38. Learning Spiral Wedging / Kneading Clay 菊練り with Hsin-Chuen Lin 林新春 菊練揉土示範

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[@alemiles7570]

Thank you for being so giving! Lots of us have no teachers, living far way off any school. You make learning possible! If everyone were so generous, the world would be a better place!!L

[@naomidiaz5272]

Thank you. This is 100 times more helpful than the very brief and incomplete demonstration that my teacher gave our class.

[@Valde008]

Master Lin, your contributions are without comparison the best tutorials available on the web. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@kimcarvin3468]

When we bought our house in pa, the previous owners left a Kiln in our basement. A year after living in our new home I was asked to go to Africa to teach Sign Language. I needed to raise money to go on this trip. I figured since I had a kiln I would by a wheel and learn how to throw so I could sell and raise money for this mission trip. I had a few lessons from a local potter to get me started. Shortly after, that potter and I lost contact so I had to teach myself at this point. We do not have any schools or pottery shops close by so your videos have helped me immensely. I am still learning and loving every minute of it. I would love to one day be able to afford to go to one of your work shops. That is on my "bucket" list... lol... Thanks so much for your time making these videos. Kim Carvin

[@ScoutBLoved]

+Kim Carvin What a cool way to get into throwing! Your creativity was just burning (hehe) to get out. Were you able to go on your trip?

[@mikeu5380]

You may wish to contact Simon Leach, a world-famous potter (his grandad was Bernard Leach), who lives in Millheim, PA: www.simonleachpottery.com/index.html

[@migzz7976]

I’m a returning potter who is replacing old beginner methods with the ones in your instructional videos. Thank you so much!

[@rogueliving]

Thank you for your excellent close-up video of spiral wedging. I finally see how to do it!

[@TheArkDoc]

I've watched dozens of wedging videos online; this is by far the best explanation .

[@catalinadrey2422]

This is the best demonstration of spiral wedging I've ever seen and I'm studying ceramics in college! Thank you so much!

[@ClayThrower]

THE best video I've seen on the subject. I've been doing it wrong for years. Thank you for this.

[@umberdar]

Wonderful explanation and demonstration. Thank you! I wonder why anyone would give this a thumbs-down? I guess some people are just negative.

[@finessewes9119]

after weeks of practice I am finally seeing results. this was very helpful and this form of wedging is particularly fun.

[@SharJoyC]

Thank you for the tutorial on wedging, very helpful and informative. I have never seen it demonstrated so clearly, this is great. Most of the clay I have purchased has been quite firm and takes a lot of effort wedge. I guess I just need to take the time to wet and soften it. Thanks for posting, Sharon

[@Alyzabeth01]

This really has been the most clearly demonstrated video for spiral wedging I have seen. Thank you:)

[@k9yeah]

You are a wonderful man to give us your knowledge, thank you from New Zealand

[@SnowdoniaHoneythorn]

I love pottery. Even the prep forms are beautiful!

[@artemisarrow9545]

oh that's so wonderful! thank you for your generous teaching (and the second camera angle really helped!)

[@gurbhajankaur2749]

I loved this style of wedging . Wedging itself creates a beautiful piece . Thanks sooooooo much

[@pangaeus]

Wow. I've tried spiral wedging on and off but after a critique of my technique, the teacher showed me that I was actually adding bubbles to the clay by creating pockets from shear stress, not taking them out! I will give it another shot making sure that all parts of the clay are going into a rotating spiral. Thanks!

[@hsinchuen]

@zhpottery It's called aging clay. It helps water particle to redistribute evenly around clay particle. The longer you keep the more plastic your clay will be.

[@meepmooper]

Thank you for your videos, you are an excellent teacher. I have improved so much since i found these postings!

[@MrUtubeFanatic]

Excellent demo, Lin. I can now spiral wedge. Thanks

[@petyafordsavillems755]

It is an honor to learn from you, Master Lin!

[@hsinchuen]

Feel free to watch all, 712 videos and more coming.

[@MagicWorld7]

I could watch this all day!!

[@yongrai83]

Thank you so much!!!! After watching your spiral wedging (video #8), I really wanted to learn this skill, but I only hurt my wrist pressing too hard without proper skill. So informative and helpful!! Thank you Thank you Thank you!! :)

[@Neldidellavittoria]

Brilliant explanation. Thanks so much. I'd read about this method but never actually seen it done, so my attempts at it were a disaster. Thank you.

