SIMON LEACH - Making a large tea pot - 1

www.simonleachceramics.com Time for tea folks ! lets go ! KP ..thanks ....SL

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[Bentusiii]

hi simon

I really like the "new way" you make your clips, indeed longer. You take more time to explain every gesture in a very pedagogical way.

I made a link pointing to your page on our art association site. Not in aim to replace the teachers, but to let student watch for steady experienced gestures again and again, not only looking at their mistakes.

[sleachpots]

Glad you like the videos ...keep practicing & tell others to tune in ! cheers SL

[longbeforedawn]

Ok, that was a little spooky.

Do you realize that before you started the clay was sorta in the shape of a face and head, similar to what has come to be identified as a Grey?

[bodyboarder79]

When the camera pans down to the wheel, the ball of clay looks uncannily like an aliens head! Check it out!

Greeat stuff Simon. I learn alot from your videos. Thanks!

[FusionMusic1000]

@bodyboarder79 Okay. We all thought that then. Uncanny how Alien it looked.

[Nokturnalx1]

@longbeforedawn look like an alien lol

[Tanyamarcella]

I am a new potter...i mean very new, yet I already have the 'fever'. THANK YOU for taking your time and making all your movements clear; you explain so well! thanks Simon!

[tylerkanehart]

How thick should the walls be in larger pots vs. smaller pots? I'm aware that larger ones need to be thicker than the smaller ones, but I never really know what the right, approximate thickness should be for the various sizes. I'm trying to maste the wheel, so that's why I ask. I really enjoy your videos. They've helped me a lot. Thanks, Simon.

[notawuss]

Could you have left the paper on as the pot dries? Would there be any effect on the pot? Would it cause uneven drying? Dry on the outside, wet inside? Or sucked the paper in? Just wondering.

[camtasia1191]

The clay looks like a baby's head before you started

[Tassycrafty]

It was amazing watching you.The last time I did clay was at Uni and loved every second of it but couldnt do it as a main subject.I always wanted to do this again as a hobby or something. You remind me so much of my lecturer at the time:) She always hums to herself , just like you do!:)Thanks for showing this, cant wait to watch part two now.

Tassy

[ilkinond]

what a nice gent you are, sir. That really reminds me of revolving curves for 3D modeling in maya.

[anukindy]

What kind of mesh or clay do you use, i.e 14, 30, 60 mesh?

Karen

[NIKORAKU]

hello

Can you make the same pot but closed on the top ?

thank you to show me.... i'm french... and i'm débutante !