Making throwing a clay pottery Udu Drum on the Potters Wheel

[Jeetard2]

good as alwaysss



[IGOTTHESHAKESBAD]

Very nice but the traditional way to make it I think they roll the clay like snakes. Long and cylinder. Then shape it into udu by putting them on top of each other and working it with a metal or a wooden piece to make it smooth afterwards. But I think working with the wheel takes less time than that. Wish you put the sound of the instrument.

[iampeeay01]

wow!!! very outstanding. 

[3o5indahous3]

Taliban news in the background lol.

[neosiete]

Increíble! Saludos desde Argentina!

[robertolisignoli]

wow!

[prypjatsyndrome]

Wow! The whole video my mouth stands still fixed open...

[Demoras]

Simply mesmerizing! :D

[round69]

beautiful,.. would be interresting how it sounds,.. all the best

[kritsri29]

Very interesting?

How big is it?

Thanks or sharing.

[ghatamsuresh]

simply brilliant!! as an Indian clay pot percussionist I could not contain my lust to lay my hands on this beauty!!!

[PsychicDavidJames]

How many pounds of clay is that Dan?

[caliphotoguy]

nicely done...

[acidfriend47]

Did the Udu sell yet? and if so for what price?

[NautyWolf]

hey have u ever thought about polishing it with a rock? i know someone in a ceramics shop here in town that polishes his with a very smooth rock :)

[NautyWolf]

about how thick is your slip that you use?

[lillith886]

wow!!!

[msbonnielou]

I have two questions.

1) Do you wait until it's leather hard to "decorate" it?

2) What do you "paint" on the outside to decorate it? Is it just darker slip cause I know it's not glaze.

Thanks so much for posting your videos though, I've watched a bunch of them as art research and I can't wait to throw again.

[armydawg1292]

@msbonnielou when u find your answers plz let me know cuz I was about to ask the EXACT questions u did.

[msbonnielou]

@armydawg1292 I know that in order to do trimming it has to be at a leather hard stage, or close, but not too dry or it will just turn to powder. As for the slip I have no idea.. Good luck though(:

[veguixor]

your job is awesome.

i would love to do that *_*

[Battlewear]

Dan

I recently threw a couple Udu drums based on this video, thank you for the inspiration, but I have a question.. My first drum came out and had NO sound from the bottom.. Lots of lovely sound from the hole in the side but none from the bottom. When you fire your drum, do you low temp fire it or high temp? I am firing in an electric kiln to cone 6. No glaze, just colored slip.

Kaz

[dimitrisobolevskij]

hey ive been throwing for 7 years now doing about 1 to two hours a week and i STILL cant get a pot with absolutely no wobble! it pisses me off cat u give me some tips?

[AZFluteLady]

Sweet! Did you ever fire it? Does it play? Would love to make one for my fiance - he drums djembe and would love one of these.

[ArturShapiro]

so did you fire it? did you play it =) ??

[DubGongTuff]

what was the weight of clay used?

[1kash123]

omg, it looks so relaxing just watching this. i wanna learn to make it. 

[camouflaxx]

Sound examples of the ready (redburned) drum would have been great to be able to compare the sound of this quite slim drum with "bellier" variations.

[ThatLynnGirl]

Well Dan, it's been several months... did you fire it? Show us how it sounds! I have one here waiting for bisque.

[mamavox]

oh my could i buy that?

[Battlewear]

Good day to you Dan

I must also ask the same question as d3fjef, how many pounds of clay was that?

I am looking at making one as a challenge in my pottery class.. Also how would you compare that stoneware clay to that of a porcelain clay?

Kaz

[d3fjef]

how many pounds of clay did you use for that one?

[goatskindreams]

You are very talented. 

[maradonasssssss]

where can you extract clay from earth?

[blahboo19]

I'm a high school student, so I don't have much experience in the pottery world, so I have to wonder, what is the brown paint that you put on the pottery and what purpose does it serve? Can you safely glaze over it?

[adamhendrickson77]

What kind of slip do you use? The darker one that is. It looks similar to tarra sig, is that what it is?

[hornetpalooza]

I have no idea how you're making a shape out of that clay, but it looks like good fun.

[drowe77]

Very cool to watch it take form as you spin and make it.

[superheromichael]

now play it! :D

[N3v3r3nd1ng]

The way you drew that pattern on it! Amazing. Very inspiring. Thanks.

[babyleah02]

Woah....

[EYCEthebest003]

nothing less than amazing as usual, this is one of the few times that i've actually seen you using a sponge

[acidfriend47]

Great Video again!.

you were smart not on not doing it the long way like some other potters do ( they do half and half of the round shape on the wheel, and then glue it together)

by the way what did you use to make the hole?

I loved how you made the swirl design; you made it look like nothing.

i'll give you a 5 on that one :)

[chessdude67]

That was beautiful to watch! I thank you for making this video. I just made my first udu video with a simple groove. Now, I want to have a bigger one made for, or take a class and learn how to do this.

The one you made looks beautiful. PLEASE, show us what happens next, and how much time went into making one of these.

I thank you for your time.

peace,

Tim

[BenCMusician]

thanks so much for this vid, you inspire me! I made 6 of these drums this week, 5 survived!

[DirtKickerStudio]

Hi Dan, That is a very beautiful Udu Drum. I believe the size would make yours a base. You must give us a demo after firing :)

[WexRxTHExboys]

what kinda of clay do u use ? its amazing

[youdanxxx]

This is just Smooth Grey Stoneware clay.

Cheers.Dan

[HellHound60248]

@youdanxxx Would you recommend Stoneware? I'm getting a pottery wheel but I don't want to be using shitty clay on my first try.

[longbeforedawn]

oh very nice!

you must fire it and at the very least give us a liitle rythm -- just to test the sound..

I love udu's --

sweet!

[credenza1]

great throwing as always

[pensandcalls]

You are definitely a craftsman, Dan! Beautiful work!

[makoto4ever]

when you decorated it, was that slip?

[ThatLynnGirl]

Dan!!! I have plans to make an Udu too! Haven't tried it yet. Can you play???

[youdanxxx]

@ThatLynnGirl I don't know yet,I'll have to try once it's fired.

You'll have to make one,or should I say "Do do that Udu that you do so well" LOL.

[MrOnionRing]

@parrotpotterstudio nice pun hahaha.