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- 1 0:00 - Introduction & notes on ideal interior shapes
- 2 2:23 - Clay preparation
- 3 3:23 - Centring the clay
- 4 4:27 - The importance of the initial, opened base
- 5 6:31 - How to fix a 'rippling' base
- 6 8:33 - Why I leave the rims thick
- 7 8:53 - Using throwing sticks to fix the interior form
- 8 11:23 - Why it's important to dry these vases out slowly...
- 9 13:44 - How I dry these overnight
- 10 14:04 - Trimming the vases
- 11 15:04 - Trimming & bevelling the rim
- 12 16:16 - Trimming the base of the vase
- 13 18:65 - A ramble about how variance in ceramics is a good thing!
- 14 21:42 - Packing the electric kiln for a biscuit firing to 1000ºC
- 15 22:53 - Waxing the foot of the vase
- 16 23:39 - Glazing the vases
- 17 26:15 - Cleaning up the glazed surfaces
- 18 28:32 - Packing the kiln & reduction firing the pots to cone ten, 1290ºC
- 19 29:46 - Unpacking the kiln & the finished pieces
