Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
It's been a hot few weeks. Ciro and I have been suffering, the studio is stifling hot and it makes throwing and trimming pots slightly more complicated than you might think, as suddenly everything feels as if it's a race against the clock. That’s the topic of my longer YouTube video this weekend, by the way, a link to which you can find via the Linktree in my profile’s biography.
I find that it’s the trimming stage that is especially difficult, as these thinly walled vases are constantly inching forwards towards turning bone dry, a state where the pots cannot be trimmed anymore as they become too dry and brittle. Thus, everything is wrapped in layers of plastic sheeting and sprayed with water constantly, pots are dunked too and essentially, I’ve had to reconfigure my approach and making rhythm, as there's no way to easily make many dozens of pots without them all drying out too fast as you begin to trim through them.
As a result, I’ve been producing smaller batches and focusing on one-off pots and that's precisely what I talk about in this weekend's video. I talk about the difficulties, the solutions and how I manage to get work damp enough to trim effectively without it all turning into a dusty mess.
If you've got any tips, I'd love to hear them! Thanks as always for taking your precious time to watch.
#vase #handcrafted #studioceramics #wheelthrownpottery #stoneware
It's been a hot few weeks. Ciro and I have been suffering, the studio is stifling hot and it makes throwing and trimming pots slightly more complicated than you might think, as suddenly everything feels as if it's a race against the clock. That’s the topic of my longer YouTube video this weekend, by the way, a link to which you can find via the Linktree in my profile’s biography.
I find that it’s the trimming stage that is especially difficult, as these thinly walled vases are constantly inching forwards towards turning bone dry, a state where the pots cannot be trimmed anymore as they become too dry and brittle. Thus, everything is wrapped in layers of plastic sheeting and sprayed with water constantly, pots are dunked too and essentially, I’ve had to reconfigure my approach and making rhythm, as there's no way to easily make many dozens of pots without them all drying out too fast as you begin to trim through them.
As a result, I’ve been producing smaller batches and focusing on one-off pots and that's precisely what I talk about in this weekend's video. I talk about the difficulties, the solutions and how I manage to get work damp enough to trim effectively without it all turning into a dusty mess.
If you've got any tips, I'd love to hear them! Thanks as always for taking your precious time to watch.
#vase #handcrafted #studioceramics #wheelthrownpottery #stoneware
