 Today we're talking about soap bottles or oil bottles. It just depends on which one we put in there We've got a soap bottle or we have an oil bottle I like it when I'm making a soap bottle to be a little shorter and fatter bottle and an oil bottle to be a little Taller and thinner, but however, you're allowed to like what you like So I'm just going to throw a soap bottle a short fat bottle And they're just basically a vase but a vase without any flair on the neck They're just straight neck so they can hold and support the cork So this is going to be a short fat bottle and I'll show you in a minute how to measure for the cork to fit Open the way I always do And I set it before you got here. You guys don't want to watch me center So pull my middle finger to the palm of my left hand both hands go up together And then just going to go tidy at my bottom a little bit and pull up This is about a pound of clay or 450 grams of clay. It's not a lot of clay You don't want a great big bottle. Well, I don't want a big bottle As I said, you're allowed to like what you like. I like the smaller one and I'm going to push out the belly Now that I'm pushing out the belly my fingertips are just right across each other They're just kind of dancing together as the clay goes out I'm going to go in there and clean up the water because I'm going to close it up And we don't want to trap any water in there And then I'm going to close it in And I call this six point cuddling because it's six one two three four five six I know it's technical pottery talk. Actually, it's like the way six point cuddling sounds. It sounds so cute So push it in and up when you push in you have to go up your clay has to have somewhere to go So now I'm just going to pull up a neck And I got some Action happening on the top of that. I'm just going to cut that off Now right now it's far too small to put a cork in so I'm going to tidy it up Open it up a little bit If you make the opening of your bottle with a V shape and your cork is a V shape It'll fit in there somewhere And keep in mind you're going to lose about 15 percent of your size in the shrinking so That's down there pretty good. I know that's again technical pottery talk I like it to fit all the way kind of down inside so then when it's finished it'll stick up a Little higher if when you're done if your cork fits all the way down on the bottom It's really hard to get it out and you fill it up full of soap once and then you're done So okay, we're going to tidy that up a little bit. I Think I'm going to leave it at that size I've got my chamois here when I throw these smaller bottles and pieces on the wheel I throw them with the intent of they come off finished. I'm going to chamois the edge So it's a nice smooth edge. I'm going to cut this excess off the side then I got a nice place to keep my needle and Tied it up with my stick Now you can leave it with that profile sometimes it's nice to just to stick your finger in there support your neck I'm supporting right under here. I'm going to run this little Rib up the side. Just give it a smooth And there we go and it's going to move that under there a little bit to undercut it and now this is trimmed it is It's undercut it smoothed. It's chamois. So now when I cut it off I'm going to set it on the board. I always put it on a board with paper so if it sticks to the paper the paper comes off it doesn't stick to the board and When it's a little bit dry, I'll sponge it off and sign it and it's done And I'm going to cut it off with a bit of water pull that wire under there and Put it on the board with the paper. So there we have a short fat soap bottle Now we're going to make the oil bottle. It's a little bit taller and thinner than the short fat soap bottle And I've got this centered And I'm going to open it up as I said much the same as I open everything else up Try to get the bottom a little bit move my middle finger to the palm of my left hand and everybody comes up I like it to be a little taller and thinner at the end. I'll show you why So we're just going to throw a tall thin cylinder And this is the same amount of clay as I had for the short fat guy It's about 450 grams or about a pound of clay And I don't like a big olive oil bottle on my counter. I don't use a lot of oil And then you have to have a little bit on your counter and the rest of it could sit in the fridge and it waits And it lasts for a long time Okay, so now I've got enough water down there. I could swim and it's going to go in there and clean it up Give my Bottle a little bit of tummy And then close it up Again, as in the soap bottle my fingertips are right across each other working together And then I'm going to Clean it up again there not enough to swim but enough to clean up And I'm going to Close it in and up we're going to do our six point cuddling our technical pottery talk When you when you're pulling it up when you're pushing it in You have to pull up the clay I still somewhere to go Going Going messy is somewhere to go the top went messy. I can just get rid of that not a big deal And tidy that off a bit Okay, so I'm just going to give that a little definition here I'm going to give this one a little bit longer neck Because we don't have the cork to fit in there. You couldn't do what you like It's gonna There we go. It's a little bit taller thinner bottle Oh if tall and thin we're only that easy Okay, so uh, let me measure let me just tidy it up a little bit. It's a little thick on the neck Tidy that up Now before I tidy up too much I'm just going to measure for size keep in mind. You're going to lose that 15 percent You do have quite a bit of play in these corks And I think I want it just a little bit bigger And again like the soap bottle you want to have it as a bit of an angle so you have Again as it goes down in that you have play in there Okay, so I think I've got it the size that I want And I'm going to undercut it with the needle Now you can run the rib up the side if you like Um, sometimes I do sometimes I don't I did on the the short fat guy I'm not going to bother with the tall thin guy stuff that tall and thin I'm just going to tidy it up And the rib is one of those things you're allowed to like what you like I just want a bit more definition And the bottles with the straight up neck Are I find are kind of plain But you put a cork in it and some fancy glaze and they're marvelous I'm just going to shammy it off and like the short fat soap bottle When this guy comes off the wheel it's done Let it dry And Yeah, that'll fit about right so Okay, so now the last thing I'm going to do is I'm just going to give it one more little undercut with this stick So now it's trimmed It's smooth it's shammyed But I mentioned I'm going to show you how to make it more comfortable in your hand So all you want to do is just because it's going to fit in your hand Is just give it a little bit of a squeeze And I'm going to turn around and give the other side a little bit of a squeeze So it fits comfortably now that will quite often knock your Top off so just give it a quick throw And now it's comfortable in your hand. It's ready to take off the wheel and now your Tall bottle is done I'm going to put it on the paper with the short fat guy They can dry and there'll be buds in the kiln If you enjoyed watching me make the the the tall guy who's not that tall and the short guy He's not that short if you like watching the soap bottles and the oil bottle So please hit the like if you want to see me make more stuff hit subscribe If you have anything you'd like to share in the comment section Please do I'd love to hear from you and thanks ever so much for watching