There's No Way Glazing This Embarrassing Should Have Worked

I hope some of you remember the trimming of this large, stepped bowl, well, this is the conclusion to that video! (You can watch that here in full if you like: • I Was Always Told to N... ). I show the frankly embarrassing glazing of this vessel, how its waxed, packed into my gas kiln and fired to cone ten, 1290ºC and finally the unpacking process and the sanding of the finished, reduction fired pots... which, I utterly love!
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⏱ • Timecodes:
0:00 - Introduction
0:30 - Packing the bowls into the electric kiln to be bisque fired to 1000ºC
1:21 - Waxing the base
1:56 - Glazing the bowls
4:13 - Cleaning up the glazed surfaces
8:20 - Packing & reduction firing the gas kiln to 1290ºC
11:00 - The finished bowls!
11:32 - Sanding their bases
12:03 - Close ups...
*It's worth noting! That you won't get the same results as I do if you're firing in oxidation. The reduction firing really helps with this process.
*I throw using both a Rohde HMT 500 & 600 potter's wheel and fire using Rohde kilns too, the electric is a TE-200 and the gas kiln is a KG-340.
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[@darraght6528]

Those bowls came out gorgeous, thanks for the video

[@floriangadsby]

Thanks so much! Pleased you think so too, I really thought they'd fire terribly so it was a huge relief to open the kiln to some successful pots.

[@TwoToTheSix]

Honestly I caught my breath a bit when you pulled them out of the kiln after the firing - they really are shockingly beautiful

[@Menfam6]

Lovely composition as usual! It’s actually encouraging to see such refined artists deal with studio hiccups. it’s not the mistakes that make us, it’s how we work with them that sets people apart❤ Beautiful work, cinematography and narration friend. Thank you!

[@la_gobba_di_aigor]

My great dude, are you, perhaps, ever going to make another video testing new glazes? And I must say, being an artisan myself, I love your transparency and openness to the world about your process. Especially in a community so jealous of their discoveries and practices. You're amazing my dude!

[@dinnae]

This video couldn't have come at a better time, because I had a similar nightmare with one of my larger vases. I have now learned that I just need to be more patient and let things dry properly before I start cleaning off the drips. I had big chunks come off and I had to rinse all of the glaze off because it became unworkable

[@macforme]

My goodness...You have to be an artist, a scientist, a statistician, a chef and have incredible patience and dedication... very nice explanations to why and what you are doing. Thank you for sharing.

[@dianeu5267]

Those bowls came out so perfectly; The close up photos of the glaze surface -- My God- your glaze is absolutely miraculous! Well done!

[@Stuckinthebooks]

Your videos were what originally got me interested in the idea of pottery, I have a class in august now that I’m going to take!!

[@autumnclack6073]

Glazing my first pieces this week. Excited and nervous. Your videos have been so helpful as a newbie learning.

[@floriangadsby]

GOOD LUCK! Glazing can be tricky, my advice to my students when I taught evening classes for three years was to be conservative at the start. Glazing, like throwing or trimming is a skill, so don't go too wild, don't glaze too thickly or layer TOO much, and give the foot a good tidy thereafter. Have fun!

[@STAIND12300]

How did it go!!

[@autumnclack6073]

@STAIND12300 It went okay. I am getting better with the tongs to dip and realized I need to wait longer to varnish after my 2nd coat of glaze. Learning patience 😀

[@STAIND12300]

@autumnclack6073 that's great! I hope you continue to fall in love with it:)

[@faerieofstars]

The pots are so gorgeous and your art is a beauty. ❤

[@RoosKohn]

As you mentioned they are more sculptures than pots. I’m sure they will find there way into a museum somewheee down in time. As always I feel so peaceful watching and listening to your calm manners in work and speech. Thank you so much Florian. ❤️🌹

[@lesliew3343]

Love the pots! Thanks, Florian. I really enjoy your channel.

[@Razberri]

These are probably some of my favourite pieces of yours. I’m obsessed with the colour and the shape

[@Enn-]

They're fantastic! I've never had such a clean looking result after scraping off a drip. You're work is wonderful!

[@vivienstratton4280]

These are really beautiful .... and I just love the edges - thinner edges is where I am aiming now! Thank you

[@ceciliajunqueira600]

Lovely work AS ALWAYS !!!!

