Trying the Throwdown Challenge Ep. 2 // oxides & design flaws
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Күн бұрынSo what would you do? Ignore the brief or kill the lock?
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Chapters:
0:00 - the challenge
1:50 - slab building the structure
2:35 - sizing calculations
5:12 - responding to your comments from the last video
7:10 - finishing up day 1
8:55 - day 2
10:15 - creating the lock
14:40 - where things go wrong
17:40 - making lemons into yarn
19:25 - rebuilding the yarn ball
20:20 - adding thread to my spool
21:50 - day 3
24:00 - painting with oxides, underglazes, & glaze
33:40 - judgement day
@chrisparkin6894 Жыл бұрын
FYI on the cobalt. It's been used for 30+ years in petrol refinery to remove sulphur. If anything EVs have been a vast improvement as they have made sure the child labor has been removed from the supply chain.
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
thanks for the info! I had no idea 🙏
@chrisparkin6894 Жыл бұрын
@@PotterytothePeople You're welcome. Most people don't. It's part of the misinformation campaign that oil companies are still using to try and slow the transition down. A significant number of EVs are not using cobalt in there batteries anymore. It's good to know from a pottery perspective that we are more likely to have ethically sourced cobalt now. Loving the videos
@sheepsrubberpants Жыл бұрын
Make a smaller yarn ball so that it slots inside. Don’t ditch it! It’s so good. Xx
@christinavaneaton9695 Жыл бұрын
This was my thought as well.
@TheEmbrio 11 ай бұрын
Had the same thought.
@paulklassen6486 8 ай бұрын
100% this.
@yousillymuggle 7 ай бұрын
i was screaming this at the screen as she was cutting the locking tabs
@lesliecarver4408 4 ай бұрын
I thought this too. The only thing I can think of is she may not have had time in the window allowed in the show to make a whole new yarn ball so she put off making a new one?
@jessicaneal8553 Жыл бұрын
With your yarn bowl I was saying to myself "wrap the yarn around where the join is, so you have the line where it opens be a part of the design!". Absolutely love how the end of your spool turned out, it's beautiful with the clear glaze.
@ixchelssong Жыл бұрын
I love that you showed us the problems you had, as well as the final design! Not everyone does this, but it makes everything more approachable. 😁
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
I’m glad you appreciate that! I felt a little self-conscious sharing it, but its the real process!
@kristinsewell1441 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for demonstrating that algebra is not useless in real life! There's a lot of science in art and vice versa.
@crystafalcon8968 Жыл бұрын
I think I love this more than the actual show which I also love. It's like getting a gift weeks after Christmas. ❤️
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
haha that is so cool and such a compliment! Thank you
@thirty3bluelines Жыл бұрын
I can't wait to see more in this series. I hope you get another chance to incorporate the locking mechanism in the future. It looked really cool, and it was fascinating to watch its creation. I also appreciate you sharing the mishaps along the way. The final products look great!
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
I hope so to. I already want to remake my first two challenges haha. maybe that will be another series after this one is over :)
@ugajin7348 Жыл бұрын
@@PotterytothePeople ..."too".
@amandahodgin9316 Жыл бұрын
OooooOooooo….pottery and math in one video! Two of my favourite things! This Canadian math teacher loves it!!!!
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
hahah that's awesome! I worried it would scare everyone away 😅
@amandahodgin9316 Жыл бұрын
I really liked the colour of the finished project. Bright colours are nice, but I like calmer colours for larger pieces…. I find them easier to fit into your decor. I just finished my first 10 hour pottery course. It was so much fun. I love your channel! Keep up the good work.
@lindenjenesse5078 Жыл бұрын
Those are two of my favorite things, too!!
@lunafluegel9360 Жыл бұрын
super late to the party, but just for potential future reference: i think the seam in the yarn ball would be almost invisible if you do horizontal yarn pieces along the seam! especially if you could do a slight overhang on the one above the seam. if that makes sense, hahaha :')
@kappagrapes 5 ай бұрын
Oh that little angle cutter is so neat! It's simple and practical and really taking advantage of the fact that clay can be cut with a taut string! I love it.
@felinetherapy4782 Жыл бұрын
I love this series! I think taking the time to make it the best you can is well worth it. Can't wait for the next one!
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I'm glad :)
@rudimunk7030 Жыл бұрын
I feel like Keith would have cried when seeing this.
