The Most Satisfying Pottery Process

How I make a crunchy lid fit perfectly, wait till the end to see, (and more importantly hear), how beautifully the lid spins in place.

Chemico valve grinding paste is the stuff I use to do this, both the coarse, then fine compound, until the groggy stoneware is polished to a glassy smooth finish.

First though, I have to crack the lid off and remove the waddings that supported it throughout the reduction firing. These little white discs are made from 50% kaolin and 50% coarse alumina hydrate and they’re pressed against the waxed underside of the lid before it’s very carefully positioned on the body in such a way that neither component is touching.

It takes time. Especially now I have some 40 pots saved up that need grinding, and I’ll probably spend an entire day working through all of them and then washing the residue away with hot, soapy water. The difference it makes though is colossal, not to mention you can make lids that don’t even fit correctly, fit.

#satisfying #pottery #asmr #handmade #ceramics

[floriangadsby]

Hello friends — just a quick note to say that these videos are just a really small portion of the content I upload on YouTube. I also upload much longer, narrated videos that go into a TON of depth about the creation process of pottery. These are just small teasers if anything, and if you like these, I hope you'll like my 'proper' videos.

[leyang]

Oh god that beginning was brutal, but worth the finish

[MyNameIsSteveYesitis]

This was the most painful thing I've seen in a month.. ahhhh godd the grinding sounds..

[lilly_jin_]

the product is Chemico's valve grinding paste for anyone wondering. it has coarse grit on one end and a fine grit on the other for different refinement.

[vidaliatheonionqueen]

okay but i would literally go insane from having to not only hear that grinding noise for that long but also from having to FEEL it during the whole process

[julia-jnzx]

This specific texture under my nails makes my whole body shiver and I physically have to scrape my nails over a different texture to remove the feeling of how awful it is lol the noise gave me such a visceral response

[StayBurnie]

Don't know if anybody said it yet, ....but that really grinds my gears.

[itsawinnerfereal]

thanks a lot, I've got headphones on and I almost clenched my arsehole into oblivion hearing him turn that lid

[briennabradley]

For anyone not sure wth is happening: basically its ceramic sandpaper paste. They are working ut around so its a smooth fit!

[CaptPolybius]

I'm the opposite of like everyone here. I love the sounds of ceramic and stone grinding. That crunchy, gritty noise is nice (if it's not too loud). But that smooth finish felt NICE.

[insomniac_at]

That grinding sounds just cuts through all my senses and my entire body. I can feel it grating my bones but it’s so much more manageable by the end

[Grilling_absolute_cheese]

It’s awesome how you can hear the pitch changing as it smooths out

[lwolfstar]

This went from 😬 to 😊 without any complicated steps etc. Super cool

[dappergenesis]

Lol I showed my pottery friend this video and she said her and her friends jaws dropped and they are gonna order that stuff asap😂

[zayn]

I’m I the only one who kinda enjoys the scraping sounds 😂

[JkdabombA]

You can’t torture me in the first five seconds and then treat me nice the rest like nothing happened, that’s just gaslighting! 😂

[AshtonImmer]

Omg that’s so satisfying and I love the shape of the jar!

[cupcakebill]

Imagine doing this exact process with over 500 lids, great fun

[drawhanidraw]

The grinding noise sounds calming, but the finished sound was beautiful! 💚

[Aaalnaaaa]

In the beginning, my ears almost died, the end is gorgeous. Super job!!! 💖💖