[@RONNIEMOful]

that is the best demo. Of spiral wedging I've seen !

[@jennpease1023]

Perfect ! I love this wedging video. I had so much trouble getting all the air bubbles. This helps so much. Thankyou

[@hsinchuen]

I recommend you watch my video #388. The video covers more in depth on other methods as well.

[@jennpease1023]

Yes thank you. I watched it and will try your rams head method at the end of the video :)@@hsinchuen

[@erinwithryder]

Thank you for breaking down the movements. I've always had difficulty wedging. :)

[@CarlCravens]

Best video I've seen on spiral wedging... thanks very much.

[@LADELCOTO]

I love the spiral shapes,beautiful.. thank you

[@katknowles2651]

Ohhh that's how you do it....WONDERFUL DEMONSTRATION!

[@Pipsqwak]

Impressive! Those chunks of wedged clay look like pieces of art themselves! It also looks like an insane upper body/arm workout.

[@jlawson-tm3ub]

+Pipsqwak Make no mistake, this man could probably crush faces with his hands. Haha!

[@jtcpottery]

He's not even huffing and puffing!

[@josephsalvador9371]

Pipsqwak well, when wedging you aren't actually using your muscles unless you are sitting down. You actually are using your body weight to push and turn the clay to wedge. :)

[@judikail1561]

Any wedding is an upper body workout. 😳

[@judikail1561]

Sorry, forgot to check auto-fill. wedding should have been the word WEDGING

[@michaelmonsor3050]

Great demonstration. I can't wait to work on it.

[@Battlewear]

Thank you very very much Hsin-Chuen, absolutely amazing to watch, you make it look so easy.. I hope that with some practice I can get this down..

[@ZachFox]

Wonderful explanation! This was very helpful.

[@free2throw]

Your videos are the BEST!! Thank you!!

[@hili467]

beautiful. thank you! can't wait to try this method out.

[@alicekammerlander8832]

thank you for your great tutorials!! they really help a lot! you are a great tutor.

[@maggiemurray8522]

Love your videos. So informative and inspiring

[@lindalander4493]

I enjoyed your vidoe, you have an easy understandable way of teaching. Thankyoy.

[@tnunnink1]

Love the look of rivets that are left after the clay is wedged.

[@stanyakahn]

thank you for all your helpful videos!

[@credenza1]

Thanks, Hsin-Chuen. Very informative.

[@hsinchuen]

@nmbilly1962 There is no specific requirement for a wedging table as long as it absorb water. My wedging table is a sturdy table and I just place a piece of plywood on top of it for clearly showing the texture. Normally, I don't have the plywood. As to the height of the table, I prefer lower table so that when I am wedging I can use my body weight to save energy.

[@greenness7387]

Great demonstration of spiral wedging...thanks!

[@bschuber]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge of this craft here for all, I appreciate your generosity, Master. 🙏🏻

[@hsinchuen]

You are welcome

[@Jigatree]

Going to try this when I get in the studio today! Been using the 'bulls head' technique and just getting to grips with that but this looks fun :D

[@hobbypotter]

Wonderful demonstration of wedging, thank you so much!

[@PsychicDavidJames]

Very helpful and concise. Thanks so much for posting this.

[@joshiehutt3892]

He has some serious skills. and serious strength.

[@Jigatree]

Your clay also looks top quality, it gave me a claygasm

[@Fanama7]

Thank you, Amazing technic, there is so much wisdom of doing it this way, it remembers me physics and structures in nature, the spiral of a snail, ...fractal structures are everywhere.

[@captainfoodie7045]

thank you for all the information you are giving us, really helpful

[@sonjaduplessis7315]

Thank you so much for showing this method of wedging. I always wanted to learn it. Thank you ❤️

[@hsinchuen]

Watch this one is even better than my original: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWergGqpq9eHjKM

[@ssarahmk]

This is art in itself

[@tigermuffin4855]

thank you! That was very helpful!

[@minwellitsanicknamebegrate2531]

When i took pottery in school I never was good at wedging because I had weak arms and the clay was always cold I would always be in back banging my clay on the table 😩 I liked that class I took it for 3 years it was very fun

[@claudiaortega5920]

Excellence nice video very important !!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Mr Hshinchuen Lin

[@seajay2422]

That's very satisfying thanks!