[@karri8998]

Beautiful as always!

[@rh5971]

The texture of the glaze and shape are fantastic!

[@comraderiri]

These are so beautiful! Thank you for the detailed video. I've been finding glazing to be a little challenging, so it was really helpful to see your technique and hear your reasoning it. (wish we had that colour glaze in our studio - so pretty!)

[@kathygodfrey3158]

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing

[@Yoshi-hr9jd]

Thank you for showing how to apply glaze properly and how you work. I learned a lot.

[@KynaLu]

Beautiful work!

[@robynfree1558]

What a work of art, they are beautiful!

[@artshaman]

Beautiful bowls!

[@davida6110]

Wow they look amazing. Keep up the great work.

[@whisperingeaglelanders2339]

Wow very tedious work!❤ The bowls are gorgeous 😊

[@Hawk867]

Beautiful! Love to own one.

[@fwong]

I would love to see a video where you have a few pieces where you're deliberately leaving glaze drip marks (in varying degrees of fettling repair) to see exactly how much those spots show through in the final fired product. Mark some spot on the bottom so you can take video from the same positions.

[@floriangadsby]

There's actually a bowl in my shop update tonight, (the one that goes live in 25 minutes), that has a PERFECT example of what it looks like with varying levels of thickness, will DM you a picture. But you're right, video of that in combination with why I shave thicknesses down is a much better example of explaining what I'm talking about in this video.

[@kwiknkleen]

Your work is beautiful. I love the brown rim in contrast to the body of the piece. Great work.

[@ciarandurkan2110]

I know you say they’re sculptural…and they are…but I’d LOVE to make scones or bread dough in them. It was my first thought when I saw them. It would elevate weekend baking into an artistic ritual to be able to use one of your “pots” ❤

[@xXxjudasxXxmorningstarxXx]

my brain still finds it impossible to comprehend the drastic change of color between liquid and fired glaze

[@angelabonavida5972]

Absolutely love your work1

[@OrixMovies]

They are 👌🏻 and nice video 🙏🏻

[@mikepetersen7319]

They look very beautiful 👏

[@donedwards5301]

Beautiful bowls. Considering how you do not like fiddling with the glazes you did superb work as usual.

[@SeasonSalad]

I love the sound of pots cooling down

[@AndeeRoemoe]

The crackle glaze is fireeeee

[@crystalquarry]

I have to admit, I had NO idea the glaze would turn out that color. It's a gorgeous shade and I love the faint textures. These functional objects really look like art. In a way, it's similar to my craft- even if you can see the initial color of a gemstone, a gem cutter never truly knows what particular hue the gem will take on once it's cut. Another great video!

[@MASI_forging]

What an awesome design. Master craftsman at work. 😃😃

[@pyr666]

I'm always amazed by the changes in firing the glaze. the color, the...cragley? pattern, etc.

[@jimjimgl3]

In the end the process is 100% fine since the glaze looks so nice after glaze firing. Sometimes I will pour glaze into the bowl from a large pitcher so that it quickly fills the entire bowl. Pour out and clean off any bits on the exterior. When dry I will then take a mask stand (metal pedestal ) and on the top of the stand place a ball of string or twine. This keeps the glaze on the inside from being scratched as the ball distributes the weight of the bowl instead of the bowl resting on one tiny point. I pour the glaze over the exterior of the upside down bowl and the extra glaze just drips into the pan I have underneath the mask stand.

[@alexandraframe6493]

I love the bowl, they remind me of bowls my had in the 69s or 70s maybe later. I was so young when she bought them. I do remember them, brings back wonderful memories. Plus congratulations on selling out of pieces. I would love to have gotten one but between the exchange and shipping, I live in Canada, the exchange rate sucks. They were all very beautiful.

[@xbaczewska4197]

4 seconds by my count in NYC. Was there as site went live, trigger finger hovering, and I didn't make it. Florian's pots are just so limited numbers-wise--he is only one guy doing it ALL himself. Good luck to you next time. Meanwhile, we have all those lovely videos!! Thnx, Florian!

[@Alex_0Z]

can’t wait for the shop update today!!! hopefully i manage to get something lol

[@Alex_0Z]

welp failed again here’s hoping for next time

[@guyshoham5249]

Thank you for showing us that even an artisan like you can make mistakes. Also that sometimes a mistake is not the end and we can fix it if we wish

[@irena4545]

I must say that your "mistake" were actually very informative for a beginner ;-)

[@sofievanherle4570]

beautiful!

