So lately I have been having a ton of fun making time lapse videos on my phone. It’s a ton of fun to look at progress and also kinda weird to see what it looks like from the other side. I have the most ghetto setup (I stick my phone in clay and hope it holds up) but my phone is really nice so it makes up for some of the quality. Here are just some of my projects and I do have an instagram that is just dedicated to these sort of things: @rollingindirt
I have these cool ideas for my pieces that I need to submit for my class but I decided to throw some of my things in bulk and threw about 10 things in one go so here are some videos. The song is Closer by The Chainsmokers ft Hasley. and it was about 3.5 pounds per piece with Georgies Black Clay.
I originally made this piece first, which explains the camera falling when I wedged too violently. This is my favourite clay. It was the first clay I threw with years ago in which I thought to myself, “This is it, I could throw with nothing but this and I would be happy”. This is the B-Mix Clay from California and it is almost like fake porcelain except not as buttery. Porcelain is great; I especially love trimming with porcelain but throwing with it is difficult. It bends way too easily for my liking and I find that B-Mix is usually harder and rougher and allows me to pull more aggressively without ripping the wall straight off as well as puts up a good fight when centering.
Here is the same thing with a taller piece. The one draw back of Bmix is I try not to make big bowls or flatter items with this clay. The same goes with the black clay because of the lack of grog in the clay makes it prone to cracking and collapses when throwing and firing. There is a easy solution to that and it is to go buy some grog and wedge it into the clay before you throw. I love raku firing with this B-Mix but the temperature shock often times will crack the vessel so I buy the B-Mix with grog already mixed in to prevent that.
Well that’s my thought dump along with some videos of me messing around in the studio. Weirder posts coming soon~
Much Love,
Leila
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