The Finishing Touches for Teapots

[@lizzyrbits1283]

I'm sure this is your intent, but the way your videos are calming and relaxing but still so full of great info is amazing! Thank you!

[@robbieboydudeguy]

I love when you call it a “film”, because it really does feel like one. You do a great job with your camera work and narration and make it so compelling to see the process of your creations. It always makes me want to go make something. Thank you!!

[@e.lycopersicon9720]

oh no no no, You can't go away without telling us what the deal is with that funky looking peibald teakettle!

[@conniel7873]

I appreciate your consistent delivery of seemingly small tips and tricks that make bringing my projects to a successful end more likely

[@acacia_alexander]

I’m so glad that you mentioned dabbing a bit of water on the drainage holes. I’ll definitely have to try that!

[@NoteCat540]

Came from a short, glad I found your proper channel

[@jacopopuccetti9340]

Black Cleaver

[@crusadingcomrade8873]

I appreciate your content a lot. I'm at a point in my life where i currently cannot create pottery, so these videos can help satisfy that "itch" of seeing pottery being made/how they turn out after firing.

[@floriangadsby]

I’ve been there. I spent almost two years looking for a studio and KZbin videos of makers at work fuelled my appetite for some time. Thanks so much for taking your time to watch, it honestly means so much.

[@Smallathe]

Very impressive amount of work goes into every pot. We are used to store bought items and don't think of the work involved in making them. Very impressive.

[@godismetons]

What a wonderful video! I love seeing all the things that go into making teapots! And I love that you explain what you do! I always get so curious why certain things are done 🤭

[@SeanMcGown]

Never ceases to amaze me. Thanks so much for showing that. Doing something well and with care to the details shows in your films.

[@OkiSmokey]

Oh wow that glaze is BEAUTIFUL I’m so glad I found your channel

[@AngelavengerL]

This was relaxing to watch. Although i was like omg what is that tiny roundish kettle that had the amazing white marks over the green!!! It stood out amongst the whole lot.

[@smalltallhall]

dabbing water on the draining holes is such a great tip! Always struggled with thick glaze there. So thanks!

[@Reader.of.infinity]

As always very enjoyable and informative to watch. I feel I have something to say that might help clarify the mind of people watching this kind of videos like me. In our mind people with the tendency to create something put ourselves in your shoes and because the mind only imagines the enjoyable parts for itself leaves out the repetitive and hard working parts out. But in your videos the reality kicks in and wakes up the mind from the rather made up dream of running a workshop like yours. God speed and thank you 🙏

[@Mattew64Games]

Thats all those tiny steps that make an amazing result. Nice video & pots. Thank you :)

[@iain.sm.c]

Ha, I've actually just been rewatching your previous teapot videos. I was relieved to find out you ship to South Africa, I'll hopefully be brewing in one soon.

[@xbaczewska4197]

Always good to see and re-see the process. Would love one of those little pots.

[@annasurgan867]

I love to watch your videos. I am not a pottery maker, I'm an illustrator, but your videos very much inspire and motivate. And I'm very curious about ceramics, always wanted to try. Thank you for your art, and your work here on social media, I suppose it took a lot of time and energy

[@jillheath2804]

Soooo informative, thanks so much 😊😊😊

[@wartris1]

Heck yeah! Enjoy your Holiday! :) So excited for the may shop update!

[@OlesyaTsoy-bn5xk]

Great! A new video to calm down and relax

[@theresamilia]

I appreciate your work and videos so much!

[@melsyoutube]

i love your work so much, i hope i get to own some pieces some day ❤️

[@galacticmechanic1]

very interesting details today.

[@emmaprophet2881]

Beautiful, thanks

[@ilmugerabah.pottery]

Teknik finishing nya sangat bagus untuk di contoh, terimakasih telah berbagi ilmunya

[@Nicoya]

I believe a narrowed spout opening will actually increase the velocity of the laminar flow of liquid, lowering its pressure. This lowered pressure will cause the liquid to detach from the inner wall of the spout when it rapidly widens back out at the end, preferring to pinch inwards into a narrower stream, thus resulting in a clean pour with no dribbling.

[@MarcFarrell-f5r]

Lovely work. Each step based on so-many previous experienced steps. Thank you for making my steps not as many. Would it matter if you used your wax emulsion on the filter holes? So they don’t get any glaze at all?

[@LetsTakeWalk]

What is the process difference between glaze that gets cracked and glaze that stays uncracked? Is it not preventable or is it purely for aesthetic reasons? Love your work.

[@jaimwah]

Nice rewind on the teapot turntables at the end . Wheel up !

[@ANobodyHere]

WAKE UP!! 🗣🗣‼️‼️ NEW FLORIAN GADSBY VIDEO JUST DROPPED!! 🗣🔥🗣🔥‼️🔥‼️🙏🙏 Side comments: 1:54 I never realized that the glaze would cover the spout holes 3:33 I wonder how the recycling process of glaze would be like 4:53 have you ever stuck the wadding in the wrong spot and glaze stuck to it? What would happen? 6:37 I was excited to hear the crackling from the kiln 😢

[@NyxWhiteFang]

Wonderful as always! I know you make lots of mugs, but is there any reason you've never made a video on making teacups?

