Sharing My Trimming Secrets

[@garethgough4112]

I can honestly say that watching your tutorial videos over the past month has elevated my throwing and trimming skill level greatly! Thank you so much for the time you take in creating these!

[@floriangadsby]

SO glad to hear this. Thanks for taking your time to watch, it's much appreciated.

[@JakeWoolf]

Watching your videos reinvigorated my love of pottery. I struck up a conversation with someone I overheard discussing unloading a kiln and it turned out she is a pottery teacher. She's an ex Waldorf teacher, and I'm an ex Waldorf student. We both connected over your history there as well. Heading into her second year course in September!

[@SweetPickins]

Trimming is my favorite part! Love your tip on the marker lines. I also really like when you show glimpses into your studio and cleaning/setting up - not just what you are doing on the wheel. It helps to see how other people set things up and work in their studio. And of course the shots of your pup are the cutest ♥️

[@floriangadsby]

I'll start doing more of it then! I've got a few new lights for the workshop recently that are ridiculously photogenic, so I won't be able to help myself!

[@ettaz]

​@@floriangadsby another thank you for showing that part! I recently spent more than half of my work day just cleaning up, reorganizing and setting up for a new task and was bummed out at the end of the day because I didn't feel like I did enough of the actual work. Sometimes we all need a reminder that cleaning and setting up is part of the task as well, just like washing dishes is part of cooking

[@cashewvis]

Hi Florian, it could be worth a try to put a single sheet of newspaper under the rim of the pot when you put them to dry upside down at first. The newspaper is flimsy enough to shrink with the clay and to not distort the rim that much. I do find that I put my pots right way up whenever the foot is dry enough because the moist captured air underneath the pot, when it's upside down, keeps the pot from drying (as quick as I would like ;-)).

[@noahkirkebymiddelboe7204]

Dear Florian, Thank you for your videos. Im 19 years old and i started trowing 1/2 year ago and i have learned so much from your videoes!

[@nickhermes1802]

LOVE the "throwing" process you've included @10:45 🥰 Thank you as always for taking the time to share your process through these amazingly well done videos!

[@marinelademeterio7069]

Thanks to your videos, I’m a lot braver when trimming my pots, and i also love making angular forms.

[@Lefti4life]

These new camera angles are much more personal, I like it!

[@jakicatancabelic9436]

I like to see the grog in your clay. There is something quite organic in these almost perfect bowls.

[@TabooPhantasy]

My pottery studio teachers and classmates are constantly recommending your videos to newer members. Thank you so much for sharing your techniques with everyone!

[@Artiimoo]

i don’t at all do clay work, but i can say i’ve learned so much of what goes into the process watching your videos! i loved the items before, but having a deeper understanding really raises my appreciation even further. you do some amazing work ❤

[@daveprice5911]

now watch some other pottery youtubers talking about florian and realise how fucking good this guy is at pottery. Like seriously he throws SO THIN its stunning!

[@acacia_alexander]

I always love trimming videos. I’m really trying to improve my trimming so they are incredibly helpful. Beautiful pots too!

[@studiobloeiceramics1726]

Hi Florian, I always dry my pots the right way up. I feel like when they are upside down they kind of drag over de wood during shrinkage. I now always dry everything the right way up and of course sometimes have items that warp, but thats most of the times mugs and not the bowls. Thank you for you video! It was a good one, x Robin

[@Skam1one]

I really need to spend time learning to tap center. I'm very comfortable with my trimming skills but I would love to be able to attach the pot with slip like you do.

[@floriangadsby]

It's worth doing - I really need to make an updated video about learning the process as it's SO helpful, and I've learnt a few things in that time. Ultimately, if the pots you're making are slightly wonky, then it's a process that becomes much harder to master and being able to 'see' when the pot is actually centred is difficult as it'll move and undulate no matter what.

[@mikepetersen7319]

Great tutorial again. And I'm always impressed how calm Ciro seems to be. He's a good Boy isn't He?

[@annagray6491]

Thank you for sharing your skill. I love turning!

