Throwing Pots Standing vs Sitting

Finally a video talking about throwing pots standing vs sitting
Enjoy!
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Poem: “If” by Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream-and not make dreams your master;
If you can think-and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings-nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And-which is more-you’ll be a Man, my son!
n/a
Source: A Choice of Kipling's Verse (1943)

[@FynnGB]

What a coincident! I learned the poem by heart a couple days ago and just stumbled over your video Thanks a lot for your great content!

[@jsud5559]

Old English major here and Rudyard Kipling’s “If” is one of the finest. Thanks for your sharing and your sincerity in wanting us all to be better collectively. Amen to this. Also, as a bonus, love watching you throw and explain your thoughts on things.

[@MatthewKellyPottery]

Thanks for watching!!

[@frankhott179]

I stand at the narrow point of my wheel. I sometimes use a strong arm and find that the inventor designed the pivot to be located at the wide corner of the wheel stand. Standing enables me to look out my window into the woods outside and easier on my lower back. I appreciate you and your generous spirit. Best wishes to you and yours!❤

[@jonastallmadge5584]

Mathew you make the world a better place your my favorite potter KZbinr

[@cynthiaeaton2342]

Thank you for sharing “If”. I’ve loved that one for many years. Please share with us more poems or writing when you feel so inspired.

[@natashacloutier3285]

Another very helpful and nice video. Thank you for what you do for the pottery community.

[@marciasilviajohnson6461]

Hi Matthew I just put my wheel high to try to throwing standing I find difficult to throwing tall vases, but I have a mirror in front my wheel and I love it to see the profile of the pots, I don’t have to leaning do see it, I do recommend put the mirror in front your wheel even if is the small mirrors, if you don’t have a wall in front your wheel just put together with your tools . Thank you much appreciated your videos🤗

[@centralparkcoffeeco.cafeba6634]

Thank you! Look forward to; and enjoy your videos. I used to sit, but have seen such an improvement since I started standing. The quality of my pots increased dramatically when standing. My body thanks me for the decision as well. Will never go back to sitting. In my classes the students have one option. . . . standing!

[@ReapWhatYouSeauxLeJeune]

Thanks for sharing the difference between standing & sitting… I wondered what the difference was. I wish I could stand throwing but I have POTS so I have to set… love watching your videos…

[@pottersjournal]

This past year I was so happy to acquire a Klopfenstein stand up treadle wheel, thinking at 62 this is crazy mad. After a board of 20 mugs I walk away relaxed, smiling and happy. The same board of 20 sitting at a Brent raised on brick my fist 6 steps away from the wheel are always bent over and I'm felling beat. Thanks, great topic, I haven't caught anyone really speaking in depth on this.

[@MatthewKellyPottery]

Awesome. I’m so glad you have found a way to throw and walk away in good shape! Congrats

[@mirandadavis5887]

Great poem and great video. I saw my pin on your map. It’s filling up! Western NM. The main, simple take away from “If” is to live humbly. Something to strive for every day and IF everyone could try and achieve that goal, the world would become a better place. Thank you for being part of that.

[@cathykotter9430]

My mom would recite it all the time. Wonderful. What is the best way to buy one of your pots. I’ve watch a long time. Such beautiful work. And thank you for sharing “If”

[@debbiesmith297]

Beautiful poem and standing is giving me a new challenge! Thank you for both!🥰

[@soloflyr1]

Loved the poem!

[@kathleenclarke828]

love wisdom! thank you.

[@greggeorge9575]

Thanks for the poem. One of my favorite’s

[@maryjeanallen6189]

Thanks very much, Matthew, for sharing the inspiring poem along with your clay talents, knowledge and expertise. Appreciate your videos and artistry. Thanks again!

[@janeperala9864]

I have back issues and also stand at my wheel (on the side like you), with the foot pedal on the floor. I also have a mirror set up in front of me so that I don’t have to lean over and further irritate my back.

[@MatthewKellyPottery]

Awesome! I’ve never used a mirror but may eventually try it.

[@sherigoodremont3823]

That was awesome…

[@Ladonnacontenta]

Thank you, enjoyed the poem. I remembered it from I was in high school😊

[@tompots2]

some new thoughts...! thanks

[@rebeccatodd414]

Prudent words, Matthew. I will share poem with my sons.

[@PaulByrne-ev2zm]

Liked your video today, especially with IF. Great poem, pairs well with The Road Less Traveled.

[@vernateriyaki8031]

Your work is truly inspiring and your work ethic is amazing. Im always thinking I gotta throw 100 mugs cause Matthew Kelly did and thats how he got so good at it.

