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Some more YouTube from me
Hi everyone :-)
I have added to my YouTube "collection" with the process of making lidded balls and also the opening of my bisque kiln today. I am not posting because I want more hits on my videos. What I was hoping for was actually some feedback from "real" (as opposed to little-old amateur me!) potters about my technique or ideas for developing some of my experiments further, etc. The link to my personal stuff is http://www.youtube.com/marihani Also, I want to invite you ALL to join the Ceramics group on there! You don't HAVE to post any videos yourself, but I would love to see some from y'all! You do have to have a (free) member account to subscribe to the group, though. I try to add any interesting pottery-videos I come across to that group, so that all that go to the group can see interesting or entertaining pottery videos. Please do come along! I would so love to see your pieces, your workshops, your special techniques, your home-made tools etc etc! You can go straight to the ceramics group by clicking here------ http://www.youtube.com/group/ceramics And, Brad! Post more ceramics stuff! Though I do enjoy your other posts too :-) Marianne |
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Bubbles, Thanks for the great invitation! I loved your bisque opening
video! What a great way to share those precious moments in a clay artists life! Can you tell me how you filmed and uploaded your film? Is there a specific camera that works better or do you have to have a specific program to edit your film in? I am very interested. The Clay Empire, my business places clay in the hands of kids of all ages 2-92 across Minnesota, USA and hopefully soon the world. I ignite imaginations with the wonders of clay! This format looks wonderful for me to reach out even more! I would love your imput! Chad Everson The Clay Empire Minnesota, USA Bubbles_ wrote: Hi everyone :-) I have added to my YouTube "collection" with the process of making lidded balls and also the opening of my bisque kiln today. I am not posting because I want more hits on my videos. What I was hoping for was actually some feedback from "real" (as opposed to little-old amateur me!) potters about my technique or ideas for developing some of my experiments further, etc. The link to my personal stuff is http://www.youtube.com/marihani Also, I want to invite you ALL to join the Ceramics group on there! You don't HAVE to post any videos yourself, but I would love to see some from y'all! You do have to have a (free) member account to subscribe to the group, though. I try to add any interesting pottery-videos I come across to that group, so that all that go to the group can see interesting or entertaining pottery videos. Please do come along! I would so love to see your pieces, your workshops, your special techniques, your home-made tools etc etc! You can go straight to the ceramics group by clicking here------ http://www.youtube.com/group/ceramics And, Brad! Post more ceramics stuff! Though I do enjoy your other posts too :-) Marianne |
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"The Clay Empire" wrote in message oups.com... Bubbles, Thanks for the great invitation! I loved your bisque opening video! What a great way to share those precious moments in a clay artists life! Can you tell me how you filmed and uploaded your film? Is there a specific camera that works better or do you have to have a specific program to edit your film in? I am very interested. The Clay Empire, my business places clay in the hands of kids of all ages 2-92 across Minnesota, USA and hopefully soon the world. I ignite imaginations with the wonders of clay! This format looks wonderful for me to reach out even more! I would love your imput! jk Hi Chad! I am so glad that you were glad to be invited! I would LOVE for more potters to open their kilns "live" on YouTube!!! I so agree that these are precious moments! I hope I kept the language simple enough that also non-potters can get into the mood. Hopefully within the next week, I will be loading a glaze kiln. Then I will show both the loading and then the opening. Glaze kilns are the precioustest moments of all! WHAT A BUZZ seeing your colorful pieces all finished and bright and beautiful! Personally, I have a Canon DV 10 video camera that records on little DVD-RW disks. I then have Adobe Premiere which is able to import MPEG2 (.VOB) files and has some good editing and exporting tools. I then export the video as Windows format (.WMV) at a size under 100 MB and upload that to the site. I am not even considering buying the full version of Premiere, as the LE version is plenty for me at my level of editing skills and the full version costs tooooooo much! If you are lucky, you will find a good camera that has Adobe Premiere LE bundled with it. Our camera is not the cheapest, by any means, but we are very faithful Canon users, mostly because all our cameras (digital photo of all levels) for the past 15 and more years have been utterly reliable and the optics are very good. The only thing I wish the DV 10 has that it doesn't, is a function to take just a few frames, with a mind to maybe making some animated things some time - the waltz of the clay balls, perhaps? ;-) Now, as for marketing on