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"The excellent Getting Started With Clay series is highly recommended" (Video Librarian) |
Graham Sheehan introduces beginning potters to low-tech approaches to
clay arts that have been used by potters for thousands of years. After
digging and preparing local clay, he demonstrates modeling and slab
techniques for making simple hand-built forms. He then shows how to
build a wood-fired kiln that novices can construct in a couple of hours
using re-cycled bricks. Graham fires this kiln and shows the finished
forms that complete the clay arts cycle. Drawings and a materials list to aid with the construction
of the kiln
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Beginning Handbuilding
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"Hutchens is very safety-conscious .... He also offers encouraging words
for beginners .... Recommended." |
Graham shows
potters how to complete their pots once they have reached the leather-hard
stage. The program demonstrates the use of electric kilns for successful
bisque and glaze firings. Topics include kiln selection and operation; slip
decoration; bisque loading and firing; use of cones; waxing; glaze mixing;
glaze application; brush decoration; glaze loading and firing. Includes
printed notes and recipes
"Beginning to Glaze and Fire with Graham Sheehan is an invaluable reference
for the potter setting up a first time studio."
(Studio Potter
Network) |
Learn the throwing
techniques that Robin Hopper has developed during his award-winning forty-year
career. This comprehensive introduction to throwing on the potter's wheel
features wedging, centering, the throwing of basic forms, and trimming.
The video uses multiple camera angles and close-ups to demonstrate what
the hands and fingers do at various stages, both inside and outside a thrown
object. Robin works with the basic cylindrical form, and presents throwing
exercises that lead to mastery of the throwing process for a variety of
sizes and shapes of cylinders, including waisted, conical and spherical
variations. He concludes by demonstrating the throwing of bowls and plates
Robin Hopper . . . skillfully guides [novices] in using the wheel, including
wedging, centering, shaping and trimming the clay . . . . Presented without
glitz or pretense . . . thorough and clearly explained.
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