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Vaughan Smith
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Добавлен 15 апр 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
How to start a pottery business.
Video 10 of 10 on how to use all the skills and knowledge from the previous 9 videos to sell your pottery. The video includes audio while viewing throwing and kiln unloading visual footage. It covers some personal business history, some new potters just starting their journey and discusses practical issues of where to set up a pottery. Business skills are covered with lots of advice on options.
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Jackie kiln unloading 07:24, modified.
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This is a repost of last Sundays video with minor edits.
Amended Beginner bisque and glaze kiln packing and firing basics.
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Part 9 of 10 in how to become a potter. This video has basics in kiln operation and packing with firing profiles for advanced potters. If you follow these instructions your kiln will produce exact results every time. Here is a link to firing a manual kiln. ruclips.net/video/zkzvDm_WPP8/видео.htmlsi=XXt7_MiJ5hBGjUq6 The previous version had a silent audio track so I speeded it up. It was describ...
Beginner bisque and glaze kiln packing and firing basics.
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Part 9 of 10 in how to become a potter. This video has basics in kiln operation and packing with firing profiles for advanced potters. If you follow these instructions your kiln will produce exact results every time. Here is a link to firing a manual kiln. ruclips.net/video/zkzvDm_WPP8/видео.htmlsi=XXt7_MiJ5hBGjUq6
Hand made art books, collage, painting and drawing.
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Painting, collage, art books, hand made books. This is the second part of a series on making beautiful visual books from simple art materials. This is a process that explores mixed media , composition and ideas for further work .
Showroom tour of our new work for summer 2024.
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Lots of display tips for showing artwork and pottery. Includes new tile murals.
Hand building speedy fish trays, free moulds for spontaneous purchase items at shows.
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These are fast to make once you carve your original relief form, I made one in 5 minutes that will sell for $42. Using free molds made from Styrofoam you can make them in various sizes and sell them at a full range of prices from $10 and up. Glazing them will be in a future video during August.
Beginner glazing. Even small glaze amounts can go a long way.
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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 pot...
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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Beginner pottery, throwing narrow forms. Video5 of 10 on becoming a potter.
Sgraffito carving, examples of tiles and functional pieces.
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Sgraffito carving, examples of tiles and functional pieces.
Pottery made in the last 18 months. A slide show of the best.
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Pottery made in the last 18 months. A slide show of the best.
Beginner Throwing Plates, video 4 of 10 on becoming a potter.
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Beginner Throwing Plates, video 4 of 10 on becoming a potter.
kiln unloading 04:24 cone 04 clear glaze.
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kiln unloading 04:24 cone 04 clear glaze.
Throwing and trimming 16inch platters.
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Throwing and trimming 16inch platters.
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
Obrigada! Amei tudo.👍👏👏😻😻
Thank you❤
Wow, so beautiful! I couldn't love that set more! Thank you so much for sharing. I'm so happy to find your channel. I already subscribed. I haven't tried pottery in over 40 years, but, I'm about to purchase a bunch of clay and stuff to give it my best effort. Do you think that as a very beginner, that I should score and slip to join? Or is that actually unnecessary?
It depends on your clay body and the condition of the clay. M litmus test is if the clay feels sticky and can be bent easily then no scoring is necessary. Good luck and welcome back to clay.
Thank you!!!
Hello, my wife and I have our first pottery show this weekend. It’s a four day event. Armstrong Folk Festival
Good luck at the show, where is it? Send me a photo of the display and I can post it in a video to give you a shout out.
@@Vsmithpots thank you, it’s the Armstrong Folk Festival in Kittanning Pennsylvania
Why those bricks didn't stick on your tile?
I stack them on the green ware to keep the tile flat, then in the bisque firing I keep them on the edges to flatten the tile even more, I bisque to 01 which is when the clay slumps slightly. I use slip for colour with underglaze mixed in 25% so it is not fluxed enough to form glaze which would stick.
Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and insights. I’m a beginning potter and my goal is to get good enough that I can make a business from it.
Jackie, love to see you and your work, the colours and designs are just beautiful. thankyou for sharing a kiln opening. .