@lindenjenesse5078 Жыл бұрын
I love the colors! I understand, though, when the result doesn't fit your vision, it's hard not to miss what you had wanted to see! I've had pieces that I have taken out of the kiln and thought, "Oh well. I won't use that combo again." And then someone else sees the piece and *raves* over it!
@allenfitz1 Жыл бұрын
You didn't hear me yelling through the screen to remake the yarn ball smaller and save the cool locking mechanism. All in all a cool video Thanks
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
so thats what that sound was 🤔😆
@dianemcmullen7766 5 ай бұрын
I am loving this series of yours! Actually I enjoy yours more because you are figuring things out as you go, and as you know, the tv potters have had time to work things out before they have to make it. This also is a good example of how artists can challenge themselves when they need that extra push to get out of a rut:). You are a joy to watch.
@ivrifamily7813 Жыл бұрын
So cute, I love these challenges and your honesty about the fails! And the words about Cobalt are so important, thanks a lot! BTW, I love the colors combo.
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
thanks so much! 🥰
@marilynjackson5752 5 ай бұрын
I loved that locking mechanism! And the yarn ball is awesome.
@CeeJayKay Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this cool video. I think you make very good quality videos and I enjoyed watching this. I have an idea regarding the yarn ball closure, if you have a yarn ball like that, but make the lid meet the bottom right where two pieces of yarn are side-by-side then the crack between those two pieces of yarn could be the very well disguised opening. Does that make sense? I could show a picture easier. And regarding the spool of thread, I would’ve put a hole in the middle like my spools have. But I love the blue, and it’s fun to see it on a large scale like that and it makes a great container. Also, regarding the crack on the bottom of the spool, that’s where the thread should go that keeps it from unwinding. You know what I mean? On a real spool of thread there’s a little slit down there where this crack is and that’s where you put the tail end of the thread so it doesn’t unravel from the spool.
@jessicawisniewski7201 Жыл бұрын
I am just loving your work and this series! Thank you for sharing your creation process!
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
thanks for watching! 🥰
@barbarac4138 Жыл бұрын
Great job! Looking forward to week three
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
thank you!! 🥰
@ensenadorjones4224 5 ай бұрын
I love the overall build. I would have wrapped paracord around the spool after it had been glazed. To give it a mixed media look. Also one could use rope so it could be a cat scratch post. This makes me want to make a drum.
@cjcarver6290 Жыл бұрын
I truly appreciate the math lessons you incorporate into your videos. If my math teachers could have made me understand the practical applications of math it would have been so much easier.
@julianemeyer6074 Жыл бұрын
sooooo cool!!!
@crystafalcon8968 Жыл бұрын
I really like the subtleness of the colour. The white on the spool with the cobalt makes the spool thread look like a cool silver. At least on my screen.
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
nice! :)
@nurdan17 Жыл бұрын
Hahahahha I LOOOOOVE it!!!! Despite the little cracks and stuff, it is fully functional and super cute! 😀
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
i totally agree! thank you 🥰
@joymalek8939 Жыл бұрын
This was SO cool! I love the colors (the thread and yarn look hand-dyed to me). Thank you for always showing your full process, disappointments included. There’s so much to learn from!
@isajanssen2481 Жыл бұрын
Love this so much
@ellainab Жыл бұрын
having so much fun watching these videos!
@joodles_ Жыл бұрын
I love this series!! I can’t wait to see what you create next! :)
@JenPolishAholic Жыл бұрын
this is so fun! I also crochet and can think of so many fun things to put in that yarn ball like stitch markers! I love the color!
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
handy as heck! 🙌
@ginnymaurer2580 Жыл бұрын
I love the way you show the designing, the info about the glazes-cobalt, all the way to loafing the kiln.
@knightclan4 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant video!
@juliejoanlanne8322 Жыл бұрын
It's great ! I love the color ! Well done 👍
@patriciag.6395 Жыл бұрын
I love the color combo.
@carozboy Жыл бұрын
Maybe you could have added the tiny slot on the rim of the top used to stop the yarn from coming away from the spool/ reel as a locking mechanism? Simplicity. I did like your mechanical lock you first designed for the lid of the reel. Ingenious!! On the yarn ball maybe undercut the exterior yarn to help keep the ball uniform? I’m not a glaze expert so can’t comment on the details of that. Another idea I had was to put a hole in both the yarn ball and the reel and thread real yarn through both to demonstrate the usefulness of the piece? I realise that you were wanting to store your pin cushion in the yarn ball but it could also store yarn as well. Overall 11/10 from me!!
