25. Throwing / Making Mugs & Pulling / Attaching Handles with Hsin-Chuen Lin

[01parrott]

Beautiful technique! How did you make your trimming tools? I'm very interested in learning! Subscribed, btw. :)

[TheCreepahFace]

Am I the only one who thinks the humming of the wheel is relaxing?

[Aaron77Lee]

I love porcelain, but she is a cruel mistress..

[hobbypotter]

I love the handles you make on your cups!!! Thank you so much for creating videos of your amazing work, I'm always inspired by them and they are always so gentle and easy to watch over and over. :) Definitely favorited this video!

[goforkt]

xie xie. Your videos are clear and well thought-out. I really like the clarity and detail of this one in particular!

[slowtwitches]

Beautiful! Subscribed.

[nameralashun]

thank you so much..i watch your videos every day!

[NijaelCo]

I want to start doing this kind of stuff, what should I do first. and what are the supplies I need to buy?

[hsinchuen]

@NijaelCo You should take a pottery class first.

[TheSignGuy32]

Your a great teacher and Potter. I've made the trimming tool with the hacksaw blade and they work wonderful. Thanks so much. The small stamp that you use, did you make it or is it brought???

[hsinchuen]

@TheSignGuy32 I have someone made it for me in Taiwan years ago. You can use porcelain and carve out and fire yourself.

[dutch803]

Thank you for showing the details. Great video... I also liked your video on making simple tools from hack saw blades. I must make some chattering blades...beautiful designs...

[clayphoenix]

Your work is so beautiful. I wonder how you avoid cracking when throwing porcelain off the hump. Does it have anything to do with the string cut-off? I find that porcelain cracks about 50% of the time when I throw small bowls off it- even when I rib the interior base a lot. Any suggestions?

Also, can you share the iron wash you are using over chattering? I assume you are reduction firing your work to keep that dark red of the wash.

Thanks!

[hsinchuen]

@clayphoenix There is nothing to do with the string cut-off. My way of avoiding s crack is to trim the bottom thin enough. How thin? I'd say about 1/8 inch.  Also, dry your pots naturally instead of put them under the sun.

With the Iron wash, I fired them on either reduction or oxidation atmosphere. They are both nice.

[31361claire]

Perhaps in another video you can show how you made the mug bodies because they were beautiful

[hsinchuen]

@31361claire Please watch my video #26

[31361claire]

I wish you had shown how you threw the other mugs

[hsinchuen]

@31361claire I tried to accommodate as many contents as possible. Unfortunately, Youtube has 15 minutes length limit. Most of the time I have to scarify some image to fit into the limit.

[credenza1]

Very informative. I like your thinking about the shape of the handle.