Everything is exquisite 🥰 You are very talented and thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much Vaughan very helpful information 😍
Thank you for sharing! I am just finding out what is working the best for me and what I can do for a longer time. And just had my first market, so still learning a lot😊
gosh! what a comprehensive and very helpful insight into a pottery business, many thanks. I am still gasping at your confidence as a teenager (?) going into a Yorkshire gallery with a box of your pots. I am 60 and am going through agonies thinking about approaching a little shop with my stuff!
@user-kg7ed1gb4i You can do it!
I'm not coordinated enough to make anything. I just love watching others be amazing.
Do you put a clear glaze on after you paint the artwork with underglaze and before you fire the pieces?
The glaze is applied after bisque firing.
Thorough, interesting and informative. Great tutorial on making pottery your life’s work.
You are such a kind and generous pottery to share your ideas on how to build cases etc.. Love your pots!
Love that shallow casserole at 13:02😊
Yes, potters do love browns… we prefer earth colors… makes sense. And yes, blue sells, much to the chagrin of my former pottery teacher. She hated the blue craze!
@joycee5493 Variety is the spice of life I think, appeal to all tastes..
Vaughn, Can you tell me what you use to create content on youtube?
HI VAUGHN! How's weather there? Thanks for this video...depending on foot traffic & costs of space sometimes these works, they just tend to be looking for a deal (dont want to pay its worth) at these craft shows By far the best is to get a gallery to carry your work, if possible.
I did shows for 27 years and learned that the shows can vary a lot. You are right about a deal seeking public but you have to stand your ground, that is a slippery slope and word gets around quick, then you are entering the car salesman lane. There are shows where you make enough to buy a car on the way home, do your research. Back in the 1990's I had to buy a bigger cash bag to carry the money, very few credit cards back then, things have changed. My last craft fair was 5 years ago doing Nova Scotia's Designer Craft Show in Halifax, pre Covid, that one was well worth doing. I had over 100 galleries selling my work in the 90's and it was tough getting paid on time, 30days net sometimes ended up being 90 days and once 365days. Then there were the bankruptcies when you never got paid. I set my goal to do retail at my studio 30 years ago, it made a big difference to have three avenues of revenue. Today I refuse to give credit to galleries, they pay on delivery. 95% of what I make sells on site but it took 27 years to get to that point. 13 years in Nova Scotia with increasing sales all but 2020, wonder why. My formulae of on site studio and gallery with public access, magnificent gardens all around, locating in a small village with a bakery almost next door, and it does not hurt to be on the ocean. I searched for this over many years, dream big. Good luck at the shows.
@Vsmithpots Vaughn, thank you for that valuable insight about galleries, there are some things online about art dealers/brokers however they only deal with galleries it looks like. That's a disgrace to treat an artist that way about payment! (You know they got their money on time) 27 years is toooooo long to get established, however it's great you found a good traffic spot in which not only live (at home & produce art) but sell your wares. And if one's not a social butterfly AK sales-marketing person they'd better learn real quick. It is a hard niche to get into..."Art". Having multiple "as many avenues" in which to generate funds & recognition is always a never failed choice. For myself however, I don't believe I could or would want strangers coming to my home/shop.
@@streetsmartintelligent If you have the room build a small shed/barn, or a kiosk. I would not want strangers in my home either.
@Vsmithpots I do, it houses my kiln, but still for a woman not a good idea it's still on my property. My dilemma is I'm still waiting on just a disability decision, approved or not (been over a year) I've got neuropathy that worsened had to quit 8-5 art teaching job problem is while waiting on decision from disability they state you can't work more than 20 hours a week nor make more than 1400.00 a mo, my bills are more than this. So I'm still trying to figure out how to get around all this, its a buracy nightmare. And most folks don't pay cash for art they use plastic, can't even do pay pal for online website because of this disability criteria. I will be 65 relatively soon enough that'll help some. Any suggestions my friend?
@@streetsmartintelligent It sounds like you have had a rough time, I hope you get to relax after you retire and make lots of pottery.
Amazing
I love those!
Everything so beautiful!!!!
Jas, your peacock is so beautiful. Thank you for the tutorial. Your platters are so flat, did you use weight bags while drying? And do you use Alumina Hydrate on your kiln shelf for the bisque and glaze firing?
I bat wash the shelves for all firings and we use small weights to keep our tiles flat.
I am going to come visit from Ontario in August. I can't wait to see your shop!! ❤
Thanks, looking forward to it.
!!!!!!!!!! Душа поет глядя на эту красоту... 🙏💕Спасибо!
