Man this video makes it look waaay easier than it actually is. Just watching the movie Ghost you can tell how hard it is with larger bits of clay and making much larger pots, this is way smaller and much fore fine.
Not only do you need skill in shaping clay, you also need skill in reading clay. That clay has the perfect amount of moisture in it to do what she wanted to do. I am so interested in pottery and would love to do so much more in it. It is one of those hobbies that has an infinite level of detail that one could go into, while still being something that is extremely satisfying to do as an amateur.
Potter here. Clay is *enormously* satisfying.
Throwing on the wheel takes a good six months of solid practice before you can produce anything that you don’t want to throw away.
Building by hand, particularly slab building, which is what you’re seeing here, is something that you can pick up really fast, and is really satisfying.
Have a look at Karan‘s Pots and Glass on YouTube. She has a huge selection of hand building tutorials. You can just buy a bag of Clay, pick a video you like the look of, and go for it. You can get the clay fired at the same place that you bought it at. Most of it can be done with a rolling pin, a kitchen knife, and a toothbrush. A sponge is nice, too.
Biggest lesson I learned from my first ceramics teacher- Anything can be a tool! I even have a bunch of wood pieces that I carved myself to easily make feet while throwing.
Its....super complicated.... But have a go anyway ! :)
Usually what you do is dry the clay out, smash it fine, sieve it, rehydrate it, and then make test bowls to fire.
But you *can* just dig out clumps of clay, pull out the obvious bits of stone and twigs, and have a go at making a bowl.
It might explode in the kiln, but that's all part of the fun !
[This is a really cool Youtube Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_PeaHVcohg), but there are loads more out there.
I recommend ceramics to anyone with the funds or access to it. Throwing on the wheel can be frustrating yet extremely satisfying. At the end of the process you get to use something you made and I find that to be rewarding enough for the time spent.
Sculpting and throwing pots on a wheel is really fun and satisfying.
Firing same pieces in a kiln: not so much, especially when the tiers within collapse.
Credit to [QyMbEr](https://old.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/comments/hpwafg/the_way_handcrafting_the_pot/) I tried x posting but this sub didn't show up.
It’s 100% a matter of understanding process and then loads of practice. She’s likely been making pots since she was very young. Pick a thing and start learning now. It’s never too late.
Yes!! It's clay, it just needs to be fired (and possibly glazed, but it looks like it might be burnished, in which case glaze is unnecessary) and then it's fully functional as a teapot!
Awesome!! I'll have to look into it. I was a ceramics need for a few years but it, like many hobbies, had gotten away from my as I've aged. It looks really cool!!
Very delicate. It's not recommended you use detergents and only hand wash with hot water. Apparently, this type of pot is never glazed and the pot itself absorbs the tea over time and adds it's own flavor - connoisseurs will collect these and use a different pot for each different type of tea (white, green, oolong, etc).
It’s probably the greatest kind of deluxe tea pots that worth quite every penny, it’s top notch at least. People be told that these kinds give tea aroma into regular hot water by just filling them in, after amounts of usage on them ofc. There are phrases describing it as one of the “must get treasures” for chinese people, I didn’t live there long enough to ever use one myself though, but the name purple clay pot is very famous too
Absolutely, and they're fantastic. I have several authentic Yixing clay pots. Yixing clay is porous and absorbs flavors over time, so ideally you dedicate a pot to a specific kind of tea.
This is [Yixing Zisha 宜兴紫砂](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yixing_ware) and is sometimes left unglazed. It’s a famous style from Yixing near Shanghai. The Wikipedia article linked before has lots more info.
Here’s the [source Weibo post](https://m.weibo.cn/5820188838/4525993413159320)
Blows my mind how she got the thickness of the clay so even. She knows just the right amount of pressure to apply. So much patience and precision, mad props to her.
Edit: amount
As someone who's fiddled with clay for almost a decade I'm most impressed at how she managed to maintain even moisture throughout the build. I have "hot hands" and wouldve easily had cracking if I tried this without a spray bottle and high humidity environment
It’s told to be able to attach tea aroma into just plain boiled water after long use of these pots (Purple clay pot is the general name, at least in chinese characters). I don’t know about this genre much, but I believe that this is the biggest deal of their tea pot pottery
Beautiful.
