How to Create A Two Part Pottery Vase — A Journey of Learning

My video this week goes over the creation of these handmade, two-part vases. It was a real learning journey for me, as you'll see by all the failures this film includes. This isn't a good example of how to make pots, rather it shows my struggles of making pots and testing out ideas, which, hopefully, will be useful and insightful itself. I use a Rohde TE-200 electric kiln and a Rohde KG-340 gas kiln. If you'd like to watch a more in-depth film about reduction firing you can find it here: https://youtu.be/5UJi6u50foI Phil Poburka makes a majority of the trimming tools I use for stoneware. Phil Bison tools: http://bisonstudios.com If you'd like to see what I'm up to everyday, and also see many more videos and photographs of my work, do check out my Instagram: (https://www.instagram.com/floriangadsby/). Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:34 - Wedging clay 1:04 - Throwing the body of the vase 7:24 - Throwing the upper walls of the vase 12:43 - Scoring and slipping the parts together 14:44 - Incising out the excess to form the rim 17:38 - Melding the two parts together 18:22 - Drying the vases out slowly to leather hard 19:24 - Trimming the vases 24:31 - Loading the electric kiln for a bisque firing, (1000ºc) 25:21 - Unpacking the now bisque fired pots 25:50 - Waxing the bases of the vases 26:47 - Glazing the vases 32:37 - Cleaning over the glazed surfaces 37:28 - Cleaning the bases of the vases 39:19 - Painting bat wash onto a silicon carbide kiln shelf 39:48 - Packing the gas kiln for a reduction firing, (1290º) 42:02 - Ciro, the mascot 42:12 - Firing the gas kiln 44:17 - Unpacking the gas kiln a few days later 45:51 - Unloading the 'fallen' pot 45:59 - A close up of the crumpled vessel 46:23 - Smashing the failed pot 47:04 - Sanding the base of the pot 47:51 - The finished vase 48:26 - Tidying up ____ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/floriangadsby/ TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@floriangadsby Website – http://www.floriangadsby.com