How to make two teapots.

[@genetimpany7593]

Hi Matthew, watched this again. I am making jugs so a review was needed. Great video. I liked your choice of background music. Jazzed up Hammond organ version of a tune remembered from my Baptist upbringing.

[@RonitGolanPotterytolove]

A great demonstration 🪬 Best of health to you

[@BrokenArrowPottery]

Really nice! *And then at the end! Holy cow! That is fabulous! I love your teapots! Take care; keep warm!

[@Vsmithpots]

Thanks, so far it is a warm season.

[@peggybenton184]

Well done! I LOVE watching you!! I’ve learned so much. Hope I can come visit you one day😊

[@lynetteyeobalota7433]

I so enjoyed watching your craftsmanship and then pow! you blew me away with your artistry! I wish I can come visit you and watch you work in your studio!

[@Vsmithpots]

Someday you will show up at my door, it happened many times this summer with subscribers visiting. Thanks and have a good Xmas season.

[@sandyunruh387]

It's such a pleasure sitting here in Oklahoma City while it's 6 degrees outside watching you craft these beautiful pieces. I have been fusing glass for about five years, and am interested in starting pottery. Since I'm almost 70, I'll never be able to do what you do with such ease, but I know it will be fun learning.

[@Vsmithpots]

Thanks and stay safe in all that cold weather. We are getting a noreaster today with 65 mile an hour winds. No snow thank goodness.

[@bettygreiser2919]

I love the wall idea, but I would put a thin piece of foam on the wall to save my elbow skin lol. Love all of your work!! Amazing 😻

[@triciac1019]

Wow, just wow! That was a lot you demonstrated. Those teapots are such works of art. It would be a whole day of work for me to make just one teapot. You do such beautiful scrafito work. Your chattering is great also. I love to do that. Thank you for sharing your talent.

[@Vsmithpots]

Thank you, after you make the first one make another and it will go a lot faster.

[@beverlytoves9630]

You are an excellent teacher!

[@susanvalleauderby2934]

Your teapots are so lovely and light! I love the added decoration with the fluting and the chattering (I got a set of 3 chattering tools from Bill) but the real WOW moment was seeing your carving at the end - so beautiful. Cheers from freezing Vancouver Island!🙂

[@Vsmithpots]

Thanks Susan. That teapot was an order, someone is getting it for Xmas.

[@LaLaArtStudio]

Thank you so much for your generosity 🙏 your videos have taught me so much! I'm a true blue beginner; as in, I've only just harvested some clay from my yard haha 😂 I have also ordered some just in case 😬... I have yet to get my hands in either to actually play around and form anything, I do not even have a wheel yet...my man Steve is going to build one for me, so for now pinch pots it is! 🥰 BUT I DO HAVE A KILN... second hand bargain 👌 (hope it works) lol. I'm, again, ever so grateful for your kind tutoring and the detailed instructions on the process of making your beautiful work...with a gorgeous environment and the array of tools in your studio, that's all a person would need! 🤗🙏 Much love and admiration from Lake Shasta, California 💗💗 - Angela

[@Vsmithpots]

I bet you could find an old wheel in the second hand market for very little. They are buried in peoples basements from beginners who gave up. Retirees with visions of starting a hobby business. Try putting some ads saying wanted wheel. Even local schools often have them in the basements.

[@LaLaArtStudio]

@@Vsmithpots thank you for your reply! All very good suggestions! I will reach out! Thank you again for all your generous educational videos! Many blessings to you and your family 🙏🥰

[@jerraldsoho1011]

Good to see your shop is as clean as mine... lol 😂

[@Vsmithpots]

Now I will clean.Too busy for the last month.

[@williamblack4611]

Don't mean to be gushy, but I believe you to be the best teacher on KZbin. Thanks so much. Now, could you possibly make a video making a one piece cake pan. I've tried, but can't keep them from warping.

[@Vsmithpots]

That would be a large square pan? My advice is to buy a metal one😉 If you have to make one you should buy a gritty clay body and dry the piece slowly with weights on the edges. Try drying it on Sheet rock so the middle bottom area dries evenly with the edges. By slowly I mean two weeks.

[@Stan-c4d]

Super!!! Prosimy o więcej takich materiałów! Pozdrawiam serdecznie.

[@mikedirle520]

Wonderful instructions. I absolutely LOVED the underglaze artistry carving!! Inspiring!

[@Vsmithpots]

Thank you.

[@gahorowitz]

I threw my first attempt at a teapot this morning and coincidentally came home to see this new video from you - lovely. Makes me want to run back to the studio to try to expand the scrawny belly of mine out before it dries out too much. One question: Why don’t you throw your spouts off the hump instead of working with those small lumps of clay?

[@Vsmithpots]

I do it both ways but I always come back to the smaller ball of clay, habit I guess.

[@carolynpearce4829]

Big strong hands help a lot. I was talking pottery with a person who walked into my class last week and you came up. See how famous you are.

[@Vsmithpots]

My ears were burning. Glad to pass on the knowledge.

[@sammi-joreviews1135]

These are adorable! I keep having trouble with the spout. I’m also throwing pots in our barn. My husband was able to clear about half the space plus shelving areas on both sides. No kiln at home yet though. Oh, and he’s learning to throw pots too. Already he’s saying we either have to find an affordable pugmill or make them because wedging clay is hard work. 😂 He got a major taste of it when I had him helping to wedge reclaimed clay. Do you have any tips or anything regarding bats? The MDF bats that I’ve had for some 20 +/- yrs are warped up. I prefer these to the plastic bats. I’m in the US. Any tips are helpful.

[@Vsmithpots]

Thanks for watching. I use 1/2inch plywood with three coats of marine varnish. If you can get tempered masonite and soak them in oil that also works. I made 32 from a sheet of 1/4inch plastic board that is used in ice rinks. I also got some already round from a kitchen/bath center. Endless possibilities. A 12 inch round bat with a 6inch square cut out of the center, then 6inch tiles can be used. The pugmill is a great help. Good luck in the barn studio.

[@susyward581]

Christmas open studios here at Krowji (Cornish for workshop/shed) artist/makers hub here in Redruth. Coincidentally just sold a teapot earlier. Taking a break for toast, coffee and KZbin. Cold here at the moment but nothing like the cold you get in your neck of the woods, all the best

[@Vsmithpots]

It is nice here, 10c yesterday, very cold in central Canada. Living on the coast is always warmer. Cornwall is so nice, I hope you get time to smell the roses.

[@pauldow1648]

❤

[@RonitGolanPotterytolove]

Hello, just came to look how you attach the spout (haven’t made raw pots in years) why do you trim only after putting the handle and spout because you what it to be even harder than leather hard ?

[@Vsmithpots]

I attach when the clay is quite soft so that I do not have to score and scratch. Thanks.

[@suzyqtwo]

How much clay for the second teapot body?

[@Vsmithpots]

I usually use 2 1/2lbs- 3 lbs.

[@whisperingeaglelanders2339]

Does ceramic clay not have a memory? 😮

[@Mangobattie]