Finally Making a Successful Pottery V60!

I didn’t think I’d be back tackling these again quite so soon, but considering how cataclysmic my previous attempt was (my first attempt, to be fair), I had to have another go and try to fix the rather blatant errors that made them leak terribly last time. My 3pm coffee break is a surprisingly significant part of my day. I’m not particularly good at taking breaks, I tend to wolf down lunch and sip coffee whilst carrying on with other tasks, but it’s still a small ritual I genuinely look forward to. The process itself forces a few quiet moments into the day. Lately, I’ve been thoroughly enjoying the coffee by Plot Roasting. This isn’t an advert, their beans are simply sold at my local coffee shop, and they’re floral, rich, and robust enough to power me through those fatal final hours where I begin to lose steam. So this week’s video covers the entire making process behind these corrected V60-style drip coffee vessels: throwing them, trimming their slightly awkward forms, glazing them, and finally reduction firing them in my gas kiln to cone 10 (1290ºC). There are a surprising number of steps involved in making these, but now I’ve made a handful, I suspect that once I settle on a specific shape that truly functions well, they’ll become relatively quick to make. Especially with the brilliant guide tool made by Old Forge Creations, the insert used during the throwing stage. Genuinely such a clever bit of kit. I also briefly mention my father’s work in the video, (he's @toftmonkey on Instagram), whose spoons and sculptural forms continue to completely baffle me in the best possible way. You’ll be lucky to find an actual coffee-sized scoop amongst what he makes these days. The full film is now up on my YouTube channel if you’d like to see the entire process from start to finish. #coffee #v60 #pourover #dripcoffee #pottery