A Detailed Guide to Trimming Pottery Store Jars

This weekend, I'm trimming a lovely tall jar with a stepped lid, but the initial focus is sorting out an irritating teething issue I've been developing... my fault due to poor throwing. I've incorrectly been leaving a very strong throwing ring towards the base of the pot, which means when I trim the vessel, a thin spot is created that ultimately buckles when fired, or it even collapse. So, in this video I'm sorting that, whilst also discussing the entire process of trimming a shape like this. Apologies for the laboured narration — I've had a week in bed and speaking has been a struggle. Thanks for watching! ☕️ Mugs with Stepped Bases:    • Exploring New Ways to Craft Mug Footwells   📖 • 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 0:20 - The problem at hand... 2:53 - The leather hard components of the jar 3:13 - Trimming the lid 5:01 - Trimming the body 8:40 - How I deal with excessive scratch marks 9:23 - Trimming the stepped lid 13:42 - Trimming the jar's stepped base 15:48 - Why I use HPL bats, (high pressure laminate) 16:45 - The last bit of quality control 17:57 - Inserting the fragments of bronze 18:45 - Clean up • 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