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Vaughan Smith
Canada
Приєднався 15 кві 2012
The videos here display daily life in a working pottery/ art studio situated on the coast of Nova Scotia.You will see technical help in potters techniques, studio layout, firing kilns, making glazes and selling your work. The artwork shown and made by this studio will include mostly pottery from Vaughan Smith with added content from Jacqueline M. Cohen who works in pottery, collage, painting and mixed media. westcotebellpottery/?ref=pages_you_manage
Beginner glazing. Even small glaze amounts can go a long way.
Part 8 of 10 videos on how to become a potter.
You can buy glazes in pints as a beginner, just to get you going and make things easier. This video shows how to glaze as if you only had pints, but also shows how to glaze if you have gallons. It covers many ways of applying glazes for beginners and some new methods for advanced potters. The pieces glazed will feature in part 10, "Selling your pottery".
You can buy glazes in pints as a beginner, just to get you going and make things easier. This video shows how to glaze as if you only had pints, but also shows how to glaze if you have gallons. It covers many ways of applying glazes for beginners and some new methods for advanced potters. The pieces glazed will feature in part 10, "Selling your pottery".
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Throwing Tall Utensil Jars and Canisters.
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This is a throwing tutorial for tall pieces and lids. It also has new studio construction updates.
Making tiles and trays, spontaneous purchase items that make a show profitable.
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Video 7 of 10 on how to become a potter. You need that small inexpensive piece to get those customers shopping with gusto. Potters answer to candy at the grocery checkout, already buying a gift but hey! those are cute and so affordable, lets get 2 or 3. That is how you can put yourself into the profit margins when doing markets and shows. This video shows how quickly you can make a dozen items ...
Four Kilns unloaded 05/24
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Lots of new stoneware combinations along with Jackies new stoneware glaze combos, plus an earthenware sgraffito kiln.
Beginner pottery, rims, feet, handles and lips. Video 6 of 10.
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Video 6 of 10 in how to become a potter. How to add elements to your pots that make the ordinary, extraordinary. This video shows how to add special touches to ordinary pots. It includes easy ways to add those elements and also displays some surface decoration to add depth to your glazes.
4 Kilns unloaded, cone 6 electric oxidation. 04/21/24
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4 kilns many variations including clear glaze underglaze paintings.
Visual Book Experiments
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This video shows how playing with visual book forms opens up creative paths in making pottery.
Lahave Bakery Book release party.
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A tour of the LaHave Bakery before the book launch.
Beginner pottery, throwing narrow forms. Video5 of 10 on becoming a potter.
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No. 5 on throwing narrow forms including mugs, bud vases, pilsner glasses and a novelty item.
Sgraffito carving, examples of tiles and functional pieces.
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Using four coloured clays, red, yellow, white and black, layered on top of each other, then carving through with fine tools. This video shows finished pieces with a transparent glaze over the carving. Most are cone 01 but some are cone 4, electric fired.
Pottery made in the last 18 months. A slide show of the best.
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A review of the last 18 months pottery production, all fired to cone 6, stoneware glazes mostly fired in electric kilns. After reviewing this slide show you can look back in the past videos and see how they were made.
Beginner Throwing Plates, video 4 of 10 on becoming a potter.
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Three simple to throw plates and how to trim them. Fourth in the 10 video series to becoming a potter.
kiln unloading 04:24 cone 04 clear glaze.
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Lots of hand made tiles, all clear glazed with under glaze paintings and sgraffito carvings. The tiles are for larger murals to be framed.
Cone 6 kiln unloading 03:24
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A combination of cone 6 and cone 4 firings with many experimental results. Lamp bases, platters, mugs, tumblers and bowls.
Throwing and trimming 16inch platters.
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Great tips on successfully throwing a large platter including drying advice to avoid cracking, trimming a hanging device to use picture wire. Includes a relaxing beach walk from the studio.
The Full Monte in four layer stencil layering.
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The Full Monte in four layer stencil layering.
Beginner Throwing, video 3, bowls and trimming.
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Beginner Throwing, video 3, bowls and trimming.
Vevor Stone polisher review for creating accent elements in artwork.
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Vevor Stone polisher review for creating accent elements in artwork.
Almost free glaze. Part three in developing a new glaze from two existing glazes
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Almost free glaze. Part three in developing a new glaze from two existing glazes
How to make a tall form using separate forms joined together.
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How to make a tall form using separate forms joined together.
Mixed media paintings and collages by Jacqueline M. Cohen
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Mixed media paintings and collages by Jacqueline M. Cohen
Beginner Throwing Lesson part 1 of 10.
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Beginner Throwing Lesson part 1 of 10.
Three cone 6 glaze kilns unloaded.
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Three cone 6 glaze kilns unloaded.
How to make a large fish/ whale mural.
