74. How to Make a Table Lamp on the Potters Wheel

In this video I will show you how to make a table lamp on the potters wheel - all the way from picking the right clay, throwing the lamp base, trimming it and glazing it (in this case in a raku kiln - but you can also use regular glaze, pitfire or whatever you like).

And then finally how to mount the electric fittings, picking the right shade and how to attach that.

There are off course many ways to make a ceramic table lamp. This is just one way that I found works really well for me.

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INDEX:

00:00 How to make a table lamp on the potters wheel
01:54 Using the right clay for your table lamp
03:13 Centering the clay on the potters wheel
04:03 Opening the clay ball for the table lamp
06:22 Shaping the table lamp
08:36 How to prepare for the electric fittings
14:56 Cutting a hole in the top of the lamp base
17:45 Trimming the lamp base
18:46 Preparing the lamp for Raku fire (using white slip)
26:10 Make a hole for the cable in the lamp base
34:40 Ready to bisque fire the lamp base
34:55 Unloading the bisque fire kiln
36:37 Glazing the lamp base for Raku fire
39:36 Raku fire the lamp base
40:05 Making a special tong for the lamp base
44:39 Unloading the raku kiln
46:58 Unloading the lamp bases from the reduction bucket
49:03 The finished clean lamp base - ready for the electric fittings
50:07 The material and tools you need to mount the electric fittings to your lamp base
52:01 How to mount the electric fittings to your table lamp
1:07:00 Testing the lamp - will it work?
1:07:10 Lamp shade or not? And how to mount it
1:08:00 Consclusions about the table lamp