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Packing and Firing a Kiln (1983 Video)

Director

Gavin Nettleton

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 36 min., 1997 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Sean Hetterley explains and demonstrates the techniques and theory of kiln packing and firing an electric kiln for both biscuit and glaze ware. Includes an explanation of the pyrometer and pyrotechnic cones,...

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Bonsai Trees

Date released

30 May 1976

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2452

NoS ID

030823

Story no

2 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bonsai Trees. DESCRIPTION: Bonsai is the art of dwarfing trees and to the Japanese it can be like making a ‘Tree Sculpture’. SHOTLIST: GV life size pine trees in Tokyo’s business...

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Pioneers in Art and Science: Metzger (2004)

aka: Metzger

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 139 minutes), £14.99

A documentary on the life and work of Gustav Metzger, founder of Auto Destructive Art. This film looks at the Scale of Metzger’s achievements and his contribution to contemporary culture. From Freud to...

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Panel Painting (1986 Video)

Producer

Charles Cooper

Subject

Art

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

Looks at certain 15th-century panel paintings in the National Gallery, London, identifying them as three-dimensional objects rather than two-dimensional images, and examining how and why they were made. In...

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Rembrandt’s ‘Three Crosses’ (1969 Film, Video)

Director

Dudley Shaw Ashton; Naomi Mayberg

Subject

Art

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Christopher White, formerly of the British Museum’s Department of Prints and Drawings, discusses Rembrandt’s print of ‘The Three Crosses’: the engraving of the original plate; the artist’s...

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Techniques of Etching (1975 Film, Video)

Director

Peter H Coltman

Subject

Art

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows the practical techniques involved in the production of an etching. Begins by viewing a series of prints by famous artists while the commentary differentiates etching from other reprographic arts and...

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Stones of Glasgow, The (1980 Film, Video)

Director

Michael Rigg

Producer

Michael Rigg

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Uses Glasgow’s fine Victorian buildings to demonstrate the general principles and practices of late 19th-century architecture. It is intended to stimulate discussion on architectural history, planning,...

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Paris Expo, 1925: The International Exhibition of Decorative and Industrial Arts (1998 Multimedia)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, 48 slides. col., 1999 sale: £57.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Images selected from original sources of the architecture and exhibits that were featured in the Paris Expo of 1925, including the specially constructed pavilions, room settings and furniture, metalwork,...

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Printed Textile Techniques (1997 Multimedia)

Subject

Crafts

Distribution

Sale, 48 slides., 2000 sale: £50.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Illustrates the skill and art of textile printing, using images selected from the Downing Collection, a historic archive of printing equipment and fabrics, housed by the Fashion and Textile Department at...

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Burning the Phoenix (1986 Video)

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 26 min.

The Royal College of Art has built its reputation on its painting and sculpture schools but many people think that the College should play a greater role in producing designers with the skills necessary to...

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