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How to make a large fish/ whale mural.
Eight Lidded jars with animal knobs.
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Eight Lidded jars with animal knobs.
How to make small trays for sugar creamer sets.
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How to make small trays for sugar creamer sets.
I love your work very much, but i would rather see a perfectly smooth interior of the bowl than a spiral. The spiral does not evoke refinement in my opinion & interferes with the attractive smooth pooling effects of glazes.
GRACIAS POR TODOS SU CONSEJOS Y ENSEÑANSAS ME HUBIERA GUSTADO VER EL TRABAJO YA TERMINADOS ASI VEMOS LA SUPERPOSICION DE COLORES, DISCULPE USTED ES EL QUE NOS TIENE MAL ACOSTUMBRADOS PORQUE SIEMPRE PONE AL FINAL DE CADA VIDEO UNA SECCION DE FOTOS. GRACIAS MIL POR TODAS SUS ENSEÑANSAS ME ENCANTAN SUS VIDEOS Y LOS ESPERO CADA SABADO ABRAZO DESDE PUNTA DEL ESTE, URUGUAY!! BUEN VERANO
Very helpful video - looking forward to seeing the finished products
Can't wait for the kiln openings. I look forward to your weekly videos!
Thanks so much for a great glazing tutorial!
Those look amazing can’t wait to see the finished pieces
Wonderful advice as always. What do you use a a lid on your muck buckets of glaze?
The buckets come with a lid at the hardware store.
Hi, what type of clay are you using?
I use 455 speckle from Pottery Supply House.
Your delightful artistry and skill ALWAYS lift my spirit and inspire me!!!!
Thank you from Jackie.
t as I am allergic to the scent. Starts my Asthma going haywire.I do love your videos. even though I do not make the same items any tip is a good tip. Even though I have been potting for over 30years. There is always something new to learn
Do you mean allergic to clay dust? My art teacher was allergic to clay dust.
I notice that you are not overly cautious about waiting for one glaze to dry before dipping second coat etc etc. What cone do you bisque to? Was that Roy’s c6 Field Mouse Brown?
Yes I call it Mouse Gray, and cone 6. Some glazes can be dipped immediately, others I wait until they are dry.
@@Vsmithpots I use that glaze a lot, and three others from that book.
Its wonderful to watch your videos
THE BEST!!!!❤
I’m curious why you would sponge vs brush. Seems the coverage is similar. As slow as brushing is, it actually seems faster than dabbing with the sponge. Thanks for all this information!
I like sponging because I always found brushing left visible brush strokes and the brush dried too quickly on the pot surface. You can also get more varied blending with a sponge and you do not need to add gum to your glaze to make it brush better, which is what commercial glazes add.
@@Vsmithpots thanks, that makes a lot of sense!
I can't wait to see the kiln opening!
Are you keeping the waterfront studio
Yes. We recognize the vulnerability of the building to storms which are getting much worse and more often. If we were damaged in a storm it would take a long time to get repairs done with all the contractors in high demand because of storm damage everywhere. The storm last year blew buildings off the foundations in www.portauxbasques.ca. So we thought being that the building is on stilts we should think pro actively.
Beginner ??? I’m still brushing and buying pints. To get into dipping can you buy premixed powder glaze or do you have to mix your own. That seems daunting to me ! 😂. Thanks Vaughan
You can buy powdered glaze. Why spend money shipping water. You need to stir glaze with a paint mixer attached to a drill, then brush it through a sieve, 80 mesh. You do need a bit of space if you choose to have glaze in gallons.
@@Vsmithpots ok thanks Vaughan I think I’ll start with a couple glazes I know work well and go from there. Happy Summer Season !
Just a quick question- I thought you shouldn’t put underglaze over regular glaze ( like for your signature) but yours seems to do fine. Thank you for your wonderful videos!
@@tonic5069 It does work but I am not sure about food safety so on the bottom that is not a concern.
That sponge wipe trick is genius!
Beautiful, helpful, so pleasant to watch.
go to a furniture store. When they unpack mirrors and other pieces of furniture, they throw out foam sheeting and don't mind you getting it out of the dumpster. JoyfulHeart studio
Hi Vaughan. Thanks for sharing. You have given me the inspiration to use more texture in my pottery. I am retired and a hobby potter so making the little trays/dishes would hopefully give me some income so I can buy more glazes. 😂
I have a video coming up for you in 3 weeks, speedy fish trays.
Have you fired the solid stem goblets to cone 10? Wondering if you've had issues with warping or slumping of the solid stem at higher temps. Thanks!
No I do cone 6.
The fish is beautiful 😍
Thanks
Love your sweatshirt!!
you have taught me more than my ceramics professor ever did and he had the NERVE to make fun of and put down UA-cam ceramic artists and told me they are not real artists.....he is an idiot ...sadly.......you are an amazing artist....way way better than that ceramic professor of mine.....
