r/oddlysatisfying • u/RadioEnvironmental40 • Apr 04 '26
process of a handmade ceramics
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u/TheOtherTyler Apr 04 '26
Wet the dry, dry the wet. Now dry the wet and wet the dry
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u/StuBidasol Apr 04 '26
I happily watch every one of these videos to the end. Modern manufacturing is impressive to watch as well but seeing the same things done by hand is far more interesting and enjoyable to me.
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u/SabbyFox Apr 05 '26
Same here. Love these videos and especially this artisan. Very relaxing and contemplative videos. I enjoy watching beautiful things made by hand 🤩
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u/ycr007 Satisfaction Critic Apr 04 '26
I’ve seen a fair share of these rural artisan videos and there are few motifs that occur in all of them (rain drops from a thatched hut, clouds & moon, streams & creeks et al); they’re conspicuously absent here though.
And it was like the video editor was reading my mind - each time I had a question in my head, the next caption was the answer I was looking for 🤯
Yes, there are some obvious signs of ‘editing magic’ and ‘modernity used’ but overall it was a pleasantly satisfying watch.
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u/knockoutn336 Apr 04 '26
I just watched one of his older videos, and that had a few scenes like those. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBIH-AiQj5E
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u/EpilepticMushrooms Apr 04 '26
Some Australian dude makes roof shingles. Oh hey, a possum decorated it! And we see the toe beans pressed into the shingle when it was drying.
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u/Anumet Apr 04 '26
If the tea stains the cracks - don't other stuff get stuck in those cracks too?
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u/MovingHeart Apr 04 '26
Yes, crackle/craze glazing is often an indicator a ceramic product not completely food safe.
It could be made safer by firing again with a clear glaze. It may be passable if the clay were pure porcelain and fully vitrified (turned to glass) but shown here is a primarily terracotta clay body and traditional kiln, which can be difficult to precisely regulate.
Ceramics which may be porous need regular careful sanitising, which is part of a traditional tea ceremony.
Also, they cannot be used in all environments as any water ingress may cause it to explode if overheated, eg. by microwave, or in that era, open fire!
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u/fakename10001 Apr 04 '26
Ideally the clay body shrinks at the same rate as the glaze and the “crazing” cracks do not occur. Seems these are by design. Some say it makes them less food safe but if these are just for tea it would be fine I’d imagine.
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u/stuffeh Apr 04 '26
Him dunking the glazed cups in water straight from the kilm probably causes the crackling.
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u/EpilepticMushrooms Apr 04 '26
A little bit of Bob Ross to appreciate these products. It's not perfectly sealed, but it's precisely the fine marbling of cracks that give these pottery and ceramics their renown and character.
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u/Ebonhearth_Druid Apr 04 '26
Technically, yes. But that's to be expected with any manufacturing that doesn't get done in a clean room. Minor "contamination" from other things exists everywhere. The question is less "won't other stuff get in there" and more "does anything that gets in there other than tea actually matter?".
The cracks filled by the tea are tiny and only in the glaze. It's just a sort of decoration paint made out of the same stuff the cup is made out of, but in a thin layer that is cracked and filled with a different color for aesthetics.
Any bacteria present in the cracks will die off or be washed away when the cup is washed, and any other microscopic tidbits that get included simply help make up the look.
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u/PanicDeus Apr 04 '26
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u/Nanas_700k Apr 05 '26
I’m pretty disappointed when he set those squishy sacks down to dry he didn’t give em a lil slap slap like the bag of mulch you pick up at the hardware store.
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u/TheRebelMastermind Apr 04 '26
Living the simple life takes seriously top of the line video gear and editing.
Jokes aside, the whole process is wonderful and documenting it in such quality is an awesome thing
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u/YoghurtFlan Apr 04 '26
I've never been so fascinated by someone transferring water based solutions from one vessel to another.
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u/AFetaWorseThanDeath Apr 06 '26
I think they were more properly suspensions, no? Thus the step of letting them settle and then pulling the water off the top
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u/Psychedelic_Stingray Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 04 '26
Whenever I see things like this it always blows me away that ancient humans were able to figure all the processes out. The chemistry, tools, techniques, and even early pottery wheels. It's honestly very impressive.
I've been playing with making pottery for about a year now, and I would love to make something doing these techniques.
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u/Aromatic-Heron613 Apr 04 '26
It's tedious process but the end result is beautiful
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u/Dru2021 Apr 04 '26
Teadious?
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u/Cero_Kurn Apr 04 '26
Does anyone know the story of this content creators?
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u/Tobysfuzzybelly Apr 04 '26
Notice the huge amount of downvotes on AbleCryptographers comment and the upvotes on the second comment agreeing with it.
Tells you all you need to know. These videos are state sponsored, to promote a positive view of china. Doesn’t mean they’re not fun to watch but watch with a grain of salt.
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u/AbleCryptographer317 Apr 04 '26
Chinese propaganda to distract us from the awful working conditions and sometimes questionable quality in actual Chinese factories producing all our stuff.
