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Explains the preparation of glazes (including mixing and sieving) and techniques of application (including pouring, dipping and spraying).
A record of the last bottle-oven firing in the Potteries in August 1978 at the Gladstone Pottery Museum. Craftsmen who had not placed saggars for twenty five years returned for this unique occasion to do it...
A reconstruction of the techniques of pottery-making in the Neolithic period. Discusses choice of materials and shows shaping, methods of decoration and firing. A range of copies of original pots from...
Shot at a factory specialising in hand-made glass. Parallels the activity of the factory floor with the slow, once closely guarded process of refractory pot-making in the pot loft. Against the general...
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...
Shows the range of themes from mythology and daily life which occur on Greek vases of the 6th and 5th centuries BC. The vases shown are from the British Museum collection.
The life of the English potter, Michael Cardew, told in his own words. Begins with his work in England in the 1920s and 1930s, then moves to West Africa where for the next thirty years he undertook a series...
POWER OVER THE CLAY (1975, 40 min) is a documentary charting the social and industrial history of the area, using period illustrations, archive film and re-enactments to bring the past to life. It then moves...
Shot in Bernard Leach’s home and studio in St. Ives, Cornwall. The artist discusses the influence of his apprenticeship in Japan and his desire to bridge the differences between East and West. He...
Describes the making of very large pots in the Amphlett Islands. The pots, which were exported to obtain sufficient food, played an important part in the utilitarian trade accompanying the Kula ceremonial...
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