The Deepest Footwell I've Ever Trimmed

I'm not sure anyone needs one of these, but they're a form I've wanted to throw and trim for a while now, a tall, pedestal for vessels like teapots, or candles, or well, anything you so desire. I discuss the entire process from throwing the solid shape, which is followed by careful drying, which is followed by the hollowing out of the stem, which is some rather intense trimming work. The other use would be a giant chalice I suppose, but we won't dwell on that... After this I take you through the waxing, glazing, reduction firing and finally unpacking the finished, strange vessel from the kiln. I'm honestly not sure what I think about it, perhaps it needs to be scaled up a fraction more? Or it needs a wider, more tapering stem? Let me know what you think and thanks for taking your time to watch! 🤲🏻 • How to centre clay:    • How to Center Clay — A Beginner's Guide   🌀 • How to spiral wedge clay:    • How to Spiral Wedge Clay   📖 • ORDER MY BOOK: https://geni.us/bymyhands 🏺 • You may also be interested in my 'A Beginner's Guide' series, which you can find here:    • How to Throw a Pot — A Beginner's Guide   Timecodes: 0:00 - Introduction & spiral wedging clay 2:10 - Throwing the tall, stemmed shape 6:23 - Flipping the form & drying it carefully 7:15 - Trimming the pedestal 14:16 - The trimmed plinth, which I'll dry slowly hereafter 15:05 - Unpacking the electric kiln after a bisque firing to 1000ºC 15:26 - Waxing the plinth's foot 15:55 - Glazing the vessel 16:19 - Tidying up the glazed pot's surface 17:48 - Packing & reduction firing my Rohde KG-340 gas kiln 19:08 - Unpacking the gas kiln, sanding its base and the finished pedestal. • Find out much more via the link below! https://linktr.ee/floriangadsby • Get in touch here: https://www.floriangadsby.com/contact Sign up to my newsletter here: https://www.floriangadsby.com/newsletter