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Videorecordings made in 1998 of potter Roger Michell talking to a group of ceramics undergraduates about various artefacts and about his design company Lustre Pottery.
Shows the traditional processes of silk weaving in Isarn in north-east Thailand, which has been a cradle of silkworm rearing for thousands of years. Silk sarongs and scarves of extraordinary quality with...
Videorecordings made in 1994 of potter William Newland, a native of New Zealand, interviewed at his home in Prestwood, Buckinghamshire, by Michael Hughes and Peter Dormer, talking about his life and work.
Shows backstrap weaving, a skill widely practiced in Guatemala and Mexico, where it is a common sight to see weavers sitting down to weave. Complex and colourful designs reflecting thousands of years of...
Shows first the process of casting a ceramic teapot, from the mixing and sifting of the liquid clay, to setting it in a mould. Then shows a process for making a refractory nozzle/insert for continuous steel...
Examples from the ‘Handmade in India’ travelling exhibition organised by the Crafts Council in 1998, showing how both traditional and innovative techniques are being utilised by Indian artists and...
Shows the making of the complex and high-quality ikats, ceremonial cloths with unique designs as woven in traditional villages of Sumba in Indonesia. Using indigo and a red dye from tree roots, the people of...
Shows the making of kilims, which have been woven in Turkey for thousands of years. In the villages of Anatolia the tradition survives, with kilims woven with traditional motifs and patterns by women using...
An account of the life and work of British studio potter Patrick Sargent, whose pots were distinctive for their boldness of form and their spectacular fired surfaces. Includes quotations taken from personal...
Illustrates the innovative work of studio potters in the inter-war years, with work by Bernard Leach, Michael Cardew and William Staite Murray. Also discusses the increasing role of women in the development...
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