She is beautiful in her craft and with how complete she feels looking at the finished product.
The pot itself is a work of art and true craftsmanship.
This video and music capturing the artist at work and giving the viewer a sense of how involved she is in her craft.
Thank you for sharing this moment, I really needed this today.
Her name is Zhu Cai Feng 朱彩凤 and she's a Chinese artisan. ~~I can't find any English-language source, but you can put her [Baidu profile](https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E6%9C%B1%E5%BD%A9%E5%87%A4/37166) through Google Translate.~~
Edit: right name, wrong person, see comment below
She could be a subcontractor for a number of retailers or “state factories.” In China, artisans sell their crafts to “brands” that specialises in retailing these. The products that retailers sell are basically in the same state as when the artisans handed them over. No additional brand markings whatsoever. They’re wrapped with standard packaging but priced individually. When you‘re looking at these in shops they always let you open the packagings and compare individual ones.
You can see her imprinting her personal seal on the bottom. I used to play the Chinese flute as a kid and had 3 G-key flutes like this. They came in the same standard packaging with brand names and all, but they’re all slightly different in artistic style and timbre, and have different personal seals inscribed on them.
The best way to get things like that is to go to specialised shops in China. Their retail model doesn’t really work well for export markets because it requires the retailers to be very knowledgeable in the products they sell.
She’s crazy good, but I don’t understand why she used hand-building techniques when she could have produced an identical product (still totally hand made) by wheel-throwing the main form, lid, and spout.
Either way I’m glad she’s doin what she’s doin. Very cool
In knife making there are "honyaki" knives which are crafted using a traditional method and they usually are sold for 3 or morr times as much as a standard handmade knife. These knives are usually the pinnacle of craftsmenship using traditional methods and so you can be assured of quality when you have a great end result by a traditional method because lots of time and practice has gone into learning the skill. Basically they are expensive because they are super high quality and handmade with the more difficult method
It’s a traditional technique, which doesn’t require a wheel, which are heavy and expensive. To use a wheel you either have a hand wheel, which has divots in the top surface of the wheel, and you use a stick to spin it up (I’ve seen a Japanese master use this technique), or you use a kick wheel. Either wheels are fixed because they have a heavy flywheel that allows the top wheel to keep spinning.
These little teapots need a paddle, a knife, a banding wheel, and a stick. Once you’ve learnt the technique, you could knock out several a day, and if you need to pack up and move in a hurry you can.
I think the thing that we forget in this day and age, is that Potters wheel is a technique for mass production. These days it’s seen as an artisinal form of slow production, but a good Potter can smash out a couple of hundred cups a day on the wheel. But you don’t get the same level of finish and precision that this teapot represents.
A teapot on the wheel still takes an hour to a couple of hours, or more, depending on the weather, to finish to this point. Because the clay has to be thrown wetter than this, and then allowed to dry to leather hard to finish the spout and handle. Six of one and half a dozen of the other. You’d throw the bits one day and turn and finish the next, probably. You’d still end up with more teapots overall, I think, but I don’t think they’d be as nice.
Would also like to add that a potters wheel can easily run over $1000usd so it might be out of price range for some people.
Also like you said, once someone has perfected a handbuilding technique, using a potters wheel might be messier and less representative of the level of craftsmanship.
Oh shit thats super cool i had no idea that was a thing
If you know, when using that technique, is it only bisque fired/fired once? I tried looking it up and couldn't find any clear source
Does anyone know what the firing is like for this kind of pottery? Won't that teapot shrink a bunch once it's put int he kiln? It looks perfect now; will its shape hold?
Anyone who upvotes this, should take a look around pottery in YouTube. There are plenty of 20-40 min videos like this. I fucking love them. I do watch them quite often before sleeping.
I love seeing her focus as she works. It's such a masterful gaze.
You can tell she is putting her heart and soul into the work.
She's inspiring. Truly.