[@elisabethbenders-hyde5286]

You have to consider your special needs whether you stand or sit at the wheel. Certain back conditions make standing very difficult for me. Sitting creates its own aches and pains, but standing debilitates me. So, it's sitting for me. Thanks for this video.

[@saorijg]

Thank you very much for the special message in this video. It was exactly what I needed to hear, more than any medication, to lift myself up.

[@MatthewKellyPottery]

Awesome! I’m so glad you enjoyed it and that it made your day better!!

[@tami1979]

Great video!! Q: when you stand and throw, what are you putting your wheel on top of? A table?

[@marygleason1189]

Thanks for the info, stay cool, it was 90 here in Michigan today!

[@MatthewKellyPottery]

Nice mid 70’s here today. Cheers

[@patspotpage]

Thanks for sharing this Matthew! Do you ever work with a mirror on your sit-down wheel? I find that it saves me a good deal of leaning over, and makes it easier to check the profile. I just attach one to the back of my splash pan with a lump of clay, but my pan is not round, it's squared off at the back.

[@judelachance]

How did you raise the wheel to stand at it? And thank you I made 4 cereal bowls after watching your tutorial and they came out pretty good. If I started to get flustered thinking the throw wasn’t going right, I focused on what you taught and it got me through my second guessing myself. 😊

[@chrismorlan4129]

Enjoyed the poem. Thank you. I recently bought a small Amazon wheel for my summer home. I would like to make sq bats like you use to fit this smaller wheel. Can you tell me what material you used to guild these? Thank you

[@artonthesquarebentonvillea5712]

Thanks for the poem! Query-what do you use to raise your wheel for standing while throwing?

[@susyward581]

Throwing standing up, I prefer the Shimpo whisper boxy version, I stand it on breeze blocks to my perfect height, that way I am not bending my back even a little

[@aburk8417]

Good poem!! Would you share how you clean your studio? Also, how often do you change out the water buckets and clean out the splash pans?

[@healesvillepottery234]

Interesting video. Thank you. I have my wheel up on stilts so I can stand and also have a high adjustable ”barstool” if I want to sit. It works ok. The only thing is if I want to make bigger taller pieces its probably better having a wheel lower to the ground.

[@MatthewKellyPottery]

Yes my low wheel is necessary for my large pieces.

[@kleiwerper]

I've started pottery about a year ago thanks for all your knowledge! Are these bats also available in europe?

[@installer18yrs]

Today I made a gage bracket like yours.

[@FFSS60]

Hi Matthew- Thanks for sharing your insights (pottery and other “if”’s). I would suggest the author John Claypool (seriously, that’s his name!). Have a great week 🏺

[@levishepherd4387]

Have you considered a mirror so that you can see the profile without side bending.

[@nickb8791]

Hi Matt, hey have you ever heard of Clayscapes in Syracuse, New York?

[@MatthewKellyPottery]

I have not

[@nickb8791]

@@MatthewKellyPottery ah, gotta check them out!

[@georgesampson4714]

As an aside, how do you handle your clay-smeared clothes? A rinse in a bucket first and then into the washer or directly into the washer? "IF" has so much wisdom but is so hard to live up to.

[@MatthewKellyPottery]

I don’t get very covered in clay and I try to wash my towels before they get too bad also. I don’t pre wash anything. Yes it is hard to live up to but that proves it’s worth doing. At least it should be given some serious consideration and it acts like a mirror to who we are and where we come up lacking. Then it takes guts to face it and work on it!

[@susyward581]

For drying hands on the wheel and using when hand building I prefer muslin/cheesecloth, it doesn’t hold onto the clay, rinses and dries in in minutes .

[@waynoswaynos]

Awesome. Thank you friend. I like to stand and only have one wheel so, stand, I do. But I having funny joints I can injure easily so found a really good method taught by veteran potter, Michael Wendt. He is very inventive, as all artists are, but being an older gentleman, he made a support that he pushes his elbow against that lets him throw all day long. I do it too and it works unbelieveably. Check it out his 6 minute vid here explaining it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKG2Zomua9uJrpY He also has a novel technique for wedging clay and making plates that is so clever. Check out his first 3 vids while you are at it. Really helped my throwing.

[@lucasschick8423]

Is that a map of places you’ve been in the USA!?

[@MatthewKellyPottery]

I wish that was the case. Those are places I’ve shipped pots and some pins are where people have visited from.

[@Thekennel177]

Be very careful. I permanently injured my neck by NOT being careful.

[@MatthewKellyPottery]

Yes you could injure yourself doing just about anything if you’re not careful