My Onggi Pot - Time Lapse

[@AdamFieldPottery]

Hey, glad you like the vid! My mother-in-law (Korean, lives in Korea) introduced me to my teachers, she buys most of her Onggi from them. I was expected to work 7 12 hour days but compromised at 6 8 hour days (8AM-4PM wed.-mon.). In exchange for assisting my teachers I received daily lunch and an amazing first-hand understanding of the traditional Onggi process. The daily schedule was always changing: making clay, glaze, pots, chopping wood, loading kiln, etc...

[@AdamFieldPottery]

Thanks everyone for the comments! I have it down to about 2 hours per piece, but as you can see much of this is spent preparing the clay. It's really a great way to make a large pot in a relatively short amount of time. ~Adam

[@marihani]

WAY good editing on this! Very cool! I actually made a slightly tall flower pot a week or two ago using ideas from onggi-making. I just had a dais (tv turntable, actually) with a round bit of wood on it to support the piece. But I added the coils and mixed the clay and then used my hands to clap it into shape and higher. Worked way better than I would have thought!

[@credenza1]

Fantastic clip. Thanks for taking the trouble to make the clip. Nice pot, too. What a wonderful learning environment.

[@rapidac]

Great video Adam. That must be a tremendous experience. Thanks for sharing.

[@AdamFieldPottery]

Thanks!! CW to add coils and to paddle, CCW to shape, for shaping the wheel is pulled with the left leg, otherwise the wheel is pretty much in neutral and reacting to what's being done to the pot with no kicking being done.

[@disisdkat]

The work and the videos themselves are quite beautiful. Thank you for gifting us with these.

[@mitchelllott]

that was beautiful. the patiences...

[@AdamFieldPottery]

@frepi The clay is compressed and air pockets are forced out, also, by folding the clay repeatedly the moisture of the clay becomes homogenous.

[@thesiamcat]

Awesome video! Threw my first pot today and this is not only great inspiration but great to watch and a good tune to boot! Would have loved to have seen how you get a pot that size off the wheel :P

[@AdamFieldPottery]

My teachers are able to make the next size up (from the one I make in the video) in just under an hour, I've seen my teacher make 6 of the largest sized pots per day for weeks on end, no wonder the studio fills up with pots SO quick. They're really amazing potters.

[@supaslim]

hang on- were you featured in Nic Collins' book "Throwing Large?" That's what recently got me started making pots this way. I'm amazed by your work, you make it look a lot easier than it is!

[@AdamFieldPottery]

@NancyToday, take a look at my teacher doing this technique in regular speed in my 2-video set titled: Korean Onggi Potter (Part 1 of 2) and Korean Onggi Potter (Part 2 of 2). You should be able to learn quite a bit more from the real time videos, let me know if you have further questions. Thanks, Adam

[@AdamFieldPottery]

@ponkkaa, thanks for the kind words! Take a look at my video titled: "Korean Onggi Potter (Part 2 of 2)", toward the end (9min 10sec into it) to see how they are lifted off of the wheel. ~Adam

[@AdamFieldPottery]

Hey Marissa! Thanks, I'm glad you like the video. Yes, I'm still processing all I learned over there.

[@claymoma]

Outstanding Adam, thanks for sharing. Regards from Debbie in Florida

[@decorajen]

I love this video I have watched it about 20 times and I am still amazed.

[@AdamFieldPottery]

-Yeah, not much about onggi on the web...YET! -Leather -we don't weigh the clay, coils are about 1.5-2 inches thick -the wall is 1/2 inch near the rim & foot & 1/4 inch at the belly -not much pulling, it's all in the squish, hard to explain, if you get a chance make 5 or 6 hundred & you'll know what I mean :) -I don't have any plans to post for an onggi wheel I'll jump that hurdle when I head back to the US in Oct. Thanks for the comments & questions! ~Adam

[@shanna1950-2812]

I've watched this movie and the others of the Korean potters with amazement. Great, great skills. Thanks much for sharing

[@yepyep248]

Awesome ! Congratulations a skill well mastered and excellent potters nod also x

[@dLimboStick]

Great clip. you're quite the artist/craftsman. Don't you love Korea? I was stationed there in the Army. For me, what made it great was the people. The Korean people are so down to earth and fun loving, but they won't take any shit either. I loved my time there. I hope to go back someday.

[@shanna1950-2812]

oh wow, just awesome. what an opportunity to have been able to learn this technique.

[@AdamFieldPottery]

Thanks Ang! Glad you like it!

[@AdamFieldPottery]

Onggi jars are generally buried to keep the contents cool. I'm not familiar with the Sudan style terracotta pots, but I'm guessing they make use of evaporation to keep contents cool, that is not the case with Onggi jars.

[@BeigeLantern08]

I enjoyed watching your demo in dougs' class last semester. I learned a lot from watching your demo. When I started throwing I could only do about 10 pounds of clay decently now ive been making jars that are about 30 and don't look terrible haha

[@cone1112]

Hi Adam, Great video.Great pot.

[@DCuzick]

Very nice video. I have done something similar using very thick strips of clay (instead of coils), adding them on to the jar and throwing it up, adding more etc. I like the wooden anvil idea inside the jar, I used a dry sponge and a paddle, but the anvil would give you more compression. Thank you for the video! You may like a video I did on "making a square bottle", it has a Asian influence. A fellow potter.

[@auofallands]

Very Nicely Done!

[@lynnespalding8131]

Inspirational footage would love to try this method!

