My Onggi Pot - Time Lapse

[shanna1950]

I've watched this movie and the others of the Korean potters with amazement. Great, great skills. Thanks much for sharing

[shanna1950]

oh wow, just awesome. what an opportunity to have been able to learn this technique.

[debbis525]

nice. cool song too



[lynnie32757]

wow I dont know whether you still get comments, but I found your series on onggi pots and had to watch them all!! What an amazing opportunity to work with such a beautiful traditional style. Thanks for sharing the experience- sublime!!!!

[ro413900]

ITS CRAZY BUT IT WORKS GREAT AND LOOKS BEAUTIFUL :D

[MrCptfantastic]

I enjoyed watching your demo in dougs' class last semester. I learned a lot from watching your demo. When I started throwing I could only do about 10 pounds of clay decently now ive been making jars that are about 30 and don't look terrible haha

[agfield2000]

@MrCptfantastic, awesome! keep up the good work :)

[mtrapman]

見て楽しい！

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[jjzika77]

NIce video!!

[billybudd18]

Thanks for sharing the video. It's really impressive. Well done. All hand made made start to finish with just a block of clay.

[Nosferratuu]

I really like the music in a lot of your videos.

What is the name of this group and a few other jazz groups you use in your videos?

[Nosferratuu]

I really like the music in a lot of your videos.

What is the name of this group and a few other jazz groups you use in your videos?

[JtotheV92]

d-damnn!

[frepi]

Why do you beat the clay at the beginning?

[agfield2000]

@frepi The clay is compressed and air pockets are forced out, also, by folding the clay repeatedly the moisture of the clay becomes homogenous.

[CatspitProductions]

Very cool. Nice skills. Come get some Catspit~! ☠

[auofallands]

Very Nicely Done!

[NancyToday]

Wow, that was amazing! You learned so much being there for a year...was it a year? Anyway, you really did a number on that big slab of clay at the beginning. I was impressed that when you coiled the pot you didn't use slip or any water as you worked. I also noticed you didn't slide against the pot, but tapped it. When you were connecting the ends of the coils, and while you were joining one to the pot, there was some hand movement between the coil and the pot. What were you doing?

[agfield2000]

@NancyToday, take a look at my teacher doing this technique in regular speed in my 2-video set titled: Korean Onggi Potter (Part 1 of 2) and Korean Onggi Potter (Part 2 of 2). You should be able to learn quite a bit more from the real time videos, let me know if you have further questions.

Thanks,

Adam

[NancyToday]

@agfield2000 Wow, he was great!

[SpifySavannah]

That was soo amazing!!!

[pablocus]

Amazing!, great video, great technique, thanks...

[246aod]

man some day I will do this without a doubt, I love pottery and its all I want to do and its nice to see something quality and not comming from some factory :) Also props for throwing dry, with something that big that takes skills lol

[UntilWeBeadAgain]

Wow!

[cone1112]

Hi Adam, Great video.Great pot.

[felishaanne69]

Adam, thanks you so much for being an ambassador for our culture. This kind of knowledge needs to be preserved and I'm so happy that there are people like yourself that are continuing the pursuit of knowledge. As for me I am on the culinary side and enjoy using beautiful Onggi pots for my art. Highest Regards ~Felisha

[ponkkaa]

Beautiful1 Well made video too. How do you get something so large off the wheel though?

[agfield2000]

@ponkkaa, thanks for the kind words! Take a look at my video titled: "Korean Onggi Potter (Part 2 of 2)", toward the end (9min 10sec into it) to see how they are lifted off of the wheel.

~Adam

[VirDeiEtVirChristi]

I like the song (: i love the Onggi pot. thanks for sharing

[Limastudent]

Beyond great!

[PotterySchoolDotCom]

super good!....

[steves2kool]

Iv always wondered, but never bothered to find out. Thanks

[SwGkentuckyC]

onggi pottery is something i just started learning about its impressive, seems like it would take a while to get down though

[TheModicumMaverick]

Thanks you really showed me how not to throw

[agfield2000]

Yeah, not many people who are up for doing things the right way these days.

[jebovasgugl]

what is this music? i like it.

great pot

[agfield2000]

Conchita's Cabine by Brisky : )

[jfo1starvingartist]

I have seen this both in real time and as a time lapse. Its amazing either way. :)

[jmg1957]

nice..........................­..........

[KYUNGILNAM]

very educational

[dLimboStick]

Great clip. you're quite the artist/craftsman. Don't you love Korea? I was stationed there in the Army. For me, what made it great was the people. The Korean people are so down to earth and fun loving, but they won't take any shit either. I loved my time there. I hope to go back someday.

[nancyalroy]

That was really amazing to watch. You work beautifully. Thanks very much for sharing this with us. Nancy

[mRisTr2802]

Hi Adam,

This is great to watch! Thanks for sharing. Looks like you learned quite a lot while you were there.

