How I Reclaim, Cut Wedge and Spiral Wedge my Clay - Narrated Video
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- This weeks video is a little different, but it's one that has been requested numerous times. It shows how I reclaim and wedge clay ready to use in the studio. I use both the cut wedging technique and the spiral wedging method too and I'll certainly be making a more in-depth video in the future about spiral wedging if that's something that'll appeal to you guys?
Timecodes:
0:00 - Introduction
0:17 - Sources of reclaim
1:30 - Accumulating reclaim
2:10 - Mixing reclaim
2:45 - Spreading reclaim on plaster batts
5:30 - Layering clay
6:30 - Cut wedging
9:00 - Spiral wedging
Plaster Batt Recipe:
8320g Potter's Plaster
2080g Herculite Plaster
(This is per plaster batt, you could make a thinner layer and spread it across two batts but I prefer the thicker ones. Additionally, you can place chicken wire into the mould and pour the plaster over to strengthen them. I've always used thicker batts as they tend not to get over saturated too quickly).
Let me know if you've got any questions in the comments below and as always, thanks for watching.
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It is so very pleasing and satisfying see clay not being wasted and methodically recycled. High school ceramic classes on the other hand... 😓
In my ceramic's class, my teacher takes all the clay and dump it into a lot of water inside a bag, then hang that bag into a bucket of water to soften everything to make a lot of slip, then it is kneeded by me or the teacher until it's less wet, (we dont have the bats that the creator here does since its expensive, so this method is better for us) ^^ we throw nothing away, since going down the drain is bad for the plumbing, and it can be re-used. (We also mix this slip with semi-hard clay to get it pliable again)
Sound like your school is super wasteful. My ceramics teachers recycled the clay at every school I attended.
My ceramics/pottery teacher had a couple 50 gallon trash drums that we used for reclaiming clay
my teacher makes reclaiming clay an assignment
this randomly popped up in my recommened and im so glad it did! it was so interesting and also very relaxing!
Yes, I don't know why I'm here, but I had a nice time.
So soooothing to watch. The wedging process is wild!
Ye it got in my recommendations too
I know that’s the same with me I generally enjoyed this video
One of my most vivid memories from high school is pugging clay in my ceramics class, just having my arms covered in clay and having to put my whole body weight into turning the big wheel cause I’m small and I didn’t have good traction on the floor and it was a lot of fun
My husband saw me watching this and came over, “ look at how neat and meticulous he is! Look at how clean his studio is!” Haha
Dw, you start to develop a system tailored to your space, minimal waste & clean up effort in priority
@@gmkhn66 Its necessary standard practice for pottery studios to stay clean, clay dust is harmful when inhaled and a studio that isn't clean will quickly have a lot of dust as any standing puddles of clay water dries up.
@@applepie9806 Most people would know that/intuit that. Why must men always feel the need to explain something, *anything* as soon as a woman simply exists in an online space.
@@jadefae Because it reminds us of it later. I find I remember things better when I explain them to someone else. Women just happen to be excellent listeners
@@KRSorba What.. the fuck? "I use woman as a tool for remembering things, despite it being incredibly tiring to have something very basic explained to you, but it's ok because I have a shitty stereotype of them I made up in my head." that's you, that's what you sound like.
RUclips algorithm strikes again. This is exactly what I wanted and I didn't even know it. I'm in.
As someone who bakes, I can't help think of rubber spatula and plastic scrapers.
We used to do this at school for extra credit- it was my favorite stress reliever
Very professional, concise and wide-ranging. I've been throwing for 3 years and I still found every bit of this helpful. Thank you, Florian.
I've watched this twice today because of how mesmerising it is.
Love it! These videos have helped so much! Firstly because of your Instagram, and now with all the help from these videos, I am currently looking at all sorts of ceramics programs including the Clay College and the DCCoI Ceramics Skills and Design Course in Ireland! Thank you Florian!
Thanks Samuel! Best of luck with your venture, I hope you're able to find a course that suits you best.
As an emerging potter, I salute your efforts sir! It's really incredible to see the techniques that I've grown accustomed to, since I also do primarily gas and wood firings to cone 10, captured on video and explained so succinctly! You're incredibly talented and I sincerely look up to you. Keep up the amazing work, you're a true inspiration to this community!
Me: its clay. Yucky clay.
My brain: eat
Me: no, it would taste horrible and looks like diarrhea
My brain: e a t
We shall feast
My brain said to lick it🤣
😂😂
Pica.
Pica. PICA.
PICA CHEW!
Brain it’s porridge
Me no don’t eat bad
I am amazed at how precise you are, in saving as much as possible -- whether it is your movements and conservation of energy, or of space, or of materials. I think you are the gold standard we all try to achieve, and even when we fall far short of it, you've made us cleaner, more responsible for the environment, and safer all around just by your example. Thanks!!
Thanks for posting this! It’s very helpful especially at this moment of my development as a beginner potter. Your instructions are so concise yet complete, much appreciated.
