How I Create a Two-Part Pottery Vase - ASMR Edition

Experience the soothing process of creating a two-part pottery vase in this 56-minute ASMR video. Follow along as the artist demonstrates each step, from wedging clay to the final product. Learn techniques for throwing the body and upper walls of the vase, joining the parts, and refining the form. Observe the bisque firing process in an electric kiln, followed by glazing and reduction firing in a gas kiln. Witness the unpacking of the kiln, including the handling of a failed piece, and see the finished vase come to life. Gain insights into the tools and equipment used, including Rohde kilns and Phil Poburka trimming tools. For those interested in a more detailed explanation of the process, a narrated version is also available.

- Introduction
- Wedging clay
- Throwing the body of the vase
- Throwing the upper walls of the vase
- Scoring and slipping the parts together
- Incising out the excess to form the rim
- Melding the two parts together
- Drying the vases out slowly to leather hard
- Trimming the vases
- Loading the electric kiln for a bisque firing, 1000ºc
- Unpacking the now bisque fired pots
- Waxing the bases of the vases
- Glazing the vases
- Cleaning over the glazed surfaces
- Cleaning the bases of the vases
- Painting bat wash onto a silicon carbide kiln shelf
- Packing the gas kiln for a reduction firing, 1290º
- Ciro, the mascot
- Firing the gas kiln
- Unpacking the gas kiln a few days later
- Unloading the 'fallen' pot
- A close up of the crumpled vessel
- Smashing the failed pot
- Sanding the base of the pot
- The finished vase
- Tidying up