SIMON LEACH - 7 steps to making a cylinder !

[mauroscop]

I have watched many of your videos, but find this one my favorite. Basic are important and this video is well crafted and well, basic! Well done, well planed, Hope you continue this way, thanks.

[nbsiamese]

Thank you so much for this video, taking your time to share your knowledge. I have been potting for 5 years. A struggle to master the technique, but i am determined. I believe my problem was at #4. I was opening up the size of the base not wider than.

Also clay consistency seems to be an ongoing problem: sometimes too hard to work with, sometimes too soft: any suggestion here Simon?

[Artdeleonardow1]

I think you are really generous with your knowlege and time.

I have learned so much from you. Thank you.

[Allthatsvolleyball82]

You make such helpful videos while still making me laugh! Thanks :))

[BowskinArchery]

I think my problem comes from right after the collaring in. I tried lifting up from the inside, but didn't start by pushing ing the base from the outside, making that lip. yup, keep practicing....

[MultiDulcet]

YOU ROCK!

[rsantiago7]

This is the most comprehensive explanation on this very important exercise! This is sheer genius!!! I'm just starting out and this will help me immensely!! Thank you so much Simon!!

[fuzzlefluff]

Either that is a little bit of clay, or your hands are HUGEEEE

XD

How much was that?

[olwenb123]

Brilliant, so helpful - thanks, Simon!

I'll try to put it into practice at tonight's pottery class. Especially that v-shape!

[kaperc]

Thanks for these wonderful videos, Simon. And double thanks for those of us who are just beginning and need good basic instruction.

[urmil07649]

This video is an excellant way of teaching the beginners like me. You really know how to teach. Thank you so much for such wonderful giving to the community of the potters' world.

[30kellys]

Thanks for the Video, I was missing a Step and now my Cylinders, They are now full, tall, and functional. This leads me to my next question.. Can you please make a Vid with the #steps to a GP bowl? My bowls seem to flop at a certain point sometimes and I have yet to produce the same bowl twice. Thx a bunch and I am STILL practicing!

[Sorka42]

I want to thank you for this video. I've been having such a hard time with cylinders. This has helped me figure out what i was doing wrong.

[catman72]

hi, i've been watching your videos for quite some time, and love them.

You inspired me to try throwing some pots.

i'm planning to build a throwing wheel using a washing machine motor, and for the

wheel itself i'll use a turntable of a record-player. it's perfectly centered, of course,

and to it i will have to add an appropriate

surface for the clay to hold on to.

any suggestions?

for speed control i think of using the foot switch of a sewing machine,

(yes, i will water-proof it...)

[joannemayoh]

Great demmo Simon - just heading back out to the wheel - wish I could take the computer out with me....

[24clara]

Thanks for your lightfull demo, Simon! However, could I ask you for a gift (!) :

a precision about the relative position of the left fingers inside and the right fingers outside : if possible I would like to see them on a half- cutted pot in number 6 or 7 position: when they lift the clay up!

Merci beaucoup in advance!

Clara

[beachblond628]

Thanks so much simon!

I have been doing pottery for five years now, but learning these basic skills from different people really expand talent.

Looking forward to maybe the steps to making a bowl, or plate as well!!!!

Thanks again,

Kimberley,14 of Long Island, New York

[jmreds4evr]

very helpful

[twosixteen]

HA! "Speed kills"! I tell me students that all the time.

[MrArchie21]

Terrific Simon, thanks so much! Invaluable for a beginner, as others have said! Hoping to come to Spain for a workshop.....how cool that would be!!!!!

[teknicolorbabe]

Hi Simon, great demo!

[potterybysybil]

thank you so very much for all this info for the beginning potter not to mention the tips for us older potters. the very least we can do is click to help you. hope you are having a fun time in the woods of NY

[mimdesigns1]

The sign says Speed Kills.

Is that because you're a treadler not an electric pedaler?

Kicking my Lockerbie in NJ

Mimi

[tinkerfeet]

I agree with everyone else. Thanks so much for taking the time to help us beginners.

[kroraven]

No adds for clicking Simon.....

[kroraven]

Hi Simon this is a classic, I put it up on my face book for pottery friends to see;-) Thanks so much for you videos!

Karen

Still working on kneading & cylinders;-)

[MamereClaire]

Thank you, I always learn something when you review the basics of throwing.

Claire

[letlemonlive]

This progression of steps- vice pulling up before a fully formed base- gave me 3 extra inches from 2 lbs. Helps tremendously.

[credenza1]

Thanks, Simon. Great demo.

[TheLyricalRAP]

Great demonstration, it was good.

[thevampireladyPhD]

Hi Simon, I love these stage videos. Great for us beginners to really see how to transform the clay into a form. Thanks for sharing your skills and years of experience. Juliet, UK