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This turned out wonderful! The moomin-esque look is an obvious win, but the whole thing is really nice. Really love to see you explore the construction of this thing as you went along, with the different firings, underglazing, oxides and so on. The porous main body has me a bit worried though - wouldn't that mean that any time there's a rainstorm with some amount of wind, there'll be moisture wicking through it and into the seeds inside? This would obviously require a different construction, with the cylinder and base separate, but it seems like only underfiring the base would be better so that the cylinder would be waterproof. Also, it might be an idea to add some sort of padding between the top of the cylinder and the roof, so they don't keep getting bumped together by the wind? Not that the weight of the roof won't hold it in place, but with that shape it seems rather likely to be caught and lifted slightly by strong winds, which would probably cause some wear over time.

To support the roof you could do a cone in thick paper

Aww it's so cute! I love getting to see the birds using it at the end!

So stinking cute!!!

I would totally buy this unique lamp in a heart beat ❤️

I also feel like I missed my chance for "traditional" training. We might have to do it for the next generation of potters. I was 45 when I started pottery and I am 52 now. I feel so far behind the curve. I live in South Africa and we don't have any college courses here for Pottery.

We need a matching birdhouse now. We have tons of birds in the Lake Tahoe area.

That's adorable, it turned out beautiful! And I'm so happy the birds love it! And thank you so much for the template ♥♥

so cool.. thanks for the video and template :)

Thank you for video. My mom asked for a bird House. I think she wanted wood work. I'm planning a similar ceramic feeder as i am less inspired by bird house

Fabulous! 🐨👍

Amazing

love it

Gorgeous!

That’s awesome!! I think if I do this I’ll actually use the bottom as a bird bath and not do holes in the bottom.. then the whole thing can be glazed. Do you guys think it would work like that?

Thank you for your generosity in sharing the template for free....looking forward to trying it! I would love a template and video on making a handbuilt coffee pourover! Love your videos! 😊❤😊

Smurfy!

This is so beautiful. I was hoping you were going to carve some hearts on the body of the feeder, but still so cute. This also reminded me that I need to refill my bird feeders.😊👍🏾❤️

You’re amazingly talented! Love it!!! TYFS ❤

"A roof may help if you have a squirrel problem." LOL, maybe German squirrels give up faster. I remember when Mark Rober made all those obstacle courses for squirrels and they could figure out tightropes, booby traps and locked boxes. Still, this bird feeder is lovely! I hope the birds get nicely fed from it!

Adding the clear over the red iron oxide is what burned it out. I’m glad you refried. It’s adorable.

And thank you so much for your template 😍

Such a wonderful Moomin-Birdhouse!!! I love it - like the birds, too ;-) Great project

So cute 😊

I wanted to comment right from the start that it reminds me of the Mumin's house! So nice that you indeed were inspired by them <3 love the project!

Warm greetings from Finland, the land of Moomins and Santa Claus. Your videous are really great. Thanks for those. It's midsummer here in Finland, which means that the sun doesn't set and we can wheel in the middle of the night without lights. Johanna

Never have touched clay in my life, I heard Heidi Jacobs from Whitehall Pottery talk about you on a podcast and now I'm here watching you build. and learn something about managing a projekt. Best wishes from rural Germany near Belgium.

I love your Moomin house bird feeder <3

I have been wanting to make a birdfeeder! I like your design. Putting the dowel all the way through is smart I don’t know if I would have thought of that!

Hi Mia. Lots of good ideas in your build, but if you don't vitrif it, it will get destroyed by the frost. And the vinter is really the moment you want to feed the birds.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I’ve been wanting to build a few bird feeders for me and friends!

For supporting the cone, I was thinking you could cut out an identical pac-man shape out of cardboard and tape it together to make a conical support.

Sehr nett. Damit sich in der Schale unten keine Feuchtigkeit sammelt und auch nicht im Zylinder unten müßten da noch kleine Löcher rein. Schimmelndes Futter ist schlecht für die Piepmätze😉

So cute but I think my squirrels would totally break that from trying to steal all the seeds!

How funny that you made this lovely bird feeder as I have just thrown some feeder’s too, which are drying. I just made a closed form and cut a hold when leather hard with a hole at the top for the wire and a small hole for the perch, hopefully it will work as well as yours 😊

Love this! Esp the red roof. Can't believe you had to redo it! Is there no way you can salvage the original one? I'm guessing if you try and reglaze it it will crack? Not a potter myself so all new to me!

Beautiful. Thinking that you could make another ‘body’ and bowl bit so you can use the first roof (which didn’t look like poo) and maybe sell one. I would love a less primary-coloured one...

From the thumbnail, I knew it was inspired by the Moomin house. I'm glad you redid the roof. Wonderful project !💖

I feel bad because I took your 69 likes and made them 70... but you deserve millions, so 💁

It looks like the Moomin house 😂 cute though EDIT: Hadn't seen the video before commenting. Makes sense now lol

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Wow ana amazing piece! Love it❤

i loved the black(ish) top!! goes to show you, to each their own!

It was so cute at the end seeing the birds using it. Awesome :)

'if its big i dont have to refill it very often' my birds must be different because they would eat that in two days easy

That is so adorable! And I think you captured the moomin essence perfectly

"i'm Virgo what can i say" 🤣🤣🤣 now everything make sense😂 your channel is amazing, you never miss a small details, true Virgo approach😂 THANK YOU SO MUCH and greetings from Berlin lol

Very good, job! I like the result. So motivating and inspiring!

What kind of clay are you using? What does it fire to?

It was very helpful thank you! I am making my daughter a dinnerware set as a wedding present and I usually sculpt birds and figures. So its completely out of my comfort zone. I've been practising already and I'm putting feet onto my slab plates. Don't I need to do that?