[@korrigansidhe]

SO NEAT. I would love to watch this live someday, it's an amazing amount of work and effort, but so so so cool.

[@RhondaLeeDavisBSN]

Very kool;-)

[@AdamFieldPottery]

Thanks Amanda! Sorry it took a bit for me to reply ;)

[@angceramics]

diggin the frame rate mallet in the air stuff!! and the coolest track adam :))

[@AdamFieldPottery]

Yes, I was featured in Nic's book. I'm glad to hear you are working in this way! Thanks for watching and for your kind comment! Best, Adam

[@AcademyOfCeramics]

This is a great video. I will be showing it to my students. Thanks

[@StoneAndersonStudio]

I admire your work. Thank you for this video! I learned a lot from it. :)

[@merrilymud7304]

would love you to have named the potter and his studio/factory... I know of him and his sons and his love for onggi...mention would've been nice.

[@AdamFieldPottery]

As detailed in the text at the beginning of the video I am the potter in this video and I have properly credited my teachers. Not sure what more you would like to see.

[@AdamFieldPottery]

You'll notice water is only used for shaping the pot, I'm used to working with porcelain and usually shape with the clay pretty dry to keep pieces from collapsing so for the pot in this video, I am actually using more water then I normally would. ~Adam

[@AdamFieldPottery]

You might want to take a look at my other video (in 2 parts) titled "Korean Onggi Potter". It is in real time and shows the process in detail. Thanks for watching! Adam

[@mortakasappini6879]

many many thanks man ,,,, you make my day ...

[@Nosferratuu]

I really like the music in a lot of your videos. What is the name of this group and a few other jazz groups you use in your videos?

[@SpifySavannah]

That was soo amazing!!!

[@ponkkaa]

Beautiful1 Well made video too. How do you get something so large off the wheel though?

[@Nancytoday]

@agfield2000 Wow, he was great!

[@Nancytoday]

Wow, that was amazing! You learned so much being there for a year...was it a year? Anyway, you really did a number on that big slab of clay at the beginning. I was impressed that when you coiled the pot you didn't use slip or any water as you worked. I also noticed you didn't slide against the pot, but tapped it. When you were connecting the ends of the coils, and while you were joining one to the pot, there was some hand movement between the coil and the pot. What were you doing?

[@savmf]

Great video and method! How much clay (weight) did you use to make this pot, if you don't mind me asking. Thanks

[@AdamFieldPottery]

+Savio Fernandes Thank you, we didn't weigh the clay of this process but I would guess that it's likely around 50 or 60 pounds of clay.

[@melonbarmonster]

I need about 10 of these with lids

[@ro413900]

ITS CRAZY BUT IT WORKS GREAT AND LOOKS BEAUTIFUL :D

[@AdamFieldPottery]

@MrCptfantastic, awesome! keep up the good work :)

[@AdamFieldPottery]

Conchita's Cabine by Brisky : )

[@Veenker]

amazing! what is the actual time it took to make that piece?

[@titzner]

respect! #liveandlearn

[@CardboardFurniture]

Do you know if the Onggi Pots are used as regrigerators or 'coolers' to preserve food in Korea? (like in Sudan desert two terracotta pots and sand?) or only to make fermented foods?

[@UntilWeBeadAgain]

Wow!

[@claymoma]

Hey Adam, I noticed you used very little water throughtout the whole production. Was that hard to get use to? Regards, Debbie in Florida

[@tkjazzer]

Where can I get a lesson in the USA?

[@recbab]

What is the soundtrack?

[@Lol-cb1vp]

Awesome

[@AdamFieldPottery]

Thanks!

[@FALLNANGEL57]

When you are patting down the side of the clay with the paddle what are you using on the inside of the pot with your other hand? I know its something to keep more control but it almost looks like its some sort of rock or bowl, what is it?

[@jmg1957]

nice....................................

[@khalidali-nj5st]

رائع وجميل عاشت يداك يا فنان

[@AdamFieldPottery]

Thank you!

[@khalidali-nj5st]

أود أن اعبر عن شكري وامتناني لكم املن لكم النجاح والتقدم في مسيرتكم الفنية الرائعة

[@Everfalling]

i'd love to know exactly how you're punching that coil into that flat wall

[@PhillipLudlow]

this is so cool...

[@افكارواعمال-د7ص]

ماسبب تشقق الطين بعد ان يجف

[@minojagerard8710]

Wowwww!!!

[@frepi]

Why do you beat the clay at the beginning?

[@TheModicumMaverick]

Thanks you really showed me how not to throw

[@HeeGunOnggi]

Hello, Adam Channel. There's a video on my KZbin channel where my dad made a bigger onggi. Adam learned about pottery in my house once in a while. Adam, how are you doing?

[@calderr]

what song is this??

[@AdamFieldPottery]

Yeah, not many people who are up for doing things the right way these days.

[@miwaku.]

I found it oddly satisfying

[@vineetbulbule902]

dam, I didn't know wedging was difficult for larger pots

[@enslaver]

:D amazing

[@CatspitProductions]

Very cool. Nice skills. Come get some Catspit~! ☠

[@JtotheV92]

d-damnn!

[@중년의일상tv]

항아리 멋지네요

[@jsanchez8086]

OMG WILL YOU BE MY HUSBAND!?

[@vineetbulbule902]

raas al ghul

[@lizgqrnik]

Dart Vader

[@Nosferratuu]

I really like the music in a lot of your videos. What is the name of this group and a few other jazz groups you use in your videos?