My face lit up and i started clapping with excitment that you finally made a video on spiral wedging!!! im so happy ive been wanting this for a while thank you so much!!!
thank you so much Florian for sharing your process of reclaiming, as always, meticulously done and your narration adds to the highest quality of the video.
super moving to watch your mastery in process! your movements down to your tidying habits make me excited about this craft. Thank you for this video!
Glad to see this channel finally rapidly growing. I knew it was destined for greatness when I saw only a few thousand subs.
Thank you so much for this video. Watching this took me back to my time in high school when I took 4 years of ceramics as an elective. It was so much fun and I still have my pieces laying around in the garage. I haven't heard a lot of these ceramics terms you mentioned in so long.
Thank you Florian for sharing your process. 😁
wow! such hard work you need to put for reclaiming! Thanks for sharing!
So relaxing to watch people making pottery. It reminds me of the pottery classes I have taken....a long time ago. It was so much fun. I Remember in high school we recycled the clay like that. I never learned that wedging technique! So relaxing to watch though. Thank you .
Florian, your effort is so efficient and smooth. I have watch several videos on spiral wedging and yours is the most direct and clear to follow. I am very glad I found you channel. Thank you from St. Louis
i love how at the end he put the bucket back
and thus the process cycle
So grateful, thank you for this one Florian !!!
Exceptionally well narrated video. Excellent tips and techniques. Thank you!
Layering them is a great idea, I would have never thought of that!
thanks for the recipe for the plaster bats!!! i love your videos they've taught me a lot and your voice is so calming I can watch your videos all day!
I'm a hand builder and slip caster and my reclaim is significantly easier because there aren't as many clay parts to reclaim or as often.
I decided I needed to learn wheel work and recently bought a wheel. I have been hesitant to start because of all the bits that go with wheel work and I don't have anyone in the area to show me how to do these things. I am therefore incredibly happy I have found you and other potters on RUclips that have taken the time to do these sorts of videos. I am finding your videos incredibly informative and I am now semi confident to start my wheel throwing adventure.
These methods may be something every pottery artist is doing, but there's still something very precise and charming about the way you explain things that's very different and much more informative compared to most art teachers I've had in 7 years of art school. No vague things like "feel the pencil strokes" or lack of explanations about why something should be done. I feel like if I were your student, you'd be able to give me the exact reason why I'm doing something wrong, and that's incredibly valuable for beginners like me. Thanks for the great videos, hope you make more!
Always learning something new from you, I am encouraged by the thousands of hours you put into spiral wedging - it is quite tricky, but I won’t give up!!!:)
Like others, I am finding your videos and the level of detail so helpful. I would love learn about how you structure your week and manage your time between all the different tasks making, operations, and business. Thank you for considering!
Thank you so much for this video! I got my own wheel for Christmas and I am very adamant about not wasting any clay, so this has been extremely helpful! Happy New Year!
This is so interesting to watch! I don't know how this got in my recommended but I'm actually taking my high schools ceramics class right now. ill have to try that wedging method sometime. super clean work! maybe Ill watch a few more of your videos to improve my craft!
I started watching your videos in mid-December when I bought a wheel for my mini home studio. This is really timely with a couple of weeks of slurry piled up...!
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Thank you so much for the video! hope you get more views and subscribers in the future because your content is always so so good
I always wondered how to reclaim the clay. Very interesting, thank you.
I could watch this for hours!
I love your videos so much and I absolute LOVE your work. If you are open to suggestions, I would love a" tool tour" video. If not, thats totally fine, but as a fairly new potter a guide on what to get would be fantastic (besides the fact that all your tools look very efficient and nice- very different from my small setup.)
Really interesting and learnt a lot., 😃
Thank you for watching and I'm pleased to hear that! 🙌🏼
Excellent. Thanks!
I am very grateful for the bat recipe.
You are a fabulous teacher!
This was so enjoyable to watch.
Incredibly pleasant voice and an interesting topic. Subscribed. 😊
Great content as always !
Thanks for a very helpful video
ah yes, forbidden chocolate
This is so helpful- thank you!!
This feels like some meditation video.. that relaxing ❤️
This is a great video to watch at 3 am to go to sleep to
thanks for all your videos....
What I see your videos and hear your calming voice I want to change my channel from relaxing videos to tutorials.
My high ass saw the thumbnail and thought "oh wow mushroom soup" and then found out this is about pottery. But I'm learning something cool so I stayed.
Amazing
Thanks for sharing - hoping to help my wife out who is starting out in pottery and creating a large mound of scrap clay! (as well as some actual nice looking pots I must add)
Outstanding video!
Thank you Louise!
I love your work! So beautiful. You should make a video on your firing process.
Thank you very much
Amazing 👏
Lindo trabalho 👏👏👏👏👏
Watching this makes me thankful that I work in a studio with its own mixer and pug mill. We go through way too much for this.
I hope I meet you some day. I recycle all my clay in buckets, but I use a paddle mixer when I am ready to put it on plaster bats. I do not have a pug mill, so I take my clay off the bats and cut it up and put it in bags. I use the same method to soften clay that has hardened a little. After many years I have spiral wedging down. Still don’t have tapping to center fully. Love your videos.
