last video of the year 🥹

thank you to everyone who has watched and supported me this year! i’m looking forward to making more in 2025 so if you have any video suggestions or requests please let me know 🫶

(& if you have any helpful tips and tricks for ceramics, i’d also love to hear from you 🙂‍↕️)

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Never apologize for kittens purring .. it's a lovely addition to the ASMR of this whole thing. So soothing <3

The purring is absolutely heavenly, thank you for keeping it in!!

A clay tip: using less water during the making process will lead to less potential for cracking while drying! using excess water to smooth instead of tools or your fingers loosens the clay particles and causes the piece to dry unevenly. especially when your clay is fresh, its best to avoid putting water straight on the piece!

I just started my major in ceramics and sculpture, so I don’t have much advice to offer. However, I will say that a sponge or a smaller rib can be extremely effective at smoothing things out. I find that it doesn’t leave the streaks that you would get when using a brush to smooth things out, and it also to compresses the clay back together as you work. For tiny details like the corners of the paint palette, silicone sculpting tools work great. There are also more precise sponge tools that come cut a certain way so that you can reach smaller areas. Though, in some cases it can be easier to buy a sponge and cut it down. Denser sponges might be better for that purpose.

the shapes you make, no matter matter what media you're using, are always the most pleasing to watch. i dunno how else to explain it

Thanks so much for sharing the learning moments rather than just a perfected finished product. It's important for folks to see the process and learn to push through the difficult spots. Also I think that burned cup looked kinda cool.

The kittens purring in the background is a nice touch to the video... No need to be sorry!

Just an observation from a ceramics major, you could be using too much water, and it’s possible to make the clay too wet to where it just turns into slip and it can make it less durable in the long run.
You can also refire pieces! The cracks and lines in the glaze aren’t from you pulling it out of the kiln too early, that’s called crazing. Crazing is where the glaze shrinks more than the clay, so it cracks. It’s still usable for paint, but if you want to refire it maybe you can try letting it cool for longer and maybe the glaze will remelt in a better way?

if you want the under glaze to really pop, i would recommend 3 coats of it anywhere you use it! i learned that the hard way a few times during my hs pottery class. also if you want a nice rim on the bottom of a piece (where the glaze stops before the bottom of the piece) use wax! it will melt off in the kiln, but you do have to wipe off the glaze you might get on it before firing it. I love all the piece you made!! That sandy clay looks soooo nice fired <3

Apologizing for kitten purrs?? WHAT?? YOU SHOULD APOLOGIZE FOR NOT GIVING US MORE KITTEN PURRING ASMR WHEN YOU'VE HAD KITTENS PURRING LIKE WHAT!? T-T

I recommend you to make ceramic slip with the small clay rest, puting them inside a sealed cup with water, so you can use it as a "'clay glue". Also i dont recommend separating the glace in small containers if they are not well sealed bc they will dry! Amazing work as always ❤

Idk why but this part 6:11 is the most satisfying

pearfleur: sorry about the kittens purring
me, a cat lover stuck at work who wants to go home already: nO NO APOLOGIZING

i love making stuff with clay, especially stuff that i just use in my daily life. i never thought about making a paint palette! that’s so simple but so genius. i love being able to make something in exactly the way i want it (or at least as close as I can get it lol).

Always in love with your works!!!

Btw which kiln are you using? Could you give more detail about it in one of your next videos? Will be really appreciated. Thank you
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The kittens purring was an added bonus!

I just loved how the underglaze slid from the spoon like custard! Delicious!

I recommend an exacto knife or something similar for the cutting you do to the rims of cups! Those pottery knives aren’t designed to go through as easily for a more precise cut like that. Using any craft knife will be much easier when you’re cutting. The pottery knives are perfect for instances like the palettes, though!

the day i complain about kittens purring is the day my heart has withered and died 😂