How beautiful. The shale is so elegant and I love the way you flared out the rim of the neck more than one would typically see, which gives it your uniquely great look. Thank you!

Profound! Dual camera perspective is so helpful. Your "casual" comments on adding slip, how your fingers are carrying the workload, placement/direction of the metal rib.... Thank You for talking us through what you actually doing while you are working. I'm just a hobby potter but it seems that no matter what the clay body, the concepts/skills are transferrable. Again, thank you!

Great pointer with the slip

It's nice to see you, Good!

HI Mathew ,everything you make is outstanding , and the shapes you achieve on your large and smaller pots are stunning, I'm a massive fan of your skills , I'm sure I'm not alone in saying your generosity in your teaching has helped so many hobby potters like me, in now way did I mean to offend you. but I would like a vase from you for flowers in the gorgeous red glaze that you use, i'll keep a look out on your Etsy shop,

Hi Mathew, great shape vase, however the opening is too small for a decent bunch of flowers The duel camera action is terrific So helpful , I use 1.5 lbs of clay for a large cappuccino mug , but do a whole lot of trimming, !! I didn’t realize 1.5 lbs can go so far 😂 Must try harder

I hope you will share some crystalline glaze recipes and their firing schedules.

Your observations regarding the difference between throwing stoneware versus porcelain are very instructive, thanks!

Hey Mathew Happy 2022! Wow, you make everything, including throwing porcelain look so easy! love your work and informative videos

Fantastic video! Really enjoyed you talking about the differences between the two clays.

Thanks for showing some of the differences of working with porcelain. Will try using slip instead of water.

Yay! My favorite potter and KZfaqr is back!!

So great to see you Matthew!!

Hsinchuen Lin is another clay artist on KZfaq. Hsinchuen Lin throws in porcelain exclusively. He says water will make a vessel collapse. I hope you will look up his channel It never hurts to see what other potters are doing.

Wow! A ton of good helpful tips in this video! I'm feeling like I need to switch up my clay bodies this year now.

Fabulous pot!! I'm missing my wheel. I'm in Northern Cali, have had no power for 11 days..ugh.. nice to see you again tho!

That was really great to watch and so many techniques in there that are really helpful. The two cameras are just the best...thanks Matthew and Happy New Year

Can you do a grinding video for kiln shelfs and on pieces that have glazes in unwanted areas??

ALL THE BEST FOR THIS COMING YEAR!

Happy New Year to you & yours good to see you again

Hey Matt, if you have an amber celadon glaze you should try your Copper Red over it. Beware of running, but if you do a fully dipped first coat of a celadon (I prefer amber celadon, they're all a bit different) with copper red dipped maybe just 1/3 of the piece it could come out looking like flames over a glossy amber brown background. I know you don't typically do what other people do but it's hands down my favorite glaze combo from my time at college andI think you'd like it. Might be something worth testing. The amber celadon is really interesting over textured pieces as well

what is your inside hand using while pulling up? your elbow is kind of in the way :) Happy New year!

One of your best videos to date, well done Matt. Porcelain is very different isn't it? you need to charge a small fortune for these beauties, and rightly so too. lots of slip and as little as possible water is the way to go. Less water the better. mostly uses slip on porcelain, especially on the inside of pots. Check him out. I also noticed that "drying and firing" can be problematic. You need to keep a keen eye on those things. It's not so bad with vases BUT with bowls it can be a big problem. Maybe bowls should have a rim! Porcelain as forgiving as stoneware! hehe Stay well Matt. By the way, there are only 3 potters I follow, you, Matt Horne & Hsin Chuen Lin.

Hey Matthew, i have a question. When i'am trying to pull larger amounts of clay i have difficulty to pull the clay to the top. It is as if i can't distribute it into the wall of the clay. I don't know if this is the right way to say it, but i think you know what i mean. Thanks Kees from The Netherlands.

Why not carve out the dark bit of clay once the piece is leather hard? A few carved accents might contrast nicely with the rest of your smooth piece.

Oh yes, porcelain is difficult especially after being so used to stoneware.