[@susanneklockner594]

Your videos contain so much useful informations! Thank you therefor, it's an enrichment to watch them 🙏

[@Xatrene]

Florian, first of all THANK YOU so much for sharing your amazing talent and expertees with us! I did 'amateur' pottery way back when I was still a youngster, and I learned a lot, but never at the level of what you share with us here! (I must say, I am only watching now because my interest in pottery has never faded, but due to circumstances I can't do pottery...it didn't dampen my enthusiasm and 'creative mind' though! LOL) I saw on another youtube video, a potter who attempted to make porcelain behave like glass... (she used a porcelain which when raw and wet had a dark grey colour - I am not familiar with this kind of porcelain), but the basic idea she had was to create a lamp shade that would be thin enough that it would hold integrity but allow light to pass through... Of course, she did not throw the whole item to be 'THAT' thin...but what she did instead, was to throw it as thin as she could while keeping integrity (bearing in mind that if it gets fired it might distort)...and then carving patterns of leaves into it which it seems to me looked almost paper thin...where the areas of the leaves seem to be held together after the fire only by the glaze she used... She had a measure of success in the end, but I was wondering if you would attempt/demonstrate something like this and let us know what you experienced in the making of such a lamp shade. Of course it's not a lamp that she used with a globe inside, but rather as something she placed over a 'tea light'/small candle...which is a much weaker light source... I know you are a very busy man, and maybe this is not something you would like to attempt...but I keep fingers crossed that (knowing your meticulous methods, and reach for perfection), you might feel adventurous enough to attempt your own version of it! :D Thanking you in advance!!! (including her video so you can see how she went about it, and what you might find you can change/improve on, in order to get a better result! (Btw. Love your little 'supervisor', coming to inspect the trimming scraps in the bucket of water!) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWizfJ6CabNomc0

[@ialhaanea]

Hi Florian, incidentally, when you showed how you correct a slightly oval rim by pressing a larger bowl into it, you used one of your larger angular bowls and the combination of the two looked rather striking on the screen (14:17 ish), if they were combined into one large vessel with a very complex tall foot with many straight plains. Maybe an idea for a one off for your next exhibition? :)

[@MissesMarble]

I needed this video so much. Thank you! I deeply appreciate your videos.

[@floriangadsby]

Pleased to hear that, honoured to have your attention!

[@katherineantinucci4748]

Thank you for sharing your tips! Not sure I can hold tools as firmly as you do....yet. Love the angles on these pots.

[@vzeimen]

Your tips are invaluable. I've never really made sets of things but recently have been trying to make sets of small bowls. Your tip for putting a mark on your trimming tool is genius and will go into practice for me tomorrow.

[@kobiks4533]

Thank you so much for your video! Really useful for the tips, it's clear and detailed. ☺

[@micheledawsonhaber9362]

This was so helpful thank you for doing these videos!

[@tylerttinsley]

Great to see more of your techniques! Lovely work! With your angular style it looks odd that The angle where the foot meets the bowl gets rounded by the glaze, have you experimented with making a small grove in the angle to try and correct for the glaze gathering at that transition?

[@mikeysmall88]

On holiday in Greece and suddenly remembered it was Florian Sunday, now really missing my wheel 😂

[@isabelasensioandres]

Majestic Master•class! ❤

[@reidcushman3562]

As always, great tips. Thank you! Trimming is my favorite part of the process, where I feel like I can make significant improvements in the form that was thrown. (Yeah, a bit of a crutch for poor throwing technique. But hey I am a beginner.) I've noticed my love for trimming is not matched by most. The person on the adjacent wheel yesterday, for example, as we both trimmed, said repeatedly "I hate trimming"! She's really good, so doesn't need the improvements of trimming like I do. But why is it so unloved sometimes?

[@danflurry]

If you end up doing a test to see which way dries the bowls more evenly, I will greatly benefit from it.

[@Skam1one]

I always dry pieces upside down with the foot up. In my mind it would help the lip not warp. Unless it was something I did during the trimming stage that I failed to correct.

[@floriangadsby]

Good to know!

[@clarabisson7299]

jaw dropping 💜💜

[@FridayFrida]

Great video. I really like your makers mark, my name is Frida so I also have the dreaded F... Though I am a jeweller so I have to stamp it into metal. I haven't really seen many nice F:s in fonts and the like. But I really like yours, simple and angular, but refined, like your pottery.

[@tonyamiller4045]

I noticed you said you center the lip for trimming. In my classes, we were told to center from the bottom, not the lip of the form. Which was is better?

[@tRIZZle00]

He centers from the lip to find undulations that are caused by variances in the height of the lip. I think if you aren’t as worried about that, then it’s not necessary for you to center the lip.