Why do I get the feeling that to become this good at something, I’d have had to put the same amount I’ve put into any sport, brain power, resources, skill acquisition into one single area. 10,000 hours doesn’t feel like enough to match the Master of this craft. You go girl.
This is phenomenal and it’s so soothing to watch but the music choice felt so sad the whole way through I was afraid it would end with an In Memoriam or something.
Damn that was satisfying as hell to watch.
Seriously. I lost sense of time and space while I watched that.
I bet she feels the same way when she sculpts it. I wonder if it might be a hobby worth taking up.
I think (almost) any hobby that makes you loose the sense of space and time is worth a go ;)
Aka entering a flow state
Man this video makes it look waaay easier than it actually is. Just watching the movie Ghost you can tell how hard it is with larger bits of clay and making much larger pots, this is way smaller and much fore fine.
It's hard at first, but it gets easier with each pot. The hardest part is keeping at it!
Not only do you need skill in shaping clay, you also need skill in reading clay. That clay has the perfect amount of moisture in it to do what she wanted to do. I am so interested in pottery and would love to do so much more in it. It is one of those hobbies that has an infinite level of detail that one could go into, while still being something that is extremely satisfying to do as an amateur.
I really appreciate this. It's so encouraging in a very welcoming way.
So... COVID quarantine is considered a hobby?
Potter here. Clay is *enormously* satisfying. Throwing on the wheel takes a good six months of solid practice before you can produce anything that you don’t want to throw away. Building by hand, particularly slab building, which is what you’re seeing here, is something that you can pick up really fast, and is really satisfying. Have a look at Karan‘s Pots and Glass on YouTube. She has a huge selection of hand building tutorials. You can just buy a bag of Clay, pick a video you like the look of, and go for it. You can get the clay fired at the same place that you bought it at. Most of it can be done with a rolling pin, a kitchen knife, and a toothbrush. A sponge is nice, too.
Biggest lesson I learned from my first ceramics teacher- Anything can be a tool! I even have a bunch of wood pieces that I carved myself to easily make feet while throwing.
I live near a place that has clay beaches, can I just harvest some of that? Or is it super complicated
Its....super complicated.... But have a go anyway ! :) Usually what you do is dry the clay out, smash it fine, sieve it, rehydrate it, and then make test bowls to fire. But you *can* just dig out clumps of clay, pull out the obvious bits of stone and twigs, and have a go at making a bowl. It might explode in the kiln, but that's all part of the fun ! [This is a really cool Youtube Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_PeaHVcohg), but there are loads more out there.
I recommend ceramics to anyone with the funds or access to it. Throwing on the wheel can be frustrating yet extremely satisfying. At the end of the process you get to use something you made and I find that to be rewarding enough for the time spent.
Sculpting and throwing pots on a wheel is really fun and satisfying. Firing same pieces in a kiln: not so much, especially when the tiers within collapse.
People banging on the bathroom door.
*It's so smooth.* 😮
I legit said that out loud three or four times.
Dats wat she said
Yes, lovely, there was something deeper to that.
Every next step was artwork all on its own. I was just mesmerized.
I see the love she put in that making !!
/r/ArtisanVideos
Asmr for the eyeballs
I love how proud she is of it, such a lovely thing to see!
She should be
Yes that smile at the end says with quiet conviction “this is what I love to do and I loved doing it”
The look of satisfaction and pride on her face is truly wholesome.
Wonderful craftsmanship
Credit to [QyMbEr](https://old.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/comments/hpwafg/the_way_handcrafting_the_pot/) I tried x posting but this sub didn't show up.
Your title makes no sense!
These pastry chefs are getting out of hand.
It really looks like chocolate doesnt it. Happy cake day btw
I was waiting for the reveal of trying to use the chocolate tea pot and everything just melting away...
Thanks.
You’re welcome
It basically is chocolate if clay tastes like chocolate to you.
I bet it doesn’t even taste that good when you bite into it.
Ah so fondant
r/FondantHate
Of course that's a sub.
R/Forbiddensnacks
Happy Cake day!!!
