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Out of the Fire Studio Instructional Pottery DVD Volume One of "A Down to Earth Look at How We Make Pottery" is now on sale. A comprehensive introduction to wheel-throwing. Cindy Clarke demonstrates the techniques involved in making pottery: 1.Two methods of wedging clay.  2.What tools are useful. 3.Centering and Opening 4.Throwing four forms; a cylinder, a vase, a bowl, and a plate.5. Trimming the four forms.  Out of the Fire Studio Instructional Pottery 

DVD, 90 minutes

Was $29.95
Now only $19.95

Glaze Master 2.2 GlazeMaster is a glaze calculation software program (and an excellent database) designed specifically for studio potters. It runs on both Windows (98 up to and including XP) and Macs (OS 8.6 -X). The OS X version for Macs runs in native mode. Includes a 90+ page printed User's Guide and the software (all versions) on CD-ROM. Glaze Master 3

Retail $50.00

Our Price $44.95

Quick Takes: PMC Basics 

QuickTakes: PMC Basics consists of 30 short clips, or takes, each addressing a specific aspect of PMC. The key to the concept is a console that displays full navigational options at all times. Using either a DVD player or a computer (Mac or PC), viewers can click through the seven chapters, moving through each short segment with a click.

Quick Takes: PMC Basics 
by Tim McCreight

DVD, 70 minutes

$27.95

TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK

EZ Fuse-Fusing & Slumping Software

EZ Fuse is designed for glass fusing and slumping. It will assist you whether you are a novice or an experienced fuser. For the novice, EZ Fuse will assist you greatly in understanding and learning how to use your kiln. For the experienced Glass Artist, EZ Fuse finally gives you a great way to enter your personal firings and keep them organized. EZ Fuse-Fusing & Slumping Software

Requires Windows 98, 2000, NT or XP

$29.95

For the novice and experienced firing enthusiast.
Explore common myths about firing, learn key firing principles, understand what happens during firing including control rate, why venting is important and how to measure heat in your kiln. Discover answers to common firing problems such as cracking, bloating and poor colors.

Successful Firing Practices

DVD, 80 minutes

$20.00

Learn loading tips to help you get the most from your firings.
-selecting kiln furniture
-placement of ware
-using stilts
-how many posts to use
-stacking of ware
-spacing of ware
-pre-planning your loading
-loading for the best heat distribution and air circulation

Loading the Kiln

DVD, 28 minutes

$20.00

25 minute: DVD:
Presents the groundwork for beginning practitioners of simple, primitive fired clay by presenting the basic procedures and followthrough of the wood firing of several works, of various shapes, in a reclaimed oil drum.
 

Robert Piepenburg - Smoke Firing

DVD, 25 minutes

$24.95

53 minute: DVD:
This is a step-by-step video reference guide to learning how to work on the potter's wheel. Visual close-ups of techniques, detailing precise hand and tool positions, provides an invaluable supplement to "hands-on" learning. It helps viewers to understand wedging, centering, opening, raising the wall, shaping from the cylindrical form, throwing open and close shapes, trimming right side up, use of throwing ribs and a whole array of other significant fundamentals that enable them to advance their skills in one of the world's oldest yet most contemporary art forming processes.
 

Robert Piepenburg - Beginning WheelThrowing

DVD, 53 minutes

$24.95


With a seasoned awareness, Robert Piepenburg explains the theory and technical aspects behind the sequence of events employed to achieve the glossy richness of a white crackle glaze and to effectively realize the full color spectrum of a copper matte surface patina. This raku dvd is equally rich in primary source material and visual detail. It profiles the firing of two kiln loads of work to demonstrate how various forms might best be reduced after they leaver the kiln. It contains coverage of raku kiln loading and unloading, lighting the burner, preparation of combustibles and the stimulating impact of the smoking applications on the finished pieces..
 

Robert Piepenburg - Raku Firing and Reduction

DVD, 30 minutes

$24.95

28 minute: DVD:
With warm and candor, this DVD focuses on the human dimensions of Robert Piepenburg the artist. It gives a personal viewpoint of the artist and his creative process.
 

Robert Piepenburg - A Visit with the Artist

DVD, 28 minutes

$24.95

56 minute: DVD
This step by step video reference guide to learning how to work by hand building clay body pieces. Demonstrations are given of various techniques and pieces.
 

Robert Piepenburg - Beginning Handbuilding

DVD, 56 minutes

$24.95

Getting Started with Clay Video Series

Getting Started with Clay

Graham Sheehan introduces beginning potters to low-tech approaches to clay arts. 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 small wood-fired kiln, using re-cycled bricks, in a matter of hours.

Getting Started with Clay

$39.95

Beginning to Throw on the Potter's Wheel

Robin Hopper demonstrates the throwing techniques he has developed during his forty-year award-winning career. This comprehensive introduction to throwing on the potter's wheel features wedging, centering, the throwing of basic forms, and trimming. Robin presents throwing exercises that help students to master the throwing process.

Beginning to Throw on the Potter's Wheel

$39.95

Beginning Handbuilding

 Graham Sheehan introduces potters to basic handbuilding techniques. He shows modeling, coil, and slab building methods using five different projects of increasing complexity. The video provides details about how clay should be prepared, how it can be joined to another piece and how glazes can be used to decorate forms. The program concludes with finished pieces fired in an electric kiln.

Beginning Handbuilding

$39.95

Beginning to Glaze and Fire

Graham Sheehan shows beginning 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 and application; glaze loading and firing.

Beginning to Glaze and Fire

$39.95

Beginning Raku

Gordon Hutchens introduces beginning potters to basic raku techniques. He makes several pots which are bisque-fired, then decorated using methods that take advantage of the unique characteristics of raku. After preparing his pots, Gordon shows how to make a simple kiln from a 55 gallon drum. He fires the pots demonstrating how to achieve the distinctive raku effects.

Beginning Raku

$39.95

Entire Set

A five program series designed for beginning potters and teachers of clay arts. The series features artists Robin Hopper, Gordon Hutchens and Graham Sheehan. Each program is designed to stand alone, yet as a series the five programs provide a comprehensive introduction to clay arts.

Entire Set

DVDs, 300 minutes

$189.95

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