I love pottery! I’m no artist but I sometimes wish I chose to study pottery.
❤️ lovely
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I don´t even want to lear pottery (I want to scult miniatures and small dioramas), but I love these clay recycling videos
Such a great video! Thank you so much - I've been watching a few (...i.e. many!...) videos on reclaiming clay recently but appreciated the detail you went into with what exactly you put into your bucket to be recycled. Question: if you throw a piece on the wheel that you instantly realise you don't want to keep, do you let that dry out to bone dry? Or do you re-wedge it pretty quickly, hoping to eliminate the moisture in the wedging process so that you can throw it again sooner?
Also - once you've cut wedged that clay, do you wedge it at all again when you come to make your thrown items?
Thanks again, wonderfully helpful video and beautiful work!
Nice vidéo
One like one hope for the table 😂
Thank you for showing us the process of reclaiming clay. Is there a particular reason why you don't use a pugmill to process reclaimed clay?
Thank you! Well, a pug mill wasn't a priority compared to all the other pieces of equipment I needed, such as kilns and wheels, fundamentally I could always wedge the clay rather than put it through a pug mill. That being said, this coming year a pug mill might definitely be something I purchase! Time shall tell.
@@floriangadsby Thank you for the reply. I admire how you have a lot of patience with your work!
Pugmills are blimmin expensive too aren't they!! 🤯
It's nice you don't have to sieve your raw slip at all! I feel like that's a messy and labor-intensive part of the process
Awesome video! Thanks so much for sharing!!! You mentioned you keep your batts elevated off the floor. What do you prop them up on? Speaking of batts, do you make the wooden batts you throw on? Or do you buy those somewhere?
Hello, thank you for this video! Could you tell me how thick you make your plaster slabs? Also, do you need to let your slab dry out between reclaim batches? Thank you
that's some good soup 👍
i love ur vids i hope u get 1Mil subs 😊😊😊
Could you do a video one day about the tables/surfaces/shelving etc that you have in your studio.
Thx,
🙏🙏🙏
Its clay Damascus! 😄👍
He seems so nice
Yes, recycling is such a fun process! I wish I could do this with hot glue scraps. I once broke a glue gun by trying that.
I like the narration in this video more than many of your others. You often sound very serious or somber, maybe even tired? This video feels less heavy than a lot of the others because you sound… lighter, somehow. I find it more uplifting and enjoyable because of that.
I made a huge plaster slab from pouring it into a Rubbermaid box. I let it set for 3 weeks before attempting to use it. Right away upon going to use it, I accidentally jammed my finger along it, and it easily left a big scratch. Then wedging on it, I can see bits of plaster getting on the clay. I don't know what I did wrong. I'm going to try putting some yogurt cups (I have lots of them) under it to raise it for air circulation as you raised yours. Thanks for the video and if possible any insight into my plaster chipping. Probably need something that dries harder.
sources of reclaim: certainly not my bong huehuehue
needed this! my wrists are not a fan of wedging
I'm not very much of a potter myself and I think I just figured out why, the dude I was learning under always had me working reclaim but didn't teach me any way but spiral wedging
I love your thick plaster batts. What is Herculite plaster? I live in the us. What could I substitute? Thank you very much.
Love this video! Any chance you could do a video showing how you hooked up the wheel so it flows into your bucket? I’ve been wanting a wheel at home and this system would make it more feasible.
Thanks Cara! Well, the wheel has this feature by default, it's the Rohde HMT 500, but, if you wanted to, I don't see why you couldn't just cut a hole and add a hose... don't blame me though if it goes wrong 😬
Oh amazing!!! I didn’t know wheels came with that capability! Thank you so much! Love your channel.
@@ccbaby84 haha, thank you! Yeah it’s very useful, I think back in the day many wheels used to have hoses, then it sort of fell out of fashion a bit, but they’re so useful, and if you don’t need to use it you can easily plug the hose up with clay.
i cant seem to find pottery plaster to make a slab
what can i use as a table to recycle and wedge my clay on...?
*Can you please do a video on how to create the plaster bat?*
I'm having a hard time locating herculite plaster in my area. If I'm looking to make sturdier batts with pottery plaster, is densite plaster something that could be added to the recipe?
great! Dear florian, can I ask you where can one get and buy the L shaped trimming tool you are using?
Thanks !
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so since you can resuse all off your access, how often do you actually have to restock on clay? or do you go out and find clay nature and use that?
How did you make the plaster bats? Just pour the recipe into a square frame? Did you add any wire reinforcement in the middle? Thanks for all your videos, Florian, as an amateur potter I am learning a lot! ❤️
Reclaym!
Hey! ❤️
Making a video on collection and preparation of clay.
i make very very watery slip out of all of my waste clay. I let it evaporate slowly mixing it completely every day to keep it from getting anaerobic bacteria built up,I keep about 6 buckets going each one hicker than the other. once it gets to a point that the drill mixer will not mix it anymore. put out large moundson wood. I don't use plaster i like it to take longer. to firm up