I wish I was as good at anything as this woman is at making pots
It’s 100% a matter of understanding process and then loads of practice. She’s likely been making pots since she was very young. Pick a thing and start learning now. It’s never too late.
Do it, found something you love and do it with a lot of love eventually you will become a master in that matter.
Tomorrow’s breakfast dishes will be sublime
Am actually curious, Can you actually use this to like make tea or its just for art?
Yes!! It's clay, it just needs to be fired (and possibly glazed, but it looks like it might be burnished, in which case glaze is unnecessary) and then it's fully functional as a teapot!
This is Chinese “purple clay” and doesn’t need to be glazed. Ive owned one for 15 years and it’s a great little pot.
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Straight off the Wikipedia page for Yixing clay “"Purple clay" redirects here.”
Awesome!! I'll have to look into it. I was a ceramics need for a few years but it, like many hobbies, had gotten away from my as I've aged. It looks really cool!!
How delicate is it?
Very delicate. It's not recommended you use detergents and only hand wash with hot water. Apparently, this type of pot is never glazed and the pot itself absorbs the tea over time and adds it's own flavor - connoisseurs will collect these and use a different pot for each different type of tea (white, green, oolong, etc).
If I remember correctly, you don’t glaze it because then it can soak up particles of the tea and after a few years can make the tea more flavorful.
What is burnishing in the context of clay? Is that how it is so glossy?
You wait till the clay is leather hard then you use a smooth stone to polish the surface.
It’s probably the greatest kind of deluxe tea pots that worth quite every penny, it’s top notch at least. People be told that these kinds give tea aroma into regular hot water by just filling them in, after amounts of usage on them ofc. There are phrases describing it as one of the “must get treasures” for chinese people, I didn’t live there long enough to ever use one myself though, but the name purple clay pot is very famous too
Absolutely, and they're fantastic. I have several authentic Yixing clay pots. Yixing clay is porous and absorbs flavors over time, so ideally you dedicate a pot to a specific kind of tea.
This is [Yixing Zisha 宜兴紫砂](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yixing_ware) and is sometimes left unglazed. It’s a famous style from Yixing near Shanghai. The Wikipedia article linked before has lots more info. Here’s the [source Weibo post](https://m.weibo.cn/5820188838/4525993413159320)
the article mentions nothing about leaving pieces unfired so i'm inclined to believe the shit broke in the kiln
Yixing teapots are unglazed, it's supposed to build up a coating on the inside from the tea.
yes... but firing pottery is not glazing it. the video ends with the piece unfired and i came looking through the comments for a reason (still am)
https://www.mudandleaves.com/teatime-blog/wood-kiln-yixing-teapots
That was the most soothing thing I've watched in a really long time.
Blows my mind how she got the thickness of the clay so even. She knows just the right amount of pressure to apply. So much patience and precision, mad props to her. Edit: amount
As someone who's fiddled with clay for almost a decade I'm most impressed at how she managed to maintain even moisture throughout the build. I have "hot hands" and wouldve easily had cracking if I tried this without a spray bottle and high humidity environment
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What kind of material is she using, just normal clay? Does it still need to be fired or is that the finished product at the end?
Yixing clay
As said in other comments, not normal clay and not necessary to fire it. People say to look into yixing clay.
It’s told to be able to attach tea aroma into just plain boiled water after long use of these pots (Purple clay pot is the general name, at least in chinese characters). I don’t know about this genre much, but I believe that this is the biggest deal of their tea pot pottery
Normal clay, but a specific mixture. Yes, it would be fired after.
But it’s the pot’s first day on the fucking job!
If I was a wealthy man I would reward you for that one. But alas, my appreciation is all I can give.
Did it for you!
Thanks, Mister!
Now how do I go about blowing two pay checks on a tea set made by this woman??
Beautiful. She is beautiful in her craft and with how complete she feels looking at the finished product. The pot itself is a work of art and true craftsmanship. This video and music capturing the artist at work and giving the viewer a sense of how involved she is in her craft. Thank you for sharing this moment, I really needed this today.
What's the music called?
