How to Make a Large Textured Bonsai Pot with Clay Slabs - Pottery Texture Techniques

In this video, I make a textured ceramic bonsai pot using the clay slab technique and pottery texture techniques.
A pottery building with our comprehensive tutorial on creating bonsai pots using the clay slab technique!
In this video, I'll guide you through the process of making ceramic bonsai pots from scratch using clay slabs. Learn how to master the art of slab building as I demonstrate how to texture clay slabs to add character to your pottery pieces. From shaping and assembling the slabs to adding details, I'll show you step-by-step how to create textured clay slab bonsai pottery that is both functional and stunning. This video offers valuable insights into the slab building process, allowing you to create large textured bonsai pots with ease. Explore the endless possibilities of clay slabs and unleash your creativity in pottery making!
Besides being an informative tutorial, my animated stop-motion (claymation) assistant helps me through the process, making the video both entertaining and informative.
Activate the subtitles for the explanations (French, English, Spanish), I give explanations that can help beginners how to make bonsai pots.
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00:00 preparation
01:15 The magic tool
02:22 Cutting
05:50 Cut the corners
06:25 Lay the slip
06:38 Assembly
10:02 Internal edge
12:30 Cutting and gluing feet
15:40 Result
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[@Greg-ceramics]

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[@keithlightminder3005]

Wow! You have raised the bar so far for ceramic videos! Amazing and engaging! Thanks for this, my students will be disappointed that magical beings don’t come to life every time we make something.

[@Greg-ceramics]

Thank you very much, I try to make videos that are both educational and entertaining so that it can interest as many people as possible. It's really the videos that I like to do, I hope it's a good bet, the future will tell me...

[@beakendall2625]

​@@Greg-ceramics success!

[@cactsai]

Oh my god that pot looks incredible! Your editing skills keep improving from video to video. This was the cutest video to date. Your "apprentice" was fantastic lol

[@Greg-ceramics]

thank you very much ☺️

[@fruitlessbeast]

I gotta real soft spot for your apprentice. Often feel sad for the hapless little goof. Thanks for bringing him along in your excellent and informative posts.

[@Greg-ceramics]

Thank you very much 🙏

[@mikeswain9085]

Greg, both your videos and your pots have one thing in common, they're BRILLIANT.

[@Greg-ceramics]

Thank you very much Mike🙏

[@Carlos_Cerda_Moya]

Your new apprentice is so cute! I love that pot, great work!

[@Greg-ceramics]

thank you, I had fun with my little apprentice, maybe he will come back in a next episode

[@tonimagery]

That's great! Please consider showing the entire process including making the drainage holes and glazing. Thank you!

[@Greg-ceramics]

Thank you. In each video I dwell more on a part of the process. In this one I didn't show the holes and the glazing but you can see it in other videos. For the glaze it's the same technique as in this video for example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIm8Y2aMo9-hbdE

[@rubenrosa576]

This video and this channel is underated. Watched it for the first time today and I cannot understand how KZbin hadn't suggested it to me earlier. It's such a unique combination of a technical and a entretaining video with a fine mix of film techniques. Please keep it up. This is REAL content.

[@Greg-ceramics]

Thank you very much for your comment. My old videos are more "classic", but over time they become more entertaining and more elaborate, it suits me better and I take much more pleasure in making them.

[@mikeswain9085]

I recently went on a pottery workshop to try and make my own bonsai pot. Your videos make it seem all too easy, making a pot is far harder than it looks. All I can add that having tried to make a pot and now I know how hard it is, your work is even better than I thought it was before.

[@Greg-ceramics]

When I made my first videos I wanted to show how difficult and long it is to make a pot, and I quickly realized that it had the opposite effect and that my videos gave this impression of ease. It's probably because I'm used to it and my movements are safe. For example I remember that for my first pots it took me a lot of time to crush the coils and make the welds without deforming the pot, today it only takes me a few minutes.

[@ritakonig1891]

I love your videos. They're funny, (claymation man!😂) and interesting with a calming background music. All in all superbly done. I used to study claymation (Jiri Trnka) and made puppet films. Lots of work besides teaching interesting potmaking techniques. ❤😊❤

[@lucindadangles-ru5il]

great graphics

[@christelcherville7065]

Magnifique travail !!!! Et l'apprenti, il faut l'embaucher 😂

[@Greg-ceramics]

Merci Christel. Je ne sais pas si je vais l'embaucher, mais je vais probablement lui laisser une seconde chance dans un futur épisode :D

[@beakendall2625]

Love your little helper. Thanks so much for the demo. You make it look so easy. Your pots are absolutely awesome!