YouTube, I think you should tread carefully. At this very moment, there is a discussion among the users about the site becoming commercialised. You can still "market" yourself, though, by taking movies of what goes on (since you are a business, a written release from anyone appearing in the videos would probably be a good idea) and the things that are made - or, if you stand in one end of the room showing how to do something, film you (I think you can get a release from that participant at least ;-) Then, at the end of each video and also on your main youtube page, publish the links to your homepage and write that courses are available in the following cities. Of course, you can also do a "whowho" video introducing yourself to the community. Reason it is called "whowho" is that that is part of the title of the original call for introductions posted by Renetto, and you should post your's as a reply to that video. There you can tell a bit about yourself and also about the business you have built and want to build further. Or you can go whole hog commercial and make a super-duper presentation video that you can pay to have featured on the main page. Up to you how you do it. Personally, I am not on there for money or fame. I just really like to share the fun of pottery with anyone who will watch and I am into filming as well, so it is a nice match. Just today, though, I was asked in the comments to one of my videos whether I sold what I make. I don't know if this person wants to buy something, or is just curious, but I did reply that I do sell stuff now. So - very long-winded answer. If you need more information about entering YouTube commercially, I suggest you contact the site itself. Marianne |
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Użytkownik "Bubbles_" napisał w wiadomości ... Hi everyone :-) I have added to my YouTube "collection" with the process of making lidded balls and also the opening of my bisque kiln today. hello Marianne, I watched all your pottery videos on Youtube and I really like them. Yours lidded balls are brilliant! I was a little surprise that your biscuit firing was so space wasting - I was told that during first firing I may put in kiln as much as I can, one in another etc. but maybe it's that here in Poland we're trying save electricity, time and the money at the same time/firing ). I was studying pottery in my secondary school and now after ten years brake (and graduating archaeology) I decide return to pottery. This movies on Youtube are really usefull - thanks a lot. (sorry for my English, I'm good in reading and listening but my writing and speaking is really awful) joanna |
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We used to stack our bisque kiln without shelves (I'm no longer that
confident or talented at the puzzle). As long as feet were on feet, rims were on rims, heavy stuff on the bottom, etc. there was very seldom any problem. I still stack my bisque kiln and load it pretty tight. I just put in shelves to be able to get more in with less work. Donna "Joanna" wrote in message ... Użytkownik "Bubbles_" napisał w wiadomości ... Hi everyone :-) I have added to my YouTube "collection" with the process of making lidded balls and also the opening of my bisque kiln today. hello Marianne, I watched all your pottery videos on Youtube and I really like them. Yours lidded balls are brilliant! I was a little surprise that your biscuit firing was so space wasting - I was told that during first firing I may put in kiln as much as I can, one in another etc. but maybe it's that here in Poland we're trying save electricity, time and the money at the same time/firing ). I was studying pottery in my secondary school and now after ten years brake (and graduating archaeology) I decide return to pottery. This movies on Youtube are really usefull - thanks a lot. (sorry for my English, I'm good in reading and listening but my writing and speaking is really awful) joanna |
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"Joanna" wrote in message ... of my bisque kiln today. hello Marianne, I watched all your pottery videos on Youtube and I really like them. Yours lidded balls are brilliant! I was a little surprise that your biscuit firing was so space wasting - I was told that during first firing I may put in kiln as much as I can, one in another etc. but maybe it's that here in Poland we're trying save electricity, time and the money at the same time/firing ). It wasn't so much that, as me being afraid the weight of things might break what was underneath, and that I didn't have more stuff that would fit. Thanks for watching my videos. If you go to my main page (www.youtube.com/marihani) you will find "groups" in the list across the top. Click there, then select Ceramics, and you will easily get to the group where many potters post their own and other people's videos of and about pottery. You will have to be a member in order to join the group, though you can watch without joining, I think. I was studying pottery in my secondary school and now after ten years brake (and graduating archaeology) I decide return to pottery. This movies on Youtube are really usefull - thanks a lot. (sorry for my English, I'm good in reading and listening but my writing and speaking is really awful) That's a nice combination of archeology and pottery. If I were 18 again (HA!) I might pursue the same courses. Your English is great! You should hear my Polish! Stauwnsj de bishmiii w'stetchinje........ :-D |