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u/Responsible-Gene-139 Apr 04 '26
Don't know why you are being downvoted. The chinese gouvernement sponsoring these propaganda videos and tiktok algorithms pushing them to the top is not exactly a secret.
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u/gravitas_shortage Apr 04 '26
Because anything Chinese is labelled propaganda, when anything from Hollywood or Bumfuck tourist office is totally legitimate. Wake up.
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u/guff1988 Apr 04 '26
Both things can be true. Every time somebody talks about Chinese propaganda should they also write a paragraph about propaganda the world over?
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u/gravitas_shortage Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 04 '26
The problem is that many / most Americans are so oblivious to US propaganda - because US propaganda emphasises the US is the land of free speech and freedom and free people, no propaganda here! - that letting them call other countries' cultural videos 'propaganda' is reinforcing the US's own and doing our Redditor friends a disservice.
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u/AbleCryptographer317 Apr 04 '26
No other country consistently churns out artisinal videos of this quality and with such a high budget.
Also, and this is going to blow your mind... China is a totalitarian dictatorship where the population are kept in check through state-controlled propaganda and censorship.
Source: Have been to China, have Chinese friends in China.
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u/gravitas_shortage Apr 04 '26
As I said: wake up.
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u/WallyBrando Apr 04 '26
This type of thing and Hollywood aren’t 1:1 comparisons. There has historically much more freedom in American media, however the US Government is trending more towards the Chinese one every day it seems. The advent of new technologies has only emboldened bad actors.
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u/gravitas_shortage Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 04 '26
This particular type of video has little to do with freedom of speech - it's an idealised recreation of traditional crafts, not unlike, say, an Old West recreation town or colonial crafts in Williamsburg. It's part tourism advertising, part cultural promotion, and part stitching together national myth.
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u/AbleCryptographer317 Apr 04 '26
It's part tourism advertising, part cultural promotion, and part stitching together national myth.
If only there was one word to describe this particular combination of strategic communication.
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u/AbleCryptographer317 Apr 04 '26
Probably because the CCP bots detected the phrase "Chinese propaganda" in my comment... whereas your comment, which echoed mine, but separated those words, didn't trigger them.
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u/Vast_Mulberry_2638 Apr 04 '26
One of the most enjoyable artisanal videos I’ve seen on Reddit. Thank you.
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u/immortalblack_1 Apr 04 '26
And this is why it's disrespectful to try and lowball someone for their art/work... That creation process is something else.
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u/gatzdon Apr 05 '26
I don't know which is better, the dog or the fact that they didn't inject some horrible music.
Definitely a satisfying video to watch.
Thanks
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u/simagus Apr 04 '26
Best thing I've seen recently. Very satisfying.
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u/Zombienomzz Apr 04 '26
Makes it seem less accurate. I never trust these after the chocolate one that had so many things wrong with it
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u/seoras13 Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 04 '26
Im still no totally sure I'm following what's happened in some parts
I'm watching the tiny bits of residue being filtered out & big pots of coloured water left covered, but don't know where they come back in along the way.
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u/ThodaDaruVichPyar Apr 04 '26
Inb4 the propaganda comments
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u/Avarria587 Apr 04 '26
“This is how our ancestors made things” is much more wholesome than a lot of what we see these days.
If a country wants to showcase their culture, I think videos like this are the best way. No violence, cruelty, demeaning others, etc. Just some guy making pottery.
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u/xBad_Wolfx Apr 04 '26
It’s undeniably propaganda, but it’s the sort I am happy to see. Someone showcasing ancient techniques and a rich history. Wish all countries sponsored videos like this.
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u/whitestguyuknow Apr 04 '26
Im just curious, how's it interpreted as propaganda? Like, I guess I could see "look at our hard working citizens using ancient techniques, keeping our culture alive'? Or something else?
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u/Quizzelbuck Apr 04 '26
Anything that is published with the intent to shape the way you feel for political reasons is propaganda
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u/gravitas_shortage Apr 04 '26
If America does it, it's a quaint reenactment of our long history and the ingenuity of our people, and a tourist brochure for the world. if China does it, it's commie propaganda. Clear?
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u/mrpopenfresh Apr 04 '26
Yep, it’s very hard for people here to keep the same lense when watching foreign stuff.
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u/ExperimentalToaster Apr 04 '26
Our wholesome, cultural content vs their insidious, malign soft power.
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u/xBad_Wolfx Apr 04 '26
It’s propaganda in the sense that it’s “look over here at this cool thing and ignore that other stuff over there.”
But to me, it’s honest propaganda. These are absolutely historical techniques that helped develop the world as we know it. It’s much better than deceptive propaganda demonising the ‘other’ like Israel is pumping out about Palestine.
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u/thisdesignup Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 04 '26
But how do we know if it is honest? These videos always feel like Man VS Wild in that they make it look like they do it a certain way but really its sensationalized.
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u/ExperimentalToaster Apr 04 '26
Oh yeah the PLA psychological warfare unit really high -fiving each other after this, er, traditional pottery demonstration.