~Marissa

[agfield2000]

Hey Marissa!

Thanks, I'm glad you like the video. Yes, I'm still processing all I learned over there.

[txjoker]

Very nice video. I have seen all of your videos and look forward to more. I am interested to see how your work develops now that you have this experience.

Is it just my imagination or are you spinning that wheel clockwise and pulling from the right side also? I have not seen that before. I know a clockwise turn usually means that the potter is pulling from the left-hand side. Might just be the speed of the video that makes my eyes lie to me. :)

[agfield2000]

Thanks!!

CW to add coils and to paddle, CCW to shape, for shaping the wheel is pulled with the left leg, otherwise the wheel is pretty much in neutral and reacting to what's being done to the pot with no kicking being done.

[DCuzick]

Very nice video. I have done something similar using very thick strips of clay (instead of coils), adding them on to the jar and throwing it up, adding more etc. I like the wooden anvil idea inside the jar, I used a dry sponge and a paddle, but the anvil would give you more compression. Thank you for the video! You may like a video I did on "making a square bottle", it has a Asian influence. A fellow potter.

[wazoltoff]

what song is this??

[Boondockflyfish]

fascinating!

[IngoVier]

incredible

[w3s3l]

Nice job, you`re good :))

[cgrong]

Hi: Love your video - what a great experience! How did you arrange this apprenticeship with them? Do you get paid for doing this work or do you pay them tuition? Or are you their guest? What is your daily schedule like?

[agfield2000]

Hey, glad you like the vid! My mother-in-law (Korean, lives in Korea) introduced me to my teachers, she buys most of her Onggi from them. I was expected to work 7 12 hour days but compromised at 6 8 hour days (8AM-4PM wed.-mon.). In exchange for assisting my teachers I received daily lunch and an amazing first-hand understanding of the traditional Onggi process. The daily schedule was always changing: making clay, glaze, pots, chopping wood, loading kiln, etc...

[thesiamcat]

Awesome video! Threw my first pot today and this is not only great inspiration but great to watch and a good tune to boot!  Would have loved to have seen how you get a pot that size off the wheel :P

[tuffskid]

i was so imspired by this video i went out and tryed to make my own onggi pot. i used about 5 kilos of terracota and got it up to about 500mm... im also interest interested about what clay you use?

[potpourripot]

Thank you for this wonderful video! Very well edited, a pleasure to watch!

[Marihani]

WAY good editing on this! Very cool!

I actually made a slightly tall flower pot a week or two ago using ideas from onggi-making. I just had a dais (tv turntable, actually) with a round bit of wood on it to support the piece. But I added the coils and mixed the clay and then used my hands to clap it into shape and higher. Worked way better than I would have thought!

[jkvickery]

Adam, Thanks for the incredible videos. I have been looking for someone doing onggi on the net for some time. Watching it helps to answer so many questions. I do have a few to ask you though. What is on the paddle? canvas, leather?

How much clay are you using for each coil?

What is the finished thickness of the pot?

Are you pulling as you paddle?

Can you post some plans of a kickwheel?

Keep the videos coming!

[agfield2000]

-Yeah, not much about onggi on the web...YET!

-Leather

-we don't weigh the clay, coils are about 1.5-2 inches thick

-the wall is 1/2 inch near the rim & foot & 1/4 inch at the belly

-not much pulling, it's all in the squish, hard to explain, if you get a chance make 5 or 6 hundred & you'll know what I mean :)

-I don't have any plans to post for an onggi wheel I'll jump that hurdle when I head back to the US in Oct.

Thanks for the comments & questions!

~Adam

[claymoma]

Hey Adam, I noticed you used very little water throughtout the whole production. Was that hard to get use to?

Regards, Debbie in Florida

[agfield2000]

You'll notice water is only used for shaping the pot, I'm used to working with porcelain and usually shape with the clay pretty dry to keep pieces from collapsing so for the pot in this video, I am actually using more water then I normally would.

~Adam

[Veenker]

amazing! what is the actual time it took to make that piece?

[agfield2000]

Thanks everyone for the comments!

I have it down to about 2 hours per piece, but as you can see much of this is spent preparing the clay. It's really a great way to make a large pot in a relatively short amount of time.

~Adam

[agfield2000]

My teachers are able to make the next size up (from the one I make in the video) in just under an hour, I've seen my teacher make 6 of the largest sized pots per day for weeks on end, no wonder the studio fills up with pots SO quick. They're really amazing potters.

[credenza1]

Fantastic clip. Thanks for taking the trouble to make the clip. Nice pot, too. What a wonderful learning environment.

[enslaver]

:D amazing

[claymoma]

Outstanding Adam, thanks for sharing.

Regards from Debbie in Florida

[chopin65]

Congrats! Well done.

[rapidac]

Great video Adam. That must be a tremendous experience. Thanks for sharing.