How to Make Your Own Pottery Maker's Mark

Here it is! Finally! At long last the video that shows how I carve my own, porcelain maker's marks for stamping my pottery. I hope it demonstrates it well, it was so difficult filming on this macro level. ALSO! Thanks so much for one million subscribers, what a surreal and insane number of people that is. (I'll have to think of a proper celebratory video—all ears if you've got any ideas!). Here's a link to Mark Tallowin's website, the man who made my stamp pouch: https://www.marktallowin.co.uk I used Audrey Blackman porcelain for these but you can use any, or a smooth, stoneware clay body/terracotta too. Timestamps: 0:00 – Introduction 0:16 – The tools used 1:45 – A page of my old maker's mark ideas 2:10 – Preparing the porcelain 2:45 – Separating out the 'blanks' 3:50 – Piercing holes in the handles 4:49 – Grinding the tops flat 6:39 – Penciling in my backwards symbol 7:00 – The carving begins 8:27 – Carving away to create the border 9:30 – Testing the mark 10:14 – Showing the process again, with discussions about how/why 13:52 – All the maker's marks/stamps 14:26 – ONE MILLION SUBSCRIBERS THANK YOU Thanks for watching, especially if you made it all the way to the end! ____ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/floriangadsby/ TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@floriangadsby Website – http://www.floriangadsby.com