[@yaroslavach5165]

Thank you so much! Great demo. Wish my hands were as strong as yours!))

[@amRaider95]

Excellent! he makes it look easy lol

[@user-hh8yy1bk3n]

It is very greatful teaching. Thanks you very much.^^

[@unidaisuki]

Beautiful!!

[@albpoolshark]

very smooth and great explanations :)

[@DirtKickerStudio]

Thanks for the great demo.

[@jnyfcbytd7459]

Thank you, you’re videos are very usefull

[@ceramicartist]

Excellent instruction. Thank you!

[@YuanJane]

Thank you for sharing your experience. Have done some throwing but the teacher uses a cutting-half technique for wedging. This looks more like a dance with clay...

[@kirstycollins4237]

Great tutorial!

[@TitusLivy777]

Very helpful! Thank you!

[@andreagrace4430]

excellent to work alongside!

[@borntofly2]

Eline sağlık ustam be, harika anlatmışsın.

[@TheRakuman]

37 haters need to get a life! Excellent my friend! Thank you very much!!!

[@marsilhee5119]

Thank you very much for sharing your experience

[@hsinchuen]

You are welcome!

[@evone9141]

wow how clever you are thank you:)

[@peplluis4682]

Es una maravilla!!!!!!

[@Lucy-dd6ws]

Amazing !

[@yanglittlewa]

Thank you so much for the video.

[@hsinchuen]

You are welcome!

[@happypotter1138]

Thank you very much.

[@norachen4210]

nice way to wedge. thanks!

[@anastasiatazeeva9754]

Thank you. I will try

[@Hannahcode1]

Thank you !

[@glodlamp]

Thank you.

[@trishie6677]

fantastic! I finally understand*

[@shauhengli5177]

amazing

[@user-ij2um2oj7g]

Thanks! Very clear!

[@hsinchuen]

You are welcome

[@jackieau5374]

I love your work! If I may, I'd like to ask a question. I keep getting this hole in the center of my wedged clay and I can't figure out how to stop getting that hole.

[@grwescott]

Very instructive - thank you! I would recommend that viewers watch parts of this where you are engaged in actual wedging at 25% speed - say from 6:28 to 6:40. An observation: I see the value in this is that you are not trying to manipulate the entire clay mass all at once, only so much as will fit in your hands. The rest of the clay rotates around as though waiting it's turn.

[@hsinchuen]

Good observation! I made another video #388 and explained more details in it. Feel free to watch it too.

[@grwescott]

@@hsinchuen - Sadly, I have not yet been able to assign the needed time to watch the billions of videos on youtube ... Thank you for the recommendation of #388, I will go there and do that now! 🙂

[@wtsn007]

I'm am curious if this technique would work for bread dough kneading. At least the first part. What an amazing technique.

[@lastand09]

thanks for the video! how are you keeping your clay from sticking to the board? when i tried with fresh clay out of the box, it sticks to the board. do you suggest letting the clay dry a bit before kneading?

[@Guruc13]

Okay I just had to see this!

[@hsinchuen]

10 years later, I made a better video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWergGqpq9eHjKM

[@timeabela6835]

Great video! What type of clay are you using? Thanks

[@zhpottery]

Hello Hsin-Chuen, I have been watching this video a lot lately and have been making some improvements and wanted to asked if you have ever seen a difference in quality if you wedged and wrapped the cone a day prior to throwing? I read online that wedging a cone twice or doing it a day before will allow the particles to tighten and have more green-strength. I also have tried wedging with my eyes closed to help the body "feel" the motions more and see less. It did seem to help. Happy Potting

[@evastefanovska8426]

1000 times thank you

[@hsinchuen]

You are welcome!

[@wippinful]

thank you master!!!

[@hsinchuen]

You can also watch my video 388.

[@humbyrds777]

Thank you so much for posting the additional instruction! I watched your first video a while ago and have been practicing, but my right hand has been adding bubbles I think, by folding the clay over into the middle. This one seems more clear about what the right hand is supposed to do ... going to practice some more!

[@yakimonomaker]

awesome

[@johannadomenech1702]

Where do you get your clay from? I absolutely love your work by the way. Just awesome.

[@ianjames6320]

Cheers now I know I've been doing it all wrong . I will try again.