Kurinuki Botanical Incense Cottage Tutorial - How I make my cottages for burning incense cones

[@vanillavinepottery]

Your cottages are really beautiful. I'm always so mesmerized when you make them. Thanks for sharing your tutorial, especially on a very prized item you sell. I think that says a lot about a potter.

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Thank you so much!

[@mercedesramosborrego5115]

NO ES ALFARERA, ES CERAMISTA.

[@BrenzerM]

Thank you so so much for sharing how you make your beautiful cottages. Id love to make one, my Nana always drew little Irish country cottages on scraps of paper for me to colour in when I was a child. I'd love to turn one into one of her drawings :) It will be treasured so much and lighting it up will be extra special

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

HI Mandy, oh wow that's so cute that your nana used to do that for you - I'm imagining lots of different colourful cottages that you can take inspiration from, kinda jelous haha! If you do make them I would love to see how they turn out x

[@BrenzerM]

@@BlankEarthCeramics Of course I'll show you 🥰

[@mercedesramosborrego5115]

HABLA MENOS Y TRABAJA MÁS.

[@liianabanana6320]

So grateful for this demo. I really would love to try this

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Thank you! I'm so glad - let me know if you have any questions when you do :)

[@rosangelaandrade431]

Muito lindas tuas esculturas. Obrigada por compartilhar. (Your sculptures are very beautiful. Thank you for sharing)

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Thank you for your lovely comment!

[@kelposch2839]

what a fun project!

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Thanks Kel!

[@judithtorres4322]

Gracias muy hermosas la casitas estoy haciendo una te sigo dede Colombia.

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Aw amazing!! This makes me so happy! Good luck making your own cottage x

[@clayeasy]

Great idea and beautiful cottages!

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Aw thank you so much!!

[@AmberLovesPlants]

Very Cute!! Thank you for sharing!!

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Thank you for watching :)

[@martaluzardo8154]

Simplemente hermosas. Felicidades!

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Thank you so much!

[@julisnedeker]

You do such beautiful work on your cottages! I’m looking for a tutorial on your page for the tiny, incense cottages that have no bottom and the roof does not come off, so you place the entire house over the incense or tealight, do you have a tutorial for this?:)

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Thank you - I think I send you this link on the other comment but incase you don't see it - I found a short video of the process on my insta linked here: instagram.com/reel/ChrdxLGDdy4/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[@cecilialegaspe3264]

Son realmente muy lindas y estoy practicando y haciendo unas cabañitas

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Hi Cecilia, thanks so much! I'd love to see what you make!

[@afroditikapoula3110]

I love your work and your tutorials. How did you glaze the black and white cottage? I love it.

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Thank you! Im so glad :) That cottage was made from black clay and I wax resisted the parts I wanted too stay black and dipped it into a white glaze x

[@zackbowman3664]

Great video. Thank u!

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it x

[@Rachel_Collins]

Wow so cute

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Ah thank you so much!

[@desertpotter1003]

Very nice, thanks

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching :)

[@lealeejane]

Thank you soooo much for this tutorial! I fell in love with these little houses when I saw your instagram account and would love to try and make them myself, even though I’ve never tried out pottery before haha. I therefore don’t have a kiln, and though I’ll never get the same end results, I’d still like to try out with some clay that I could bake in my oven. In the hope it would actually turn out okay, do you think I could still use it as an incense holder or will the quality of the clay be hindering? Thanks for you help! And thank you for your amazing content, i can spend hours scrolling on instagram but it’s rare that someone inspires me enough that i want to seriously give it a go!!

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Hi Lea, ah that's so lovely to hear, I'm glad you like my little houses! You should definitely give it a try yourself if you feel inspired. You can try air hardening clay if you don't have a kiln, which I think should be ok with incense (I haven't tried this out, and be careful as some air hardning clay included paper fibres which could burn). I would love to see what you make! Let me know if you have any other questions x

[@Carolinatechima]

this is beautiful! Did you glaze also the inside? I tried doing a house similar to that, but after a few minutes the incense went out on its own, so I don't know what might be causing this :(

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Hey Carol, yes I do glaze the insides! I wax the bottom and edges, when just dip everything in the glaze bucket and then wipe where necessary. If your incense is going out, I would guess that there isn't enough airflow to keep it burning, so you might have to add more window holes, or make them larger. Hope that helps!

[@ingrid-]

@@BlankEarthCeramics So you put the roof on the house while burning, right? And the meeting point of house and roof doesn‘t have glaze on it? Or would it be easier to put them next to each other in the kiln? I want to try this beautiful little houses, they are sooo cute! ❤

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Hi Ingrid yep that's right! I like to have them together when you fire them just in case there is any warpage there will still be a good fit but by all means try firing them separately its just something I haven't done before. Let me know if you have any other questions and good luck!@@ingrid-

[@cathy3851]

love your little cottages! how much clay do you use for these?

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Thank you Cathy this is about 3 kg :)

[@LiannaPomye]

How many pounds of clay do you use for the piece!? It’s so beautiful!!

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Thank you! This is about 3 kg of clay :)

[@liianabanana6320]

About 6.5 lbs for those in the US

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Thank you! The conversion always confuses me haha! @@liianabanana6320

[@jimhobber2483]

👌

[@Bringidon]

great.. going to try this for christmas presents.. oh, and mam, hope your not watching :)

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Hehe! I like that you are making your Christmas presents so early! Very prepared!

[@rosaliacaetano7632]

Lindo 👏👏👏🥰

[@stickermigtigger]

I like. Until I saw your face I thought I was listening to www.youtube.com/@ThePotteryWheel Y'all sound exactly alike. 🙂 Both of you do nice work and offer a lot of nice detail to your work.

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Haha that's so funny, thank you!

[@mayskay1421]

So what happens to all the clay that’s been carved ? Do u reuse it

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Yep it all gets reclaimed and used again :)

[@listeningnightowl]

Do you have a website? How can I buy one?

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Yes! it's blankearth.co.uk thank you!

[@markbowles1344]

What material is your worktop

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Hi Mark, it's moisture resistant MDF. Has been working really well for me so far!

[@healthlife5251]

how to make a shiny house

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Hey! You they have different levels of shine depending on what glaze you use, so if you want it super shiny you can just find a really glossy glaze. Hope that helps!

[@healthlife5251]

terimakasih🙏

[@MerveTekinay]

I can't find this metal hook anywhere (found in Amazon but pretty expensive/ around 23 eu) :/

[@BlankEarthCeramics]

Ah sorry they are quiet expensive but really last for ever - this is the one I use: www.bathpotters.co.uk/forged-steel-pottery-tool-ref-j20/p1681 or mudtools have a similar one - their trimming tool x

[@mercedesramosborrego5115]

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