[@pedrocosta3706]

What was that white spotted glaze test? Will there be a video on it? Pls say it will 🥲

[@NelsonBrotherhood]

cool

[@kalanphelps9498]

hi florian, quick question, do you prefer the fine or the coarse end for the grinding paste? I have some too and love it but don't know which end to use

[@floriangadsby]

I use both depending on how well the lid fits, how rough it is, etc.

[@runwords_]

7:11 Have you ever thought about placing the lid upside down on a rubberized wheel to grind the glaze with the pot inverted over it?

[@floriangadsby]

I have. The thing is, grinding the lid isn’t just about grinding it in one orientation. When I’m holding the lid and pot in two hands, I’m applying downward pressure and sideways pressure, to smooth the sides too. Whereas if I do the same thing on the wheel, I can only really push downward, so yes it might be faster, but I can’t polish the entirety of the lid in the same way.

[@ptroinks]

5:50 Dog!

[@cyclopsboi]

do you have to do anything to ensure its food safe?

[@faisalahmed5033]

👍

[@datmofodat]

😍

[@m-jud1701]

But which one is your favorite ?

[@juanQuedo]

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[@lisalovelylpa]

Omg … I know you guys move ceramics around easier all on one board but if you drop it everything breaks !!

[@Woodledude]

Experience and confidence. This is a person who's carried a lot of loaded wareboards, packed a lot of kilns, handled pottery at every stage of dryness, so on and so forth. That also means he's spilled a fair few wareboards in his time, but hardly a drop in the bucket compared to his volume of total work. He know's he's unlikely to drop anything, and in the case that does happen, it'll put him behind a bit - But the savings in efficiency versus the relatively small risk of breaking a few pots that can always be remade? Absolutely worth it. A beginner wouldn't do this, of course. They haven't learned how to let go of their pieces, a good piece of pottery still represents a lot of work and effort to them, and their volume of output isn't nearly as high. They can afford to take the time to handle pots individually. Florian has clearly left that mindset behind a while ago.

[@johndo1133]

I disagree with the Maye to the Pats take. We don't expect them to make the playoffs this season, but if they do, wonderful. He can sit, learn, and develop. The receivers they got are not burners, but solid pass catchers. Pats can use next year's first round to get the guy. Same with the OLine. Building takes time and most of us are patient. They make it sound like Bill and Mac are the only one's gone. The coaching staff has been turned over as well. Seems like they're just putting Maye on last year's team. Not how NFL seasons work.

[@hamboza010]

why i feel this is too hard to do ?

[@Woodledude]

You're seeing all the steps at once, and all the fancy tools used to do it. You're seeing someone who has done this for years, as an apprentice under the guidance of a master. You don't start here, and you don't start here for a reason. This is like 6 or 7 different skills all being used to make one item. Start with one. Learn to throw simple shapes on a wheel, or forego the wheel entirely and just try hand-shaping clay. There are videos you can use to figure out how to make your own clay from clay soil, if you want to do it on the cheap. You could also just get some modelling clay for the purpose, understanding that it's not the same thing used here, and that doesn't matter so much if you're not throwing the clay. Get used to how clay acts. Get familiar with shaping it, working it. Try to make useful little items - Nothing too demanding, just little things that don't need to do anything demanding. Find a way to make the skill you're developing useful, or fun. Then take a step up. If you learn to throw well, you could start firing your thrown pots, maybe just in a makeshift wood kiln. Just a fancy firepit you could make out of dirt. Skip the trimming step until you're ready to try and learn that skill. How you get started depends on what you have access to. Know that you CAN learn to do this - The only question is WILL you? It's a valid choice to choose not to learn one skill, especially in favor of focusing on another. Not everyone needs to be a potter. And no one can be a potter, a bookbinder, a machinist, a 3D modeler, a knitter, an embroiderer, and whatever dozen other things could catch just about anyone's fancy. You can't do everything - That's okay. Pick one, two, maybe three things you want to be good at. Definitely start with one; focus makes things easier. You only need one. Start at the beginning, at the most basic thing you can think of, then figure out a way to be even more basic. Discover the fundamentals, the underlying principles, one at a time, and begin assembling the skillset one step in front of the other. Overwhelming yourself by looking at everything a master can do won't help. Take their advice one piece at a time. "Okay, Florian does this one thing. Can I figure out how to do that one thing too?" Our ancestors scrabbled every human skill under the sun out of the dirt, and it was hard, and they were bad at it, because there was no one else to show them how to do it any other way. We got from there, to here, and it's easy to overlook the immense amount of effort that took - And how much of it you can skip straight over, because we HAVE people that do those things, that know how it ought to be done. You know where to start, where the ancients had to just start where they were. But knowing the end can make the beginning seem overwhelming. There's no shame in being overwhelmed. It is just the first obstacle that you, personally, will have to overcome to make progress. Which means you know where to start. If you want to.

[@hamboza010]

@@Woodledude thank you so much for taking the time to type all that to advice me i really appreciate it Thank you sir.

[@conversatador]

@@Woodledudethank you for writing this, it really helped to read this when I was feeling overwhelmed by entirely different pursuits than pottery. Your words were a real comfort

[@floriangadsby]

What a comment! 🙌🏻