[@jillheath2804]

Fabulous. I am in love with your helper😂

[@Greg-ceramics]

Thanks, I'll tell him 😂

[@nickhopes8821]

That’s a great video Greg

[@Greg-ceramics]

Thanks Nick, glad you like it. But I'll try to make it simpler for the next video!

[@Maw_bonsai]

It is❤

[@makari713]

Just wonderful how much love you put into these videos. Great work!

[@Greg-ceramics]

Thanks for noticing 😊

[@oscarguzman543]

Amazing work as usual Greg, thank you for sharing your skills with us!

[@lionelyork4960]

Bonjour, Il y a des évasions bénéfiques ! Merci à vous ! 🤩💎💥

[@rionka]

This is so cool! I found your comment under some channel makers video and went to look, and wow, your editing and style is amazing. Cute and creative and calming. And i love the music. Good job ❤

[@Greg-ceramics]

Thank you very much. Since then, I have found motivation again and have gone back to work on the next video. 😉

[@mikkonurmi2846]

That is an absolutely fantastic kengai pot Greg!!! I may need one of those sharpish! Lovely stuff mate!

[@clayeasy]

Lovely! Amazing and funny vid! Thank you for sharing! Cheers!!

[@wildtracks40]

Magnifique !! Et bravo pour le montage qui a dû demander un boulot de dingue. 👍👍

[@Greg-ceramics]

merci, oui en effet, un boulot de dingue, surtout quand c'est la première fois. Mais je me suis bien amusé !

[@fruitlessbeast]

Quite fun! Do carry on!

[@yannickschulpen5611]

Yeah great video. As in what may perhaps be the best instructional video I have ever seen. The amount of time and creativity that went into the animations and editing must have been redicilous. It's clear your trying to impress and I think you nailed it!! Liked and subscribed and with a little more of a steady income I would be a Patreon. Much love from Belgium!

[@Greg-ceramics]

Thank you so much. My goal is to share my work and that the video does not seem endless, to combine education and entertainment. I want people to enjoy looking at it, even if they're not interested in pottery. In any case, I had fun doing it, and that too is important!

[@yannickschulpen5611]

@@Greg-ceramics Well your very welcome. I really hope that these videos catch on so you can continue to make them. I had some schooling in video and really appreciate the time spent on the animations! The little helper is sublime, as is the idea of the animation showing wich side your working on and finished item rising out of the slab of clay. The editing on attaching the feet I thought to be quite revolutionary! The whole video is just so professional and we'll made, you're really upping the level of instructional videos here. I'm really wondering if it's just you making the videos and how many hours went into the making of this particular video. Except for that I think the pots are stunning and I'm wondering how many trees I've seen in them on the Belgian bonsai show. I'll be looking for your name from now on, big fan!

[@brianparnell2256]

Great to see the extensive process that you go through to produce a work of art.

[@Greg-ceramics]

Thank you Brian 🙏

[@sebastienlefevre3999]

magnifique et cette argile rend bien une fois cuite.

[@uibirapb]

👏👏👏👏👏 amazing video!!!!!!!!!

[@Greg-ceramics]

thank you very much, I'm glad you like it :)

[@debifrancis2962]

Love it

[@christianferreira192]

Supe!r de partager ces secrets. Je ne comprends pas ? Merci t est super !

[@trenseni]

Very nice...

[@tonyortega659]

Muy buen trabajo!! felicitaciones!!

[@rubnaguillon3259]

Esta bonita esa maceta

[@micheledickey4066]

Wow. Great video. Your attention to detail is amazing!!! I use the same clear ruler to do most of my work. All the little extras are fun to watch as well. I wish I had known there was a different kind of slab roller than the one I have. I haveto adjust both sides of mine and one side is lose so you really can’t tell what it’s set at!!! Thanks so much for sharing these videos.

[@flaviosilva991]

excelente como sempre

[@johnstarkey4959]

Stunning glaze 👌

[@mickaellion5387]

J'aime beaucoup vos pots, plusieurs de mes arbres vivent actuellement dedans, plus un autre dès le printemps prochain. Je viens de voir cette vidéo très bien réalisée, c'est une belle mise en avant de votre travail. Bonne continuation à vous ! Et soyez pas si dur avec votre apprenti, comme on dit, c'est le métier qui rentre 😉

[@Greg-ceramics]

Merci beaucoup. J'essaie d'être patient, mais il est pénible parfois 😁. Un jour, il aura sa propre vidéo avec un pot fait par lui seul, mais il n'est pas encore prêt.