[@floriangadsby]

Thanks so much! :)

[@timc2010]

really beautiful bowls

[@floriangadsby]

Thanks!

[@ethanpayne4116]

I love seeing all the collected kiln data! Do you do any statistical analysis or plotting after the fact? I'm sure there'd be all kinds of fun inferences and useful trends it could help you identify.

[@bundocom]

This glaze is so gorgeous

[@nicholasfriesen5134]

Waiting for once I have enough to buy!!

[@carmenfranciscadasilvagome2799]

São lindas!!! Gratidão! Felicidades!

[@Axel_Crow]

Hey! Nice to see you in my reccomended! I missed this upload, and i think its a neat trick with the title! I feel like a title/description that includes the buzzwords every once in a while would be a good thing for channel growth!

[@ComilitoEqvinus]

i do like your voice first time seeing how this is done

[@SergeantExtreme]

"Only goes to 1,000 degrees." What a sentence!

[@i_make_thing]

I don't know much about pottery and I think your videos are very cool and satisfying but I had an idea for dipping the bottom of the bowls: you could put them on a wire rack and cover them in the glaze and the rest of the glaze falls through the wire rack. Once again I don't know very much about this and perhaps this is an easier method but just a suggestion

[@Hexagons7]

Legend says that there is a mystical bowl at the bottom of the glaze bucket and the person who draws it from the glaze will become the ruler of all artisans

[@user-nx7qe3gl7i]

動画ありがとうございました。

[@gruberaj]

Dumb question Florian - what about brush application on the inside? It will take longer to apply multiple layers evenly but at least there will be less clean up. Outside seems pretty straight forward, although the displacement/boyancy looks like a fun challenge 😅

[@Skyliner_369]

I would be proud to serve salads and the like in those large bowls! I'd never buy one sadly (international shipping. I think we'd both be devastated if it arrived broken) but trust me large bowls are actually extremely functional. Good for dough making as well! well, if the bowl can take body-weight on the inside. On a very side note those bowls could end up popcorn bowls haha

[@johncossette6166]

Green scotchbright on a sponge works great for cleaning up glaze drips.less chance of chipping.use a real light touch.

[@y0nd3r]

It's a lovely green. Is it Celadon?

[@Loucfr]

For the internal glazing I would have stuck them back on the wheel held down by some clay and used a brush. Seems like it would have been much easier that way. Either that or using a spray gun.

[@julianroberts7116]

Hey Florian. I've no issue with this one-off more 'grabby' title, but I'm just curious mate, did you mean to miss a word out? Seriously I'm not taking the Mick - i get a lot of help and inspiration from your channel (I just made my 1st teapot!) But I wondered .... "Glazing this embarrassing....." WHAT? There's a word missing there. Just a typo? Sincerely thank you again for your help and inspiration. xx

[@fredjhenzel]

Going to try waxing over glaze on outside

[@victorinosparkajen9405]

I usually put a damp sponge bat on the wheel and let the wheel spin, hold my glazeware and sponge the bottom that way.... I'm lazy lol

[@TarotLadyLissa]

are they strong enough to use as mixing bowl?

[@mikkelsenp]

Do you ever spray your pots, would this help in pieces this large, particularly for the outside?

[@juanQuedo]

Have you experimented/worked with paint guns (Don't know if they are called like that) for glazing? Would they work with your glazes?

[@ThylineTheGay]

How are the shelves in the reduction kiln supported? It looks like they're only supported on 3 corners which would surely be unstable?

[@floriangadsby]

Two on the corners on the same side, on in the middle of the other, so it’s like a tripod. Very stable!

[@ThylineTheGay]

@@floriangadsby ah, it looked like they were all on the corners

[@NicholasHadlerA]

What brand of wax resist do you use?

[@darkmann12]

How much does the electric kiln cost you in electricity? (in the time frame it is easiest for you)

[@curiruri]

best I thought of is gloves and a drying rack and rotating them sideways, then place it upside down

[@vikiriki3723]

Wow, great job. Do you collect leftover icing left over from grinding pots to reuse?

