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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
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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
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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.
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Quick Takes: PMC Basics
by Tim McCreight
DVD, 70 minutes
$27.95
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Getting Started with Clay
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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