@Lucky_to_be_Here Жыл бұрын
Well I absolutely LOVE your blue results. Perfect for the body of the box, so much better than primary solid blues. I would love to see a big circular label on the lid, perhaps based on a vintage thread company label? You could possibly brush on underglaze to do this , right over top of the current glaze and then re-fire. See Maiolica methods as a reference.
@barbaramillar9631 Жыл бұрын
They look amazing 😁 I love the pottery throw down show
@tracysibole 6 ай бұрын
I'm a physics teacher. I make my students do math, obviously, all the time, and we have recently needed C=pi*d and cross multiplying and dividing both for various physics problems. All I every hear all day is how much they will never use this in real life. I very much appreciated that you actually showed your math process and your work. It warmed my heart.
@PotterytothePeople 6 ай бұрын
I was such a math nerd in school, but I'm so thankful for it now because it really helps with making pottery!
@ginnymaurer2580 Жыл бұрын
Love your boxes! I’m a fiber artist and beginning hand-builder potter!
@OlesiaDzhoshkun Жыл бұрын
it turned out great! It was also informative for me. thanks a lot!
@morgancox3848 Жыл бұрын
I love the ideas for these, I really liked the look of the spool when you had just scratched it. Gave a look closer to thread and a good contrast to the yarn ball. Can’t wait to see the rest of the season!
@tunasu6690 Жыл бұрын
Hello, I have a ceramic studio in Turkey. It was an old house and I renovated it. From making my own wall tiles to installating them, to correcting the walls with gips to making my own tables from reclaimed wood I did a big part alone. I also love construction projects. You are so couregous to show your design flaws, not trying to be perfect and so beautiful as a sincere and sharing human being. Thanks for sharing. You are highly appreciated.
@jemmafletch6692 10 ай бұрын
I think the color looks so cute!
@shelbyim5vaughns Жыл бұрын
I love how real you are this us. "This long ass slab" haha that would be going through my mind too
@lynnb1226 Жыл бұрын
Great make! Love the spool, it would make a great plant stand!
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
thank you!!
@beinghere1494 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I have learned a great deal about the toxicity and value of cobalt and how to value it and store it. Very much appreciated 🤗
@noan21 Жыл бұрын
The clip of the rejected yarn ball getting smashed was very satisfying, thank you for including it. I find something cathartic in throwing a failed piece into the scrap bucket.
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
me too! 😆
@mythcrab6047 Жыл бұрын
I'm impressed by your math :)
@hoppingwren Жыл бұрын
This one would make Keith cry for sure - you're a winner in my books!
@potteryhandmade Жыл бұрын
I will try to learn as much as you can
@laureltreepottery7457 Жыл бұрын
Such a great video Mia and the end result was just lovely.
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
thank you!! 🥰
@cjcarver6290 Жыл бұрын
Your spool would be cute with an open container, perhaps glass, on top with all your wooden spools displayed.
@Jaggyuar 11 ай бұрын
Easily a 8.5/10 and a 10/10 on color, It looks magnificent and that DEPTH!🤤
@janlewis9099 Жыл бұрын
I love the idea of a hidden yarn ball within a spool of thread. The locking idea was brilliant too, it would have worked well just for a storage box. Will you consider using this locking technique again?
@sliptickleceramics3575 Жыл бұрын
Really charming pieces - I love the way the colours have turned out - they work really well with the flecked clay. CONGRATULATIONS. I am really conflicted about The Throwdown! I think the programme misrepresents the time & work at each stage of production, which makes pricing items for sale difficult - uninformed customers cant appreciate the time & resource investment from prototype to finished product and all the stages inbetween. However, it is great to see how creative people can be - taking mud and making lovely things... I haven't watched any of the current series, but love seeing what you have done with the challenges. Thank you.🤩
@lorihry6236 Жыл бұрын
I love your concept. Thank you for explaining about how to use the oxides and especially about Cobalt. I like how the colour turned out. I enjoy listening to your thought process and working through issues as they come up. I also think you’re on the right path to not rush them. My goal this year is to fire less ‘meh’ vessels. Put the time in and make it worth it. Great job!
@SigneofHorses Жыл бұрын
Pottery is mindblowing to me. I love the dotted clay. I understand your disappointment on the colour but I do like the subtlety of it. I miss the hole in the spool. Perhaps it would look good with it painted on, as well as a vintage label.. too much to ask? I’m a painter/illustrator so that part of the process make my hands itch :)
@colormeinfluenced6997 11 ай бұрын
I appreciate that the bigger yarn ball didn’t fit inside the thread spool, but you could’ve finished it and given it to one of your students or viewers or someone you know who crochets or knits as a gift. But I guess recycling it was a good choice.