Beautiful work! love the jars!
The garden is so nice and ofcourse your potterie as well. What a great combination those two. The lamp pots are so so pritty. You said it was spring but i see it can snow still. Here too, spring is every year very fickle. You ever made such a snowy scene as shown in the last picture you put up? Greetz Sheila
Your painted flowers are beautiful!
This is such a great video, lots of ideas but even more so for the beginner getting to observe your efficient and useful techniques. I hope you do more handbuilding videos for those of us without a wheel. Thank you and all best. PS what brand cutting tool do you use, I like the larger handle.
Thanks for the comment, I am happy to do more hand building videos. The knife tool came in a tool set from Michaels Crafts.
@@Vsmithpots Thank you!!
Здравствуйте, Вон! Большое спасибо за видео. Один вопрос...почему вы не сделали такую круглую заготовку на раскаточном станке или на гончарном круге?
Видео я делал для тех новичков, у кого нет гончарного круга или плиточного валика. Спасибо.
Hi, could you post the name of the musician again. Thanks
His name is at the end of this video, it is Stuart Holman. He has a RUclips channel too.
So very interesting to see you Jackie, decorating the bowls. And then the smaller bowl upside down even. The finished pieces are so pritty. Absolutely gorgeous. I can look hours at them and wish i could be in that scene and never come out. Sort of in a dream. Thank you Jackie for showing this. Greetz Sheila 👋
Jackie says thanks.
Wow. 🎉
Vaughn you mentioned you bisque to 01 to prevent crazing…then is that the only firing you do with the underglaze on green ware with a clear over?
We bisque to 01 and glaze to 04.
I love your garden tours! Your gentle, good existence in Nova Scotia … oh and your pottery 😄
Love your videos and thank you for generosity in sharing your knowledge. I do have a question, how do you weigh the frames down in the kiln? Do you stack them on top of each other in the bisque fire?
I keep the weights on the edges during the firings.
@@Vsmithpots thank you for your time
Can you share recipes of 04 transparent glaze
If you email me I can send a photo of my glaze page.
Thank you Jackie! Amazingly beautiful work you do!
Can you tell me what kind (sizes, etc) of posts you like to use between kiln shelves?
Thank you for sharing your work
thank you so much for these videos. I have learned so many tips and tricks, especially as a new slab builder. One question for you. How do you keep the clay from drying out on the 4 other slabs you rolled while you work on the first one?
They do not dry much but you can cover them with plastic.
Thank you so much! I’m new - I think my first class about three months ago, but I love it and I’m thinking of getting a kiln, so I can’t looking for videos just like this, of how to actually operate one, and here you are. Brilliant, generous, and so very meticulous. Exactly what I needed. Thank you.
I would recommend waiting a year to see if you feel the same then.
@@Vsmithpots Thank you. Patience has never been one of my virtues. In my head I’m already building a full pottery studio in my back yard. I do need to slow down a bit there.
@@RoxyanneYoung I am doing a video on building a pottery studio, it should be built and posted by the fall.
@@Vsmithpots Excellent timing. I would have to wait until after the rainy season to start anyway.. I’m in Florida.
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That was amazing Thankyou!
Wait, beach pebble? Like an actual rock from your beach? Would any smooth rock work to polish the bottom like that?
Yes, you can also use a spoon or a smooth piece of wood.
@@Vsmithpots Thank you!
I love your videos, and learned about a new type of kiln shelf today! The studio I belong to uses the thick shelves which we’re very careful to coat well with kiln wash. And since we have lots of students and members who are still learning (like me, lol), in addition to using stilts, we sometimes use thin bisqued clay “cookies” under glaze pieces that have particularly thick or potentially runny glaze.
Thanks for watching, the shelves are great.
I asked you a question the other day about reclaim coming out short. As you suggested I got some ball clay. It’s in powdered form. How would you introduce ball clay into the reclaim. I’m wondering if I should mix it in with some throwing slip?
Yes that is the way to do it, then mix it with a paint mixing tool on an electric drill.
@@Vsmithpots Thanks very much. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge.
What if you take the handles out backwards to leave that little edge of clay on the handle?
whatever works.
How do you glaze once it is by out of the bisque
I dip mine but you can brush glaze.
Thanks Vaughn. I do have weights on them. But i guess I should cover them up a bit too. Thanks!