[@floriangadsby]

I do! Before I start cleaning these up I wipe clean the table and let it dry, then I'll scrape all the dust into my basins of recycled glaze, which is eventually sieved back into my larger buckets of glaze.

[@vikiriki3723]

Please tell me, do you have a video about the wax that you cover the bottom of the pots with? Do you buy it or make it yourself? We sometimes use beeswax to open pores. I'm just getting started with glazes and engobes. I'm from Ukraine

[@hmc9354]

You may have answered this already…so many questions/comments…can you say who makes the sanding piece you use? I have a couple that I use, but never especially happy with them. Thank you!

[@floriangadsby]

It's made by DiamondCore Tools, this was specifically the 200 grit from this set: diamondcoretools.com/collections/diamond-sanding-pads/products/fdp

[@hmc9354]

@@floriangadsby thank you so much. All my best to you.

[@dainius4168]

I wonder if there is any sort of equipment for spraying the glazes?

[@floriangadsby]

There is! Spray guns, which you need a booth for to catch the fine glaze particles. It would work, but spraying a layer as thick as I need all the way around this would take a LONG time, but I definitely want one...

[@SP-ny1fk]

Could glaze be sprayed on somehow, rather than dipped?

[@sophiusdynami3401]

I was curious, why are you refiring some pots?

[@floriangadsby]

Sometimes I can turn pots that were 'seconds' into 'firsts'. I coat them with yellow ochre iron oxide and refire them in spots that typically don't get hot enough anyway. Some of these end up being the most interesting pots that are fired in my kiln and it isn't too uncommon a practice. I spoke to a potter the other day who knows someone who fires pots up to 11/12 times!

[@sophiusdynami3401]

@@floriangadsby wow!! That's so cool! Thank you for explaining!

[@sophiusdynami3401]

Excited for the shop opening, let's see if I better luck this time. I have set a timer even :D

[@DaCheat100]

Just out of curiosity, are you able to reclaim all of that excess glaze you were fettling off? If so, what does this process entail?

[@floriangadsby]

All of it is recycled! I clean at the table beforehand, let it dry, then I just scrape off the excess into my glaze basin that's eventually sieved back into my larger bucket of glaze.

[@DaCheat100]

@@floriangadsby amazing! Thanks for the reply. Amazing work. I’d love to buy one of your teapots, but shipping to Australia is a long way to go haha. Cheers.

[@MrRulz-oc1pv]

make wax spots on the outside and dip it

[@luporileonardo]

1- glaze the inside 2 - place the bowl upside down on a stand 3- pour on glaze on the outside of the bowl.

[@floriangadsby]

I know the pouring method but I've bad experiences using it with this particular glaze as it tends to dry very quickly on the surface of pots so it quickly overlaps and becomes thick and irregular, but maybe I just need more practice!

[@verboinf07gomez49]

Pongan idioma español gracias, te sigo desde argentina

[@floriangadsby]

I wish I could - KZbin used to let users submit translations to videos, sadly that's no longer possible. You can download the video's 'script' via certain websites then translate that, if there's anything in particular you'd like to know. I wish I could add proper subtitles to all my films but that's another job in of itself.

[@ragnkja]

@@floriangadsby Just adding English captions would be helpful to a lot of people. I personally always have captions on when they’re accurate and not the automatically generated ones that tend to get confused right when my brain needs clarification the most.

[@FatemaFatema-ok1bv]

Bonjour Florian Est-ce que tu peux nos traduire vous vidéo en français svp merci beaucoup 😊

[@tanyagarcia3721]

Why not put it on the wheel and brush on the glaze with a paintbrush inside and out and then paint a little on the bottom? Just asking

[@UnkyDwain]

Do you deliberately try to create unease/imbalance in your personal work (obviously overweighted to their bases) or do you create these pieces to offset the tedium of having to fulfill people’s expectations?

[@floriangadsby]

I do! Narrow bases have sort of become a characteristic of my work, so I lean into that.

[@WhistlingDixiePottery]

what about crazing? i hope the people that buy your pots know that your work isnt food safe.