I have said before that college is great for figuring out who you are and what you want to become but pretty bad for learning practical skills. I think the two approaches of creative expression and learning as you need skills, verses learning the practical skills and then having the ability to be creative come into conflict. I know I prefer to learn the skill first so I know what I am doing. My college experience was spent learning from the technicians employed to assist the professors, I still remember it was Jock at Bristol and Peter at Birmingham. I learned more from them than the art professors who did seem to dismiss us as not worthy. I think we have a generation or two of people who did not learn how to draw form life, they just learned how to copy photographs and use computers. I know having a huge student loan to pay off after college would certainly cramp my style, using UA-cam instead would give you a lot of financial freedom. My art degree pushed me into sculpture, I think mostly to fill the class for the college, when I graduated I reverted to my real love of pottery, learned at High School. Getting a teaching degree after my art degree did provide an avenue to earn enough money to become self employed as a potter. So 5 years of college and then 5 years of teaching to end up as a potter which I was at 18 years old when I left High School. Kids today have a UA-cam choice. May be we should start UA-cam University.😀
Do you leave the center of the lid that fits inside the jar, solid, or trim it open. Thank you
I leave it solid.
beautiful ! love it
😮😮😮
Thanks for your video! probably a stupid question but I am going to learn to turn pots and was wondering if you could recycle the slip to clay or has it been too "worked out" to use?
Yes you can. A simple way is to hang a canvas shopping bag somewhere and pour in the slip to drip dry until it is stiff enough to wedge. Or if you have space pour it out onto a canvas covered board and blow a fan onto it until it is stiffened.
Thank you for the training. Sooo helpful.
Wow! All wonderfull🤔
Lovely video
Exciting with the new build. Will the gulls and doos still come to visit? Hope you are both doing well... Cheers...Freddie
Thanks Freddie, the summer goes by so fast it will be built before we know it. Things are all good here, hopefully you are enjoying the New England climate.
Thanks Vaughan. Really great looking canisters. Congratulations on another studio that’s awesome!!
Als je de klei met de hout vorm op een stuk schuimrubber drukt krijg je de vorm heel goed ,
Ja dat heb ik ook gedaan, bedankt.
Studio is going to be great. The way you make things looks so easy. Must be all the years you have done it. I wish you and your wife more great things to come.
Thanks, It comes easy after 52 years.
what are the measurements of the jar?
They are in the kiln right now but my usual ones are about 10-11 inches tall.
Great video. Your skills are impressive. Congrats on the new studio. I have not heard you mention this before. I'm waiting for the video progress as it goes along. Again, thank you for teaching an old dog new tricks. Allen from Det. Michigan
Thanks, my wife is from Bloomfield Hills. Small world.
@@Vsmithpots verry small
So happy I watched this video. A utensil jar is my next goal. I have tried a couple but they are to short, I have been doing pottery for a year and a half now, and I have enough bowls and mug, lol, so I am going to try to aim for more. The utensil jar has been on my list for a while now, and having found a fantastic instructor, I can aim for bigger things. Thank you for this video as I do watch yours often, I have now seen how I can go about making it to my utensil jar.
Good luck, make a small one first and gradually increase the clay weight for larger ones.
THE BEST!!!!
Thanks Darius
You have a big Mcdonald farm.😊 thanks for the tips
absolutely no one deserves this more than you two! 🎊 congratulations 🎈🍾🎊🎉
Thank you.
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What is the new studio's square footage? It's looking great so far!
It is two floors each 680sq. feet. A lot smaller than the boat house which is 1500sq.ft on each level. It will be a back up studio in case a storm damages the boat house. I will use it for glaze storage and mixing but it will have a functioning pottery studio too.
Wonderful news!
Thanks.
Congratulations on the start of the new studio, that's so exciting!!
I will keep adding updates.
Do you have a video on how to “belly” out the pot. I seem to always make thin spots when I do it.
The trick is to keep the pot well lubricated with water. Then when you pull the wall count the revolutions and make sure you are one finger width higher each revolution. That way you are always on a wet spot. Also angling your two fingers or knuckle to make sure the clay rolls upwards over the fingers is important. The beginner video set I have been releasing talks about this. ua-cam.com/video/gZWWVMq-zc4/v-deo.htmlsi=5bQLH1jJnSM5Neqs
Good to see you again 👏🏽
Thanks, hanging in there.
Dear Vaughn you are my best teacher and favorite artist! I think Jaqueline’s art is so beautiful too. Thank you both! May I ask is it possible to do your stencil technique using just underglazes? I don’t have slip…or could I make slip with my own clay colored with underglaze? Thank you 🙏🏼
Thanks, you can use underglaze instead of slip, it is just more expensive. use stains to colour slip.
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