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The second of three working videos course S343. [See synopses of individual programmes for details of content.]
Illustrates various faults and flaws found in ceramics along with their remedies. Discusses problems that effect the clay body (cracking, warping, damp fractures, blowouts and bloating) and progresses to...
Liquid crystal can be thought of as a fourth state of matter, between liquid and solid. The programme describes the three phases of liquid crystal: smectic, nematic and cholesteric. Friedrich Reinitzer’s...
Profiles French painter, designer and ceramicist Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) and examines the variety and inventiveness of his work. Pierre Courthion, his biographer, offers insights into the artist’s...
1: Describes the career of Charlotte Rhead who came from a famous family of designers and who perfected the technique of tube-lining. Mary Harper recalls her working days as a painter for Charlotte Rhead. 2:...
Controlling the porosity and flaw size distribution in a ceramic allows the strength to be specified. A grinding wheel, for example, needs large holes within it to work efficiently but an artificial hip...
1 MATERIALS IN PERSPECTIVE(1981): Looks at metals, ceramics, glass, polymers and composites in terms of their classification and atomic structure. Asks why we need material science, or material scientists,...
Relates the history and craftsmanship of Coalport bone china. Includes scenes of the china works and demonstrations of modelling ceramic sculptures, flower making and freehand painting.
A 6-part look at the skill of the potter, past and present, considering the work and ideas of leading British potters: 1) clay and its preparation, and how to make pinch, coil and slab pots; 2) the use of a...
Homemaker was sold only in Woolworths, from 1957 to 1970, and is now keenly sought by collectors. In an exclusive interview with the pattern’s designer, Enid Seeney, we get insight into all the stages of...
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