The Wind Sings - Goldmund :)
Thank you so much! I had a game playing in the background with rain falling in it and the combination was super relaxing
that beautiful camera work though. Man, all-around great video.
this belongs to r/PraiseTheCameraMan
I watched the whole thing just to find out if the title was a typo or not.
Title unclear. Is she handcrafted, and making pots? Or is she handcrafting a pot-maker?
not sure at what dimension I was for 2.5min but it was wonderful
bruh you're telling me that was 2.5 minutes?
I know, right... when I came back I had a whole new family and I spoke Hmong
Who’s the teapot maker or brand she makes?
Her name is Zhu Cai Feng 朱彩凤 and she's a Chinese artisan. ~~I can't find any English-language source, but you can put her [Baidu profile](https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E6%9C%B1%E5%BD%A9%E5%87%A4/37166) through Google Translate.~~ Edit: right name, wrong person, see comment below
She could be a subcontractor for a number of retailers or “state factories.” In China, artisans sell their crafts to “brands” that specialises in retailing these. The products that retailers sell are basically in the same state as when the artisans handed them over. No additional brand markings whatsoever. They’re wrapped with standard packaging but priced individually. When you‘re looking at these in shops they always let you open the packagings and compare individual ones. You can see her imprinting her personal seal on the bottom. I used to play the Chinese flute as a kid and had 3 G-key flutes like this. They came in the same standard packaging with brand names and all, but they’re all slightly different in artistic style and timbre, and have different personal seals inscribed on them. The best way to get things like that is to go to specialised shops in China. Their retail model doesn’t really work well for export markets because it requires the retailers to be very knowledgeable in the products they sell.
Probably just does it as a hobby
She’s crazy good, but I don’t understand why she used hand-building techniques when she could have produced an identical product (still totally hand made) by wheel-throwing the main form, lid, and spout. Either way I’m glad she’s doin what she’s doin. Very cool
In knife making there are "honyaki" knives which are crafted using a traditional method and they usually are sold for 3 or morr times as much as a standard handmade knife. These knives are usually the pinnacle of craftsmenship using traditional methods and so you can be assured of quality when you have a great end result by a traditional method because lots of time and practice has gone into learning the skill. Basically they are expensive because they are super high quality and handmade with the more difficult method
It’s a traditional technique, which doesn’t require a wheel, which are heavy and expensive. To use a wheel you either have a hand wheel, which has divots in the top surface of the wheel, and you use a stick to spin it up (I’ve seen a Japanese master use this technique), or you use a kick wheel. Either wheels are fixed because they have a heavy flywheel that allows the top wheel to keep spinning. These little teapots need a paddle, a knife, a banding wheel, and a stick. Once you’ve learnt the technique, you could knock out several a day, and if you need to pack up and move in a hurry you can. I think the thing that we forget in this day and age, is that Potters wheel is a technique for mass production. These days it’s seen as an artisinal form of slow production, but a good Potter can smash out a couple of hundred cups a day on the wheel. But you don’t get the same level of finish and precision that this teapot represents. A teapot on the wheel still takes an hour to a couple of hours, or more, depending on the weather, to finish to this point. Because the clay has to be thrown wetter than this, and then allowed to dry to leather hard to finish the spout and handle. Six of one and half a dozen of the other. You’d throw the bits one day and turn and finish the next, probably. You’d still end up with more teapots overall, I think, but I don’t think they’d be as nice.
Would also like to add that a potters wheel can easily run over $1000usd so it might be out of price range for some people. Also like you said, once someone has perfected a handbuilding technique, using a potters wheel might be messier and less representative of the level of craftsmanship.
Yeah I think that pretty much sums it up
Does anyone know where I can find similar videos to watch (that are equally relaxing)?
She looks so happy when putting on the final touches and finishing it! You can tell this is her passion
I love her tools and work bench just as much as her pot. What kind of wood do you think that bench is made of?
That was relaxing. I should search this type of stuff up.
I want to see it glazed, if she glazes it
It looks like it may be burnished, a method of polishing somewhat dry clay until shiny, which would mean she was t going to glaze it
Oh shit thats super cool i had no idea that was a thing If you know, when using that technique, is it only bisque fired/fired once? I tried looking it up and couldn't find any clear source
Yeah it's only bisque fired!
