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Creating a Tall Ceramic Pedestal - Throwing, Trimming and Firing Tutorial

Florian Gadsby via YouTube

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Learn to create a tall ceramic pedestal vessel in this detailed pottery tutorial video that demonstrates the complete process from throwing to final firing. Master techniques for throwing a solid shape, carefully drying the form, hollowing the stem, and executing precise trimming work. Follow along with the intricate steps of waxing, glazing, reduction firing, and unpacking the finished piece from the kiln. Explore the artistic considerations of scale and form while gaining practical knowledge about clay preparation, centering techniques, and kiln firing processes. Through comprehensive demonstrations and expert guidance, develop the skills to craft this unique decorative form that can serve as an elegant display platform for teapots, candles, or other objects.

Syllabus

- Introduction & spiral wedging clay
- Throwing the tall, stemmed shape
- Flipping the form & drying it carefully
- Trimming the pedestal
- The trimmed plinth, which I'll dry slowly hereafter
- Unpacking the electric kiln after a bisque firing to 1000ºC
- Waxing the plinth's foot
- Glazing the vessel
- Tidying up the glazed pot's surface
- Packing & reduction firing my Rohde KG-340 gas kiln
- Unpacking the gas kiln, sanding its base and the finished pedestal.

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Florian Gadsby

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