[@floriangadsby]

Here’s a good link to an article that goes into more depth about it, ceramicartsnetwork.org/ceramics-monthly/ceramics-monthly-article/Techno-File-Dirty-Dishes, and clears up some of the misconceptions that are spread around. As long as you properly wash crazed pottery there is no bacteria left in the crackles. As long as you take time to care for your handmade ceramics after they’ve been used then they’ll be just fine, but of course it does depend on the materials used and temperatures fired to. I’ve been using crackle glazed ceramics for years. My pots are highly fired stoneware with nothing nasty that could leech, the crackling doesn’t stain too badly as long as it’s properly washed but of course it happens overtime. To the same degree, many of the potters I’ve worked for over the years who wood fire, soda fire and so on, all have work that crazes and crackles to some degree and it all stains with time, yet functional work is still made abundantly and is completely usable. I saw this in Japan especially, with so many functional tableware pieces that were crackled/crazed and stained and no body blinks an eye, nor do you hear of an excessive amount of people getting ill. My clay is fully vitrified after being fired to 1300ºC and unless you take terrible care of your ceramics you’ll be perfectly healthy. Other clays, like earthenware, never fully vitrify and will absorb water if not glazed properly, that can be issue. For industrial use it could be a problem, due to the surface of the pot having less strength, long-term staining with use and fragility, as it’s high fired stoneware packed full of iron, which makes it weaker and more susceptible to chipping on the whole, but that’s what you get with handmade ceramics, I don’t want to make pots that have perfect, uniform surfaces like you might find in a shop, I want each to be individual and interesting and handmade and I suppose the same goes for the generations of potters who’ve worked all over the world. I think certain parts of the world, I won’t say which, seem to have a fixation on this. And of course it is the potter’s responsibility to provide surfaces that are food safe, but in most cases that applies to the leaching of toxic materials, not staining itself. Hot dishwater water and soak will kill anything in the crackles, and they are gaping crevices in bacterial terms. Anyway, I hope this helps!

[@xbaczewska4197]

Ha ha ha, Florian. We were just talking in class about that modern preoccupation. There is never any lead in ANYTHING these days and high fire and careful handling should take care of the rest. We concluded that just living in NYC is much more dangerous than any crackled pot any of us would ever come across!!

[@Tangent.]

The title of this video seems much more click bait-ey than your usual content. I love the simplcity and honesty of your titles and I'd hate to see your channel transition towards a more grabby obnoxious style. I don't mean to seem too critical, I love your work, but I've seen a lot of great channels shift away from genuine to appease the algorithm and its always sad to see

[@advanceringnewholder]

the title sounded like cheap romcom anime

[@floriangadsby]

I could ask for likes and subs in every video or implement proper adverts for VPNs and online skills courses too. Those are options I'm very cautious of, as personally I feel they interrupt the flow a little too much, but in the same way a good book title/chapter title alludes to what's to come, I think a good title can work to the same effect too, which I think it does in this case as it isn't inaccurate. I don't think you ever have to worry about me leaning towards a more grabby, obnoxious style, can you imagine me shouting and demanding you all SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON? That's simply not in me, but a one-off title that's slightly different than the norm isn't going to damage my channel I think. Making videos is a living for many people and in lots of cases we need to try and gain more views, to keep the money flowing, so time/effort can be spent producing them and it really is a difficult balance. I do fear that constantly reusing titles such as "Trimming/Throwing/How to Make/Pottery/Pots etc", can all start to feel very similar and my videos might get lost in a skin-toned-pottery-mush, so let's see. If this video performs exceptionally well because of the title, and the content remains the same as the rest of my output, then I don't see much of an issue. Appreciate the comment and the discussion and most of all, you taking the time to watch. edit: This is now my best performing video out of the last ten uploaded, according to data from the first one hour, six minutes...

[@gearoidp]

How about you pay go his bills? Why judge a person for trying to grow. It's just a title. Has the content changed in any meaningful way?

[@Tangent.]

@@floriangadsby I understand it's a tricky balancing act between boring and repetitive while also remaining true to your craft. Just thought I'd share my thoughts since it's the first time I've noticed such a change in one of your titles(and I'm sure I must have seen nearly all of them by now). I agree loud sponsored segments would be quite a jarring change as a regular viewer and your bison tool shout outs definitely suit you much better(I know they arent sponsored but I think similar, relevant sponsorships could suit your content) Thanks for the light hearted reply, keep doing what you do, we're all very grateful

[@BunniBeshara]

Speaking of obnoxious…

[@yuh4037]

do more videos without the voice