@sarah_pings_witherby Жыл бұрын
Really love how these came out - such a great choice of clay and the underglaze colour with that cobalt oxide is so much more pleasing to the eye than the previous week - those underglazes can be such a b*tch to work with! Super lovely - solid 8.5 ❤❤
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
aww youre too kind! 🥰🥰
@ahm9d Жыл бұрын
Very creative, and I really like the color choice. I just wish the second box was a different shape though to take advantage of the space of the first box. But thinking about it, the first box could always be used as it is, and the second one as a decorative piece on top. Nonetheless, marvelous work! Also, if you need like on the spot consultation, maybe post a poll on Instagram with a picture of what you need an opinion on.
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
great idea!
@RavenMayfair 8 ай бұрын
I think I would have gone for a "thinner" yarn... potter and crocheted here too... and I would have "wound" the yarn as a ball and then needle sliced through rather than attempt to match the strands. ... this maybe a challenge to try... when I'm done with my current ongoing projects
@sophiegae Жыл бұрын
Smaller yarn ball!!! So good though Edit: add a locking mechanism with a clay needle through the top/ side as if put there fore safekeeping 😊
@doninis1354 Жыл бұрын
I really love that you continued 😁 Thank you for sharing even the Math, I think I got it... Your spulpott is awsome, but I think less wiped away would look more awsome. I hope you are going to do the lok system again.
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the math part.I wasn't sure if I should include it or not lol! I will definitely redo a lock at some point. :)
@raygeorge4553 Жыл бұрын
I think you did really well and I love the colour of the spool and lid and inside ....looks more like wood. maybe the locking mechanism would have worked with the smaller yarn ball you made? Thank you for letting us see the whole process ...positives and negatives 😀
@erinhallmakes777 Жыл бұрын
got i wish i could watch the show in canada and pot along. i dont love the colour, and i wish the thead and yarn balls were different but they are both cool.
@abbyetherton27 9 ай бұрын
I see that you use a lot of slabs.... do you ever make pinch pots for bowls/balls? Love the video!
@esraalfandari5321 Жыл бұрын
Please just make a smaller yarnball :) The locking mechanism rocks!
@beebopper1280 Жыл бұрын
On the yarn ball, the separation would have been less noticeable if you placed the separation between two coils, as if winding the yarn horizontally. Maybe even have one of the coils overlap the edge
@pmclaughlin4111 Жыл бұрын
I'm a fiber person. Knit crochet quilt embroider bead and especially sew. I would be thrilled to put those in my home
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
so many skills! I am trying to teach myself to sew clothes but it in a struggle for me 😂
@melimelitus4277 Жыл бұрын
Love these! Love the color. You're probably right with a little bit more cobalt there would have been more depth. But the clay is sooooo perfect and I like, that you kept the color scheme simple. I'm also a huge sucker for yarns and textile. And the math is the cherry on top (so cute illustrated)! All in all definitely a 9/10!!!
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
im glad you liked it! even the math part! 😂😂 love a simple color scheme 🙌
@alans1816 Жыл бұрын
They look good. Your figuring it out as you go along is a very helpful thing to see. I do like the idea of a darker blue with less wiped off, but don’t know whether that would have made an uneven looking color. With regard to the yarn ball, what if the outside yarn that goes all the way around were parallel to the joining edge? Perhaps fitting into that could be what aligns the lid.
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
that is GENIUS! 🙌
@CARodby2024 Жыл бұрын
Perhaps if you had run the initial yarn coils following the opening of the ball, the opening would visually disappear better. Well done. As an aside, your kiln needs some TLC.
@larajaku Жыл бұрын
Ambitious project, I really like the idea behind it! Where online do y'all watch the show? I live in Austria…
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
I watch on channel4.com with a VPN :)
@lucindadangles-ru5il 8 ай бұрын
underglaze and stain should have gone on pre bisque. I wouldn't have wiped any off. Did you get cobalt into your clear glaze bucket? use a coil at the edge of the yarn bowl. The top piece and the bottom piece. I would have used a wood roller and brown stain on the wooden part.