[@mickaellion5387]

Hâte de voir ça 😊

[@Maw_bonsai]

Magnifique

[@teresawooden-wb8kn]

Wonderful video, very cute assistant. :) Question: To get the black accent color around the pot edges, are you spraying or brushing? Is it underglaze or an oxide wash? Thanks in advance!

[@Greg-ceramics]

An oxide wash with a brush and sponge.

[@CocinandoJuntos]

How long is it necessary to wait to turn the pot over to put the legs on it? Do I have to wait for the stoneware to dry a bit? Thaks

[@Greg-ceramics]

There is no specific time, it's a bit of a feeling. If you absolutely have to turn it over, you can put plates or pieces of clay in support. Most of the time I often put small wooden pieces underneath for the first days of drying.

[@qrzak]

Hi. Great videos, I'm waiting for beginner to master series, even though I'm making pots for some time now. There's one thing that I can't understand - what is the purpose of internal edge? Doesn't it make more difficult to repot bonsai tree?

[@Greg-ceramics]

It's just a question of aesthetics, on certain massive pots, the thickness of the pot is too thin compared to the rest of the pot. I don't always use it, it depends if I want a very masculine pot, or if I want something lighter and feminine. It's never been a problem for me to repot. At worst, I use a blade all around the pot to help the root ball come out. In any case, it is the roots that will have to be pruned.

[@kubbonsai]

🔥🔥🔥🙏🏼

[@ravitalluri883]

Love the video and the pot. Could you please share the type of clay you use for your pots?

[@Greg-ceramics]

Thanks. It's a homemade blend of different stoneware. But there wouldn't be much point in knowing which clay I use, it's best to understand how to choose the right one for you. I recommend this video to learn how to choose your clay: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXSWc5uGms-Ijbc 😉

[@jeffreyorrange8732]

Thank you for the content. How long until you flip it and add feet? I always get some sagging in my slab.

[@Greg-ceramics]

I'm not waiting, I'm flip it right away. If the bottom is not firm enough, I put a temporary support inside. You can see this in some of my other videos.

[@danieltarcak]

Splendid and magnifique, what clay body is it? And what temp did you fire it? If you please, Thanks a lot

[@Greg-ceramics]

Thank you. It is a mixture of several stoneware (brown, black, red) fired at about 1240 °C

[@mashrequl7164]

Can you make a pot with external rim not internal rim cuz we face problems to get the trees out of the pot because of the internal rim

[@dennystewart3238]

Love that pot!!! What kind of clay is that?

[@Greg-ceramics]

Homemade mix of red and brown stoneware

[@dennystewart3238]

@@Greg-ceramics Thank you. It's beautiful.

[@leighperry5032]

What type of clay and glaze are you using?

[@Greg-ceramics]

It is a mixture of several sandstones. The pot is not glazed, just iron oxide juice.

[@ladkapavlikova4444]

alobal-super-děkuji🤔🤔🤔

[@dietmaralpen6543]

Hi Greg, I love your pots had the chance to see them live on the 2023 trophy. Just one question regarding you pots, how do you get this smoth colour shape from dark brown / black to light brown? Is it Manganspinell and you spray it? KR Dietmar

[@Greg-ceramics]

thank you. It's a long work of patina with sponge and oxyde.

[@dietmaralpen6543]

It would be very nice if you could do a video about this process? I believe a lot of guys would like to see it. But if it is your secret it is absolutely fine. Just which oxyde do you use? KR Dietmar

[@Greg-ceramics]

@@dietmaralpen6543 just iron

[@oscarguzman543]

What washes did you use on this pot?

[@Greg-ceramics]

just iron and sponge

[@A.J663]

Is it the same material as clay for pottery? and how can you buy the ingredients online?

[@Greg-ceramics]

Yes it is clay for pottery, stoneware. You need to find a pottery material supplier near you or an online supplier, but the clay is heavy, it's expensive to ship.

[@A.J663]

@@Greg-ceramics Okay, friends, thank you for wanting to share. Because I want to try to learn how to make...🙏😀👍

[@josirica6615]

Merci pour ces vidéos très amusantes, et le travail ... magnifique ! comme à chaque fois! Avez-vous appliqué un oxyde sur votre terre pour avoir cet effet clair foncé ?

[@Greg-ceramics]

oui, un jus d'oxyde de fer

[@debifrancis2962]

How thick is your slab

[@Greg-ceramics]

usually I always do a thickness about 8 mm.

[@erikferland6602]

If you pay for an intern you might get better help. 😏

[@Greg-ceramics]

I have faith in him, I'm sure he'll improve, I'll give him a chance for a few more episodes 😅

[@erikferland6602]

It’s a gorgeous piece! Thanks for sharing your secret!!