Florian Gadsby Courses

Trimming Heavily Grogged Stoneware Clay - ASMR Edition

An ASMR demonstration of trimming coarse stoneware bowls, from correcting an uneven rim to shaping the foot-well.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

My Design Process - From Sketch to Pouring Bowl

Follow a pouring bowl from rough sketches through wheel throwing and trimming, including fixes for clay and wooden-batt mishaps.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Throwing and Trimming a Large Stoneware Bowl with a Decorated Rim - ASMR Edition

An ASMR demonstration of throwing and trimming a large stoneware bowl, including corrections to problems with its rim and foot-ring.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How to Center Clay - A Beginner's Guide

Learn to center clay on a potter’s wheel, from wedging and hand positioning to applying pressure, managing water, coning, and correcting wobble.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Throwing and Trimming a Large, Indented Stoneware Bowl - ASMR Edition

ASMR demonstration of throwing, indenting, trimming, hollowing, and marking a large stoneware bowl.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Throwing and Trimming a Large, Indented Stoneware Bowl

Learn to throw, indent, and trim a large stoneware bowl, including forming its rim, hollowing the foot ring, and adding a maker’s mark.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How to Throw a Pottery Dinner Plate - ASMR Edition

ASMR demonstration of wedging reclaimed clay and wheel-throwing a dinner plate, including batt attachment, gauge adjustment, and cleanup.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How to Make a Pottery Dinner Plate - Part One

Learn to wedge soft reclaimed clay, prepare a throwing batt, and throw a dinner plate on the pottery wheel.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How to Make Angular Stoneware Vases - ASMR Edition

An ASMR demonstration of throwing and trimming an angular stoneware vase, from preparing 2-pound clay lumps to finishing the base.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Throwing and Trimming Narrow Stoneware Vases - Narrated

Demonstrates throwing angular narrow stoneware vase forms, flipping leather-hard vessels, and trimming their bases for functional pottery.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Trimming Porcelain Jars and Preparing Them for Firing - ASMR Edition

An ASMR demonstration of trimming wheel-thrown porcelain jars, preparing kiln waddings, and reduction-firing the finished pieces.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

A Detailed Guide to Making a Stoneware Bowl - Part Two

A detailed demonstration of trimming a thrown stoneware bowl, shaping its foot ring, hollowing the foot, and applying a maker’s mark.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Throwing Porcelain Mugs on the Potter's Wheel - ASMR Edition

Demonstrates throwing porcelain mugs on the potter’s wheel, then trimming, attaching handles, slowing drying, and performing final cleanup.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Throwing, Trimming and Handling Porcelain Mugs

Demonstrates throwing, trimming, and hand-pulling handles for porcelain mugs, including slow drying to prevent cracking.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How to Make a Porcelain Vase - ASMR Edition

An ASMR demonstration of wedging clay, throwing and trimming an angular porcelain vase, with process diagrams.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video