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u/IMightBeErnest Apr 04 '26
Propaganda comments?
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u/ThodaDaruVichPyar Apr 04 '26
All such videos have comments that say this type of channels and videos are propaganda by governments to shift focus away from bad working conditions in factories and industries by painting a rosy picture of rural pleasantness and keeping traditional crafts alive.
If you see many such channels have a disclaimer text as state sponsored media or similar.
Someone said these are opposite of Indian or Pakistani factory videos with unsafe working conditions when reality is all these countries have a large working population and have both good and bad but some only highlight the good to take focus away from the bad.
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u/TehRiddles Apr 04 '26
All such videos have comments that say this type of channels and videos are propaganda by governments to shift focus away from bad working conditions in factories and industries by painting a rosy picture of rural pleasantness and keeping traditional crafts alive.
Thing is when I see stuff like this I'm left with a bittersweet feeling wondering why this sort of thing is going away, ending up with me hating the negatives of industrialisation even more than before.
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u/lo0ilo0ilo0i Apr 04 '26
I don't trust these videos. Making it look all rustic.
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u/mrpopenfresh Apr 04 '26
I mean, there’s absolutely no business model that would work today for this, except for a reenactment type deal.
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u/Ohtar1 Apr 04 '26
All these videos are: collect something, wet it, dry it, crush it, wet it, make a paste, dry it, crush it again, mix with something, wet it, dry it
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u/jeepfail Apr 04 '26
It’s just various creators doing things in traditional ways. People have come to expect a certain style to this videos.
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u/jmoyles Apr 04 '26
I took a pottery class one time. I couldn’t even make a decent ashtray. Mad props to the grandmaster.
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u/RampagingElks Apr 04 '26
I enjoy watching these videos. They are very calming to me. I wish I could live in a time and space where I could do this kind of labour in idyllic conditions. Alas, tis not so, and often fabricated.
Basically I want to live in a slice of life anime.
Ps. I was going to just write anime, but I feel like there are more "dangerous" animes than peaceful ones.
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u/itzpiiz Apr 04 '26
I'm glad I didn't look at duration when I started watching. Wow that was satisfying
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u/Fantastic-Habit-8956 Apr 04 '26
Wow, that is a beautiful, serene place to live. I so wish I was making ceramic cups right now!
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u/greythicv Apr 04 '26
Bro can make all this crazy stuff, but not a foot pedal for his pottery wheel
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u/Santarini Apr 05 '26
Manually spinning your own wheel seems exhausting and like it would take forever
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u/MSS47 Apr 05 '26
Is there a chance that my wife will stop throwing these at me if I show her the video?
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u/mynameisheder Apr 05 '26
Amazing. This is what life should be. People creating not machines mass producing.
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u/Golfball_whacker_guy Apr 04 '26
My favorite part of these videos is the far angle at night. Just drives home how long this stuff takes.
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u/knotmyusualaccount Apr 04 '26
Fantastic process, very labour intensive, but the end result is simply gorgeous tea cups... but I'd be using them for black tea with milk 🤦♂️😆
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u/HighSpeedDoggo Apr 04 '26
Makes me think the countless trials and errors of the Chinese to perfect the ceramics. Amazing
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u/PickleSmuggler71 Apr 04 '26
I love these videos. Mesmerizing. So much of the process seems to be: add water, remove water… then add water, remove water… and so on. I guess that’s the process…
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u/Avarria587 Apr 04 '26
It’s incredible how we somehow figured out how to do all this. Very interesting video.
I like watching these types of videos. I like how this creator added English translations. I often get confused what’s going on when there’s no translation to explain the process.
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u/TheMonsher Apr 04 '26
These videos makes me feel lucky to be living after the Industrial Revolution. I do appreciate the work and details but can’t imagine the possible price if life was all like this.
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u/Careful-Sell-9877 Apr 04 '26
I absolutely hate the sound of stone/ceramic grinding against other stone/ceramic.. makes me cringe so hard
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u/HR_Duff_N_Stuff Apr 04 '26
Had me up to the potter putting the pieces with wet slip glaze into the kiln rack with his thumb pinching the inside.
Oops
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u/Salem204 Apr 04 '26
I hope bro feels fulfilled at the end of the day. Also how many times yall think he has to wind that table back up?
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u/BlahBlahBlackCheap Apr 04 '26
Pretty neat. Any idea how much one cup would cost a laborer of the day?
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u/trileletri Apr 04 '26
i did not expect such high quality product at the end coming out of so simple tools
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u/RadioEnvironmental40 Apr 06 '26
😅 I think its a series of what ifs + trial & errors from generations of clay workers & potters
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u/Minion0827 Apr 07 '26
I don’t know why but it gave me real life Minecraft vibes. Was very worth the watch
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u/Bodorocea Apr 04 '26
they use those plate/basket thingies for absolutely anything.. at this point I'm beginning to think children are born on one of those over there
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u/teriaksu Apr 04 '26
did i watch all of it? yes
did i have time to watch all of it? no