiln. I'm honestly not sure what I think about it, perhaps it needs to be scaled up a fraction more? Or it needs a wider, more tapering stem? Let me know what you think and thanks for taking your time to watch!
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Timecodes:
0:00 - Introduction & spiral wedging clay
2:10 - Throwing the tall, stemmed shape
6:23 - Flipping the form & drying it carefully
7:15 - Trimming the pedestal
14:16 - The trimmed plinth, which I'll dry slowly hereafter
15:05 - Unpacking the electric kiln after a bisque firing to 1000ºC
15:26 - Waxing the plinth's foot
15:55 - Glazing the vessel
16:19 - Tidying up the glazed pot's surface
17:48 - Packing & reduction firing my Rohde KG-340 gas kiln
19:08 - Unpacking the gas kiln, sanding its base and the finished pedestal.
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