Throwing Tall Utensil Jars and Canisters.

[@marymacdonald3506]

Thanks Vaughan. Really great looking canisters. Congratulations on another studio that’s awesome!!

[@debbiesmith297]

absolutely no one deserves this more than you two! 🎊 congratulations 🎈🍾🎊🎉

[@Vsmithpots]

Thank you.

[@shellydumont9251]

Congratulations on the start of the new studio, that's so exciting!!

[@Vsmithpots]

I will keep adding updates.

[@donnastroud9294]

Studio is going to be great. The way you make things looks so easy. Must be all the years you have done it. I wish you and your wife more great things to come.

[@Vsmithpots]

Thanks, It comes easy after 52 years.

[@allenfitz1]

Great video. Your skills are impressive. Congrats on the new studio. I have not heard you mention this before. I'm waiting for the video progress as it goes along. Again, thank you for teaching an old dog new tricks. Allen from Det. Michigan

[@Vsmithpots]

Thanks, my wife is from Bloomfield Hills. Small world.

[@allenfitz1]

@@Vsmithpots verry small

[@diannaineson4804]

Wonderful news!

[@Vsmithpots]

Thanks.

[@dalekizez]

THE BEST!!!!

[@Vsmithpots]

Thanks Darius

[@wendyo2561]

So happy I watched this video. A utensil jar is my next goal. I have tried a couple but they are to short, I have been doing pottery for a year and a half now, and I have enough bowls and mug, lol, so I am going to try to aim for more. The utensil jar has been on my list for a while now, and having found a fantastic instructor, I can aim for bigger things. Thank you for this video as I do watch yours often, I have now seen how I can go about making it to my utensil jar.

[@Vsmithpots]

Good luck, make a small one first and gradually increase the clay weight for larger ones.

[@freddiemoretti8456]

Exciting with the new build. Will the gulls and doos still come to visit? Hope you are both doing well... Cheers...Freddie

[@Vsmithpots]

Thanks Freddie, the summer goes by so fast it will be built before we know it. Things are all good here, hopefully you are enjoying the New England climate.

[@gregp4819]

What is the new studio's square footage? It's looking great so far!

[@Vsmithpots]

It is two floors each 680sq. feet. A lot smaller than the boat house which is 1500sq.ft on each level. It will be a back up studio in case a storm damages the boat house. I will use it for glaze storage and mixing but it will have a functioning pottery studio too.

[@chloeuntrau4588]

Thanks for your video! probably a stupid question but I am going to learn to turn pots and was wondering if you could recycle the slip to clay or has it been too "worked out" to use?

[@Vsmithpots]

Yes you can. A simple way is to hang a canvas shopping bag somewhere and pour in the slip to drip dry until it is stiff enough to wedge. Or if you have space pour it out onto a canvas covered board and blow a fan onto it until it is stiffened.

[@williamblack4611]

Do you leave the center of the lid that fits inside the jar, solid, or trim it open. Thank you

[@Vsmithpots]

I leave it solid.

[@Deepthoughts4ever]

Do you have a video on how to “belly” out the pot. I seem to always make thin spots when I do it.

[@Vsmithpots]

The trick is to keep the pot well lubricated with water. Then when you pull the wall count the revolutions and make sure you are one finger width higher each revolution. That way you are always on a wet spot. Also angling your two fingers or knuckle to make sure the clay rolls upwards over the fingers is important. The beginner video set I have been releasing talks about this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYu6iImDppKtmZYsi=5bQLH1jJnSM5Neqs

[@trubberducky]

Good to see you again 👏🏽

[@Vsmithpots]

Thanks, hanging in there.

[@Elizabeth-mo3fv]

what are the measurements of the jar?

[@Vsmithpots]

They are in the kiln right now but my usual ones are about 10-11 inches tall.