7 reasons your pottery is WARPING!

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Warping is the worst! When you spent all that time into crafting your handmade pottery, only to have your ceramics warp :( The good thing though is there are ways to prevent warping in pottery! In this video, I am sharing my top 7 tips to prevent pottery warping!
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@PotterytothePeople 3 ай бұрын

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@jeanmartin6410 2 ай бұрын

It’s summer in Minnesota. I don’t have a “wet” drawer, box, closet. I have a “wet” everything. Particularly my garage which is where I “dry” my pots. It can take up to two weeks to get them even close to dry. This is my first attempt at pottery in many, many years. I’m not complaining, I just think it’s funny.

@PotterytothePeople 2 ай бұрын

haha i used to live in wisconsin so I understand!

@jeanmartin6410 2 ай бұрын

@@PotterytothePeople the struggle is real.

@grammaurai6843 2 ай бұрын

Tell me about it - I live in NC and the humidity is consistently 80-100% (currently 98%)

@bronwynlennox1240 2 ай бұрын

The newspaper on the rim trick - it's brilliant! I did not know that one :)

@silkvelvet2616 2 ай бұрын

It's an oldie but a goodie. Recently, I've started using my heat gun on my mugs so I can get them off the wheel more easily after throwing them. I'm able to flip them more quickly too.

@bronwynlennox1240 2 ай бұрын

@@silkvelvet2616 I'm gonna try that one 🤗

@BlondLanfear 2 ай бұрын

Oh no quilting is addictive - have fun falling down that rabbit hole 😊

@PotterytothePeople 2 ай бұрын

😁 I am excited

@BrookeSimmons 2 ай бұрын

Number 8: something could be wrong with your kiln! I was using a community studio a few years ago and my bowls kept warping, but I hadn't had issues with any of the things you mentioned. Turned out the gas in the kiln was unbalanced somehow and it was heating up fast + more from one side than the other, and my pieces warped before most others because I had thinner (not too thin, just, not chonky) walls.

@kreativ_corals 2 ай бұрын

I've never seen a channel grow so quickly! So well deserved, Mia! Keep up all the awesome work :)

@dizzylizzy7582 2 ай бұрын

I really love your videos. I'm very new to pottery and your videos are so helpful. Ty.

@kylaparatchek3568 2 ай бұрын

I appreciate you sharing your wisdom in your videos! They have taught me so much!

@PotterytothePeople 2 ай бұрын

that is so great to hear 🥰

@karenmburton 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for this, sooo helpful!!! I’ve made some small plates recently and most were fine but I’m nervous about dinner plates - so this gives me confidence! ❤

@tootimus123 2 ай бұрын

PLEASE make a video explaining the chemistry/physics of WHY CLAY HAS MEMORY. We want to know, or a least watch you explain it and understand for a few minutes then be able to re-watch the next time we wonder! Thank you for sharing all of this information and your processes!!!

@karenmchugh5511 2 ай бұрын

Your videos are terrific, thanks!

@tasniah.6453 2 ай бұрын

Very helpful video. Thanks so much

@PotterytothePeople 2 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@lamardon9723 2 ай бұрын

I really appreciate instructional videos like I am taking a class. It helps me if I get both facts and theory in anything I do. Lots better than monkey see, monkey do. 🎉

@PotterytothePeople 2 ай бұрын

yay thats great! 😄

@tgreg___ 2 ай бұрын

I have unsuccessfully try to make cake stands (thrown on the wheel). They always end up warping. Turns out, they are just hard to keep that shape when thrown in one piece on the wheel. My teacher suggested throwing the base separate from the plate and then gluing them together when they're glazed.

@kseniabykova6245 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for everything you do - your channel is awesome! :)

@PotterytothePeople 2 ай бұрын

yay! thank you! ❤️

@krisCrashTV 2 ай бұрын

And don't keep the room TOO dry either, friend of friend's clay had some deadly interactions with a dehumidifier an adjacent room had water damage so they put in an industrial strength dehumidifier and the big sculpture she was working on had a bad time.

@mssmaris24 2 ай бұрын

Such a wonderful video with info, thanks!

@ellawhitehead8077 Ай бұрын

What are those thin boards made of, the ones you use for stacking and flipping plates during the drying process? Love your videos! I had a pottery class in college, I taught art for 31 years, but never taught a 3D class. Now I'm teaching my grandchildren how to do pottery. They have a kiln and a potter's wheel, but don't know the basics of hand building. Your videos are so very helpful. Thank you for sharing, you are a saint!

@thatoldbiddy2 2 ай бұрын

I suggest using something besides rice. I tried that and the rice developed black mold. Clay kitty litter works...

@Handmadebygas 2 ай бұрын

I love all your videos! ❤

@PotterytothePeople 2 ай бұрын

yay! thank you for watching ❤️

@GabrielKnightz 2 ай бұрын

Lookup Nymla. Thank you.

@bleueyes28 2 ай бұрын

Great tips! I'm curious as to what stage you do "clean-up".

@PotterytothePeople 2 ай бұрын

leatherhard usually :)

@silkvelvet2616 2 ай бұрын

Slow controlled drying is not great. When i stopped slow drying and just got them onto my drying shelves next to my kiln, my loss rates from crackage and warping went down dramatically. Plate, tiles etc are different, but once they're at rigid leather hard, they're less likely to change shape once you let the air hit them.

@krisCrashTV 2 ай бұрын

Does it not also depend on the size? Or maybe not once it's hardened.

@silkvelvet2616 2 ай бұрын

@krisCrashTV even more important to get the air circulating, otherwise you get cracked bottoms.

@Owleyearts 2 ай бұрын

I have been working with slip casting, and have a tea cup mold that comes out with pretty thin walls, and it has never NOT warped on me. So heartbreaking to have a wonky teacup every time, I’ve just given up on using that mold now

@lisalu952 2 ай бұрын

Hi 😃 I tried making a plate for the first time on the wheel, I don't have any bats so trying to get it off the wheel head was a disaster and it ended up being squished back into a frustrated ball, Doh! Could you give me an idea as to how I get it off without trashing or warping it please? Thankyou 😊 x

@PotterytothePeople 2 ай бұрын

as far as I know, you need bats for throwing on the wheel! That doesnt mean you have to drill holes into your wheelhead though, you can stick them on with clay ✨

@lisalu952 2 ай бұрын

@@PotterytothePeople A-ha! Okeydokey 😃 good to know it wasn't just me 😁 Thankyou Mia 🙂 Have a great Sunday x

@felinetherapy4782 2 ай бұрын

I want to see porcelain now! For some reason I never associated it with pottery.

@PotterytothePeople 2 ай бұрын

oh theres lots of pottery who work in porcelain! Just not me 😂

@lindenjenesse5078 2 ай бұрын

Me. I am one. I adore working with porcelain. And she's a diva, and has broken my heart many times!

@karenmchugh5511 2 ай бұрын

I'm a semi-addict with porcelain and I love it, but you DO have to take your time, let it tell you what it will tolerate (you'll see!) and don't hurry it, it dries really differently from clays with grit.