Blending Textured Clay and Iron Spangles for New Vases - Pottery Techniques
Offered By: Florian Gadsby via YouTube
Course Description
Overview
Watch a 23-minute pottery tutorial demonstrating the process of blending textured stonewares with standard clay and incorporating iron spangles to create unique vases. Learn how to mix and wedge different clay bodies, add iron for dramatic speckled effects, and master techniques for throwing and trimming vases. Discover solutions for common pottery challenges, such as fixing a thin base and correcting irregular rims. Gain insights into clay selection, spiral wedging, and the initial steps of creating distinctive ceramic pieces, with glazing and firing information to follow in future content.
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Mixing the clays and iron spangles
- Throwing the vases
- How I fix a base thrown too thin
- Trimming the vases
- Fixing an irregular rim
- The finish pair, for now...
Taught by
Florian Gadsby
Related Courses
文物精品与文化中国:农业与制造业 | Relics in Chinese History - Part 1: Agriculture and ManufacturingTsinghua University via edX History of Indian Science and Technology
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi via Swayam Cerámica en casa para principiantes
Domestika Introducción al Kintsugi: restaura tu cerámica con oro
Domestika Pottery on the Wheel for Beginners - Throwing Clay, Beginning Ceramics
Skillshare