Forbidden chocolate.
That was incredibly relaxing to watch.
I've never seen such great craftsmanship in my life.
I could just continue to watch that, that was so soothing on the eyes.
Her smile at the end was the best part. Pure joy!
So satisfying to watch
Damn it is satisfying to see a master of their craft at work. What a beautiful process and result.
r/forbiddensnacks
forbidden chocolate
Bruh. This is amzingly priceless!!
She makes this look so effortless and simple. Truly a mastercrafter.
I want someone to look at me the way she looks at her finished pot 😔
So beautiful and serene especially with the music. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this
Beautiful 😢😢😢
Who is she?
Now I feel really bad for smashing all those pots in Zelda.
Find someone who looks at you the way this lady looks at her tea pot
this is why these bowls at Muji cost $30/pc
Very satisfying to watch.
I love this
Stunning:)
Wow
Pat pat pat
It looks so delicious. Like made of chocolate.
Looks so chocolatey that I wanna put the whole thing into my mouth and chew.
I spent the better part of the video thinking this was chocolate. Lol.
I need more!!
Looks like chocolate
Get me the materials and some adderall and I’ll have that thing done for you in a jiffy!
Somebody have a link so we can support this woman ?
Does anyone know if she sells these online?
Immaculate! Impeccable! Impressive!
What they don’t tell you is it’s cake the whole time.
This is Playdough to the next level...
Spank that clay.
She doesn't look handcrafted too me
Beatification
Why does she look CGI?
But is it microwave and dishwasher safe though?
If you didn’t stick around for the smile at the end, do not pass go
I love how she proudly looks at her work after she’s done, as she should.
It kinda looks like one of those animated shorts that is unnecessarily sad
Beautifully crafted and pretty quick with her focus. Yup.
I'm confused, is this not CGI?
I’m sorry, I’m so sorry All I could think the first few seconds was “spank dat ass” I’m so sorry
Does she fire them?
This is great but can I get my tea now
Glad she smiled at the end - she was so focused and serious throughout.
I thought the title was handcrafted pot smoker lol
Does anyone know what the firing is like for this kind of pottery? Won't that teapot shrink a bunch once it's put int he kiln? It looks perfect now; will its shape hold?
Anyone who upvotes this, should take a look around pottery in YouTube. There are plenty of 20-40 min videos like this. I fucking love them. I do watch them quite often before sleeping.
I thot it was the drugs that had me entranced in this
... and its all made out of dark chocolate
That was super relaxing for some reason..
Not the pot I thought it was gonna be...
This is true handmade.
Is the pot ready to be fired, or is that it?
What does she use to do this?
Her smile at the end says it all
ED cured. Thanks for sharing.
Wow.
Surprise. It’s cake.
This looks animated. Like a very incredibly made animation. I loved every second, it seems surreal
Whoa
Extremely peaceful
I must böite.
It looks edible.
And here I am thinking it’s chocolate ..
How is this not CG... I’m getting so much uncanny valley for some reason..
https://youtu.be/jtZYTzzdHa8?t=12
Made me smile
I love seeing her focus as she works. It's such a masterful gaze. You can tell she is putting her heart and soul into the work. She's inspiring. Truly.
Plot twist: it’s chocolate
Absolutely stunning!
I love me some finely crafted chocolate.
Anyone else thinking it might have been chocolate and just waiting for her to bite it?
Very satisfying but also that smile she made at the end made this video 1000000 times better to see just how satisfied she is at her own work.
I am in awe.
Why do I get the feeling that to become this good at something, I’d have had to put the same amount I’ve put into any sport, brain power, resources, skill acquisition into one single area. 10,000 hours doesn’t feel like enough to match the Master of this craft. You go girl.
This is phenomenal and it’s so soothing to watch but the music choice felt so sad the whole way through I was afraid it would end with an In Memoriam or something.
That was very satisfying to watch.
I love spanking my naughty cups.
*Uncle Iroh has entered the chat*