@sonoman00ify Ай бұрын
To hide the line on the yarn ball ypu could have wrapped yarn along the edge of one opening then wrapped another along edge of other. Then it would look like the line between two yarns. Hindsight is 20/20
@momadhis 6 ай бұрын
Yarn box could have been like a "puzzle box". so the opening cut followed a yarn line (?)
@asta7303 Жыл бұрын
C. I would have made a smaller yarnball and carved out at least some of the yarn. Edit: This is really fun to watch and I think the result looked good. A bit sad that you had to get rid of the lockingmechanism. How about throwing blindfolded
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
i didnt even think about carving! cool idea!
@scone1025 Жыл бұрын
Maybe the seam on the yarn ball could have been hidden more if you had run the yarn around horizontally in that section and then done the other fun yarn angles in other sections
@rosacoppa7586 Жыл бұрын
Hi!! Thanks for sharing!! May I ask you what camera and lens do you use to shoot your ceramics for your website? Also how do make the background blurry of your ceramics photos?
@deboraharmstrong3002 Жыл бұрын
I would have pierced the lid and the side of the "thread spool" and make a "needle" that goes thru the holes as a locking key.
@angelajonesdiy Жыл бұрын
Where do you get your music from. If you use epidemic sound could you share some of the titles from this video: I love you choices 🥰
@skyfrostthunderrock Жыл бұрын
i was thinking if you removed the bottom, made the yarn ball on it, and then reattached it, you'd still keep the locking mechanism and the second, inner, box.
@skully7763 Жыл бұрын
cotton reels have a hole in them through the middle, which I use to put my threaded needle in to hold the needle. Could you make the lock with the needle as the locking mechanism poked into the hole some how?
@deactivated148 Жыл бұрын
You coulda hid the jar/lid seam on the ball of yarn between two threads around the equator! Make the other ones look like they're going underneath
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
genius!!!! If I ever redo the yarn ball, I will be doing this :)
@TheEmbrio 11 ай бұрын
You could make a real yarnball holder /bowl if you have a slit the yarn can spool out of in the lid.
@Gingy50 Жыл бұрын
Make a small bobbin to go with the bigger bobbin which holds cotton not wool, ie spool to go inside the big spool with its own locking mechanism again, big and small ?
@RavenMayfair 8 ай бұрын
I have an extremely toxic non food safe glaze I have one brush and one sponge for I wash them in a used jar, dry with a paper towel with I seal in the jar and dispose of the jar and contents in a safe manner so it doesn't end up in the environment and I only use the glaze for very special pieces
@kristintourville948 10 ай бұрын
can make the yarn ball smaller, it would fit and would easily be removed with one hand
@susyward581 11 ай бұрын
Personally, I would not have used underglaze, rather I would have used a dark green or cobalt celadon, either would have broken really well over both pieces
@jaynedavis3388 9 ай бұрын
Scrap the lock but only if the yarn ball was harder to make. You could just make a smaller yarn ball. Edit: oh, you did both instead of just one
@elizahorsten4436 Жыл бұрын
You did very well ❤ I give you a 9
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
you’re very kind! 🥰
@Finding_Arcadia Жыл бұрын
I wonder if you could have made the yarn ball smaller by cutting off a few centimeters from the rim on each to make it fit?
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
that could have worked! but i think it wouldnt be round anymore… like flat? or maybe not! 🤔
@moreblondethanhuman5053 Жыл бұрын
hell yes
@sharonmiller758 Жыл бұрын
Make the yarn ball smaller!
@christineansorge5519 Жыл бұрын
Skip the challenge and give yourself time to make what you really want!
@ArtemensiaK Жыл бұрын
After you made the small yarn ball, I wished you have kept the locking mechanism. Plus: I really don't get, why you didnt turn the yarn ball a bit to the side, so that the opening slit is between two yarn strands?
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
I wished I had too. But I cut out the lock before I realized the original yarn ball was too big 😭
@rce-ih7kd 3 ай бұрын
im so mad u take out the lock in mechanism to end up doing a small yarn I love it thooo
@mavisdavisify Жыл бұрын
I have a question about the cobalt oxide. Since it’s so toxic why didn’t you wear gloves?
@Kittyintheraiyn Жыл бұрын
I wouldve made the yarnball smaller, like so much smaller
@brighterdays4050 Жыл бұрын
OK if you love DIY, you should do a crossover with Laura Kampf, the greatest DIY youtuber of all time. That would be epic, you two could make some cool stuff together!
@PotterytothePeople Жыл бұрын
I hadn’t heard of her- and she’s german too! thanks for sharing! 🙌
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