Functional vs. Sculptural

Video Description

A few months ago I posted the throwing and trimming of these large angular bowls with absurdly tall, pedestal-like feet. Well, these vessels have now been glazed and reduction fired and this video shows that entire process, from fettling smooth poorly applied glaze, to loading them into my Rohde gas kiln and finally reduction firing them to 1290ºC. Phew. I'm always so nervous when firing larger works and the results were surprising... and thankfully, these may be two of my favourite pots in a LONG TIME. I hope you enjoy the video and thanks so much for taking your precious time to watch! 📖 • Order the HARDBACK of my book: https://geni.us/bymyhands (available now). OR you can pre-order the PAPERBACK via this link: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/452259/by-my-hands-by-gadsby-florian/9781837310289 It'll be published in October! 🏺 • You may also be interested in my 'A Beginner's Guide' series, which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2WJhtTF0eGhQwf8g2LHcom_KrvJpH_JT Timecodes: 0:00 - Introduction 1:40 - Preparing my clay, mixing soft reclaim & hard stuff from a bag 2:45 - Centring the 4 kg lump of clay & throwing the bowl 3:23 - Opening up the bowl & pulling up the walls 6:28 - Indenting the rim & scraping off slip 8:25 - Quickly drying the bowls 8:47 - Trimming the bowls 11:37 - PAPERBACK ANNOUNCEMENT 13:51 - A cross section of a bowl 14:17 - Packing the electric kiln for a bisque firing 15:18 - Waxing the bowl's foot 15:58 - Glazing the bowl 17:37 - Tidying up the glazed shape 21:34 - Packing my gas kiln & reduction firing it 24:30 - Unpacking the kiln 24:51 - THE FINISHED BOWL • Find out much more via the link below! https://linktr.ee/floriangadsby • Get in touch here: https://www.floriangadsby.com/contact Sign up to my newsletter here: https://www.floriangadsby.com/newsletter