simon love all your videos... just started watching them a couple weeks ago, and it's going to take a little while to catch up! Thanks a lot... and I will keep practicing!
Now you have a professional videographer on your staff........for a week. Nice job as always. I was at a gallery today and made sure that they watched your videos. They were begging for large pieces because small pieces just are not selling, even at very low prices. Kind of discouraging.
You post brings back warm memories of two years ago! I've never had an official class and learned from watching Simon's videos (as well as others). He is so easy to understand and you can really see how to do it. Then it's just trying to get your hands to do the same thing!
I'm not able to throw as often during the winter, so the 2 years has been accomplished by bits and pieces of time. I still love it and wish I could do all day everyday!!!! After time, I have noticed I'm still learning new things by watching the same videos...something I wasn't ready to grasp at the very beginning stages. Just love it really :) !
I have been throwing since 1974 and every day I seem to learn something or relearn something I should not have forgotten. In the pre-Internet days we slowly picked up knowledge from other potters. I was lucky enough to spend some time with Micheal Cardew in a workshop setting. That was a special week that I will not forget. I was also lucky to have helped build 5 kilns back then. We did wood firing and salt in 2 of them and the others were for reduction gas firing and biscuit. Keep exploring
Simon have you ever tried stretching out an old spring and creating flutes with it when you cut off sides of the pot using it like a cut off wire? I have been using them stretched between bamboo shaped like a tea pot handle. I have also been experimenting with the flutes cut in this manner alternating with a faceted portion of the same overall width around a pot.
Glad you arrived home safely Simon and hope all is going well in England with the family. Will get busy on some pots to flute. I really like the radial effect on the lid. Robin Georgia, USA
simon love all your videos... just started watching them a couple weeks ago, and it's going to take a little while to catch up! Thanks a lot... and I will keep practicing!
tamallante 3 years ago
Nice video and Rob did some good camera work there.
Redshift21 3 years ago
Now you have a professional videographer on your staff........for a week. Nice job as always. I was at a gallery today and made sure that they watched your videos. They were begging for large pieces because small pieces just are not selling, even at very low prices. Kind of discouraging.
pensandcalls 3 years ago
I am beggining next week for the 1st time I ordered my wheel and kiln. I want to say thanks, your videos are great and are very inspiring
bry1012777 3 years ago
You post brings back warm memories of two years ago! I've never had an official class and learned from watching Simon's videos (as well as others). He is so easy to understand and you can really see how to do it. Then it's just trying to get your hands to do the same thing!
clearvision5 3 years ago
How far have you come in 2 years? do you still love it as much as you use to? have a great day
bry1012777 3 years ago
I'm not able to throw as often during the winter, so the 2 years has been accomplished by bits and pieces of time. I still love it and wish I could do all day everyday!!!! After time, I have noticed I'm still learning new things by watching the same videos...something I wasn't ready to grasp at the very beginning stages. Just love it really :) !
clearvision5 3 years ago
I have been throwing since 1974 and every day I seem to learn something or relearn something I should not have forgotten. In the pre-Internet days we slowly picked up knowledge from other potters. I was lucky enough to spend some time with Micheal Cardew in a workshop setting. That was a special week that I will not forget. I was also lucky to have helped build 5 kilns back then. We did wood firing and salt in 2 of them and the others were for reduction gas firing and biscuit. Keep exploring
john81150 3 years ago
Simon have you ever tried stretching out an old spring and creating flutes with it when you cut off sides of the pot using it like a cut off wire? I have been using them stretched between bamboo shaped like a tea pot handle. I have also been experimenting with the flutes cut in this manner alternating with a faceted portion of the same overall width around a pot.
john81150 3 years ago
Great Simon. Now I have to go break a hacksaw! Looks like you burnished the lid before fluting. Will this be raw glazed?
rubberstampman 3 years ago
Simon your videos are wonderful, thanks so much for sharing :)
anitareay 3 years ago
Very nice Simon,
Great job on the zoom Rob, it worked out very well, it didn't pixelate to badly did it?
It looked very good to me!
Thank you all!
DASRAY 3 years ago
A beautiful jar Simon.
Nice zoom by the student too.
andrewwiddis 3 years ago
Thanks, Simon. Lovely work. Nice tactile feel about the pot. Great contributions by Judy and Rob.
credenza1 3 years ago
Thanks Simon, the zoom in was great!
WyndtreePottery 3 years ago
Hey, I really like the lid!
longbeforedawn 3 years ago
Fluting vs. Faceting - RE: wall thickness.
So, is paddle wacking faceting?? (flatening a side or sides with a paddle)
longbeforedawn 3 years ago
Simon - I do a lot of fluting now, since I watched your first videos on fluting. I like the radial flutes on the lid. I will try that. Thanks! - Skip
smathewspots 3 years ago
Glad you arrived home safely Simon and hope all is going well in England with the family. Will get busy on some pots to flute. I really like the radial effect on the lid. Robin Georgia, USA
quickhalfpint 3 years ago
Woo Ontario! REPRESENT!
baldygirl 3 years ago
I always enjoy your videos so much. Thanks for taking time to post them:)
Alyzabeth01 3 years ago
Thanks Simon very informative, I'm going out to my shed hope it's okay from the freeze. Have a good day ~ Karen CT
kroraven 3 years ago