[@MrLewooz]

It's sundaaaaaaaaaay!

[@tombraun7235]

Regarding the drying of the pots: I let my pots sit right side up until the rims start to become bone dry. Them I flip them to speed up drying of the bottoms. During summer I put my freshly thrown pots in the sun for an hour, then I flip, wait another hour, trim the bottom and let them dry uncovered. For mugs I obviously give them more time to dry because of the handle attachments, but anything else works really nicely. This way I can throw for two hours flipping pots every few minutes, then trim for one hour, so I get 20-30 finished pieces in one morning and I don't have to handle them anymore until they get fired. And the afternoons are free to do other stuff like glazing, kiln loading/unloading, cleaning, etc...

[@terryleetv1]

Thx so much for this video excellent ❤

[@29backwards]

Master!

[@8antlers]

When you first started using that glaze/clay body, what process did you work through to make sure they were foodsafe?

[@Prune365]

Amazing work but I can’t get over how cute your dog is!!! What’s their name? ❤❤❤

[@floriangadsby]

He’s called Ciro, a very sweet pup, always steals the show…

[@kusiciel]

9:55 this made me think, would a tool with an off set angle make this process easier?

[@celloafterdark4173]

Now i want miso soup- these are the perfect little bowls to cup in your hands and drink from. Mmmm

[@atheistmom]

Best doggie video yet!!! I love how he plays "catch"!!! 🤣 And checking the reclaimed clay as if there might be a biscuit in there! 🥰 Oh yes, you were pretty good, too, FG! 😇

[@micah06v8]

It should be relatively easy to determine if having the bowls upside down or not influence how they dry by finding 2 that are the same width and carefully measuring the rims with calipers on both. If the upside down one splays, then that rim will be wider than the other once dry, if not then they'll be the same size. That way you don't have to go through the whole firing process to find out.

[@anjaturdiu3070]

You're amazing!

[@floriangadsby]

Thank you!

[@VsKline]

placing a double layer of newsprint atop a batch of bowls left to dry (rims up) seems to keep them from warping in my studio.

[@sonaroma9665]

cool

[@alvarobazanfelgueroso4201]

Qie tipo de esmalte utilizas??

[@조수경-r2n]

I tried to cut my works into half, but they crumple too easly. Why is that?

[@lisanelhiebel5669]

Chiro 😍

[@COVID-gc8yf]

Чем можно заменить лещадку в печке? Более дешовый вариант

[@wartris1]

pretty dirt make brain go brrrrr. Edit: Just commenting to support-this made me laugh though lol

[@GustavoPereira-xw4zh]

You should make a makers mark thats only the ᚨ that marks

[@t.pisani8239]

Why not just stamp within the foot rather than on the rim of it?

[@ClayArtClayHouse]

art made from clay clay

[@mabamabam]

I love your work but this is straight machining. Cant you just make a jig?

[@mabamabam]

The time to cut a profile cutter would save you hours of hand finishing

[@devandestudios128]

@@mabamabam Some people prefer the handwork and if everything is done to the exact same profile, there is nothing unique about the pieces.

[@mabamabam]

@@devandestudios128 I get that argument. But when youre going for a sharp exact profile then how is a jig any different? Good handwork is almost indiscernible from machine work. The better you are the more it looks machined. So when the style is highly defined a jig hardly detracts

[@floriangadsby]

Well, there's something to be said about being able to create something to such a refined level, by hand, without any jigs, that's really quite pleasing. I enjoy the challenge, and I love seeing potters work that is highly refined, as if created by machine, yet it was just their hands that did it. I guess the biggest thing is simply to each their own - if I enjoy this process of creating then that's that. I don't judge other craftspeople's methods if they're producing work at a high level. I know you aren't judging, but are making a suggestion, but I used to think that there were 'right' ways of doing things, but as time has gone by, whatever method makes the craftsperson happy, then well, that's fine by me.

[@Mangobattie]

He doesn't want to be lazy, he prefers to do all his work by hand. Made with his own hands, & he does a damn good job.

[@elliotokirie3404]

This looks difficult

[@guptadagger896]

man i love these videos but wish there wasn't a period at the end of every word

[@cadillac8597]

I want to try throwing pottery so badddd The engineer in me is dying to know - have you weighed and measured the bowls to see how close they are? I think it’s fascinating that you are able to replicate the same vessel without measuring tools. I would be using calipers and rulers.

[@Mangobattie]