How to Throw Pottery Espresso Cups and Make a Chuck to Trim Them On

Espresso cups are on the agenda this week, together with finally showing you guys how I throw my chucks that are indefinitely kept leather hard for use. These are tricky little things to make that weren't made any easier by the heatwave that hit the week of their creation. As always, thanks for watching! Here's the link to the tap centring video I mentioned in the video:    • How to Tap Center Pots on the Wheel   Timecodes: 0:00 - Introduction 0:30 - Calculating shrinkage 1:04 - Showing shrinkage tile/diagram 2:25 - Preparing clay, 100 grams each 4:36 - Throwing espresso cups 7:05 - Making the chuck 11:20 - Trimming the espresso cups 14:10 - Handling espresso cups 18:54 - Storing the cups so they don't crack 21:30 - Final quality control, last trim 23:30 - Finished example I throw using a Rohde HMT 500 Wheel and fire using Rohde kilns, the electric is a TE-200 and the gas kiln is a KG-340. ____ Instagram –   / floriangadsby   TikTok –   / floriangadsby   Website – http://www.floriangadsby.com