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Biisque kiln stacking - was Some more YouTube from me
"DKat" wrote in message ... We used to stack our bisque kiln without shelves (I'm no longer that confident or talented at the puzzle). As long as feet were on feet, rims were on rims, heavy stuff on the bottom, etc. there was very seldom any problem. I still stack my bisque kiln and load it pretty tight. I just put in shelves to be able to get more in with less work. Since I hand-build so much, my pieces are pretty irregular. I worry about the weight of one ruining the one underneath and so on. Am back on the wheel now, and then I can probably stack better in bisque. Also, I think it takes practice to know how to best fill it up. Another thing, though.... Isn't it important to get air circulation, even in bisque firing? Marianne |
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Biisque kiln stacking - was Some more YouTube from me
"Bubbles_" wrote in message ... "DKat" wrote in message ... We used to stack our bisque kiln without shelves (I'm no longer that confident or talented at the puzzle). As long as feet were on feet, rims were on rims, heavy stuff on the bottom, etc. there was very seldom any problem. I still stack my bisque kiln and load it pretty tight. I just put in shelves to be able to get more in with less work. Since I hand-build so much, my pieces are pretty irregular. I worry about the weight of one ruining the one underneath and so on. Am back on the wheel now, and then I can probably stack better in bisque. Also, I think it takes practice to know how to best fill it up. Another thing, though.... Isn't it important to get air circulation, even in bisque firing? Not if you have dried your pieces properly. One way to tell if your piece is dry is to put it against your cheek. If it feels cold, it is still holding water. You can candle your kiln overnight - sorry - term from days when everything was done with flame... don't have another word for it. Run the kiln at a low temperature (below boiling) overnight if you are unsure of your pieces being bone dry. Handbuilding should follow the same rules as wheel thrown pieces (other than you would not put rim to rim if you didn't have a good match). Lighter pieces on top of heavier ones, foot over foot, some room for expansion and shrinking. I would not go hog wild. Get comfortable with the choices you are making. It really isn't hard, just a bit scary when you start out. As I said, I'm not longer as bold as I once was with my stacking (age...). |
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Biisque kiln stacking - was Some more YouTube from me
"DKat" wrote in message ... Not if you have dried your pieces properly. One way to tell if your piece is dry is to put it against your cheek. If it feels cold, it is still holding water. You can candle your kiln overnight - sorry - term from days when everything was done with flame... don't have another word for it. Run the kiln at a low temperature (below boiling) overnight if you are unsure of your pieces being bone dry. Handbuilding should follow the same rules as wheel thrown pieces (other than you would not put rim to rim if you didn't have a good match). Lighter pieces on top of heavier ones, foot over foot, some room for expansion and shrinking. I would not go hog wild. Get comfortable with the choices you are making. It really isn't hard, just a bit scary when you start out. As I said, I'm not longer as bold as I once was with my stacking (age...). That's my problem, as my pieces are not any uniform shape, or they have lids. I do have a half-shelf I sometimes use, though. My teacher taught me to run a "candling" at over boiling point - 120 C - though you build up to it very slowly. That has worked nicely for me a few times now. This summer has been rather humid, with around 60% or more humidity, so I have "candled" a couple of batches just to be on the safe side. Marianne |
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"Joanna" wrote in message ... Użytkownik "Bubbles_" napisał w wiadomości ... Hi everyone :-) I have added to my YouTube "collection" with the process of making lidded balls and also the opening of my bisque kiln today. hello Marianne, I watched all your pottery videos on Youtube and I really like them. Yours lidded balls are brilliant! I was a little surprise that your biscuit firing was so space wasting - I was told that during first firing I may put in kiln as much as I can, one in another etc. but maybe it's that here in Poland we're trying save electricity, time and the money at the same time/firing ). I was studying pottery in my secondary school and now after ten years brake (and graduating archaeology) I decide return to pottery. This movies on Youtube are really usefull - thanks a lot. (sorry for my English, I'm good in reading and listening but my writing and speaking is really awful) joanna Sounds fine to me - better than mine most of the time and my first language is English Writing to this room would be good practice for you so I look forward to hearing more. Donna |
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