Native American pottery. Sometimes thought of as artifacts from the past or trendy decor, authentic Native American art is still very much alive in the form of pottery. In this segment, I visit Reyes Madalena in Moab, Utah to learn a bit more about this delicate process.
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This is the story of the artisan families who, following a 700-year-old ancestral tradition, make the satin-black ceramic cookware we know as Tierra Negra oven-to-tableware. Part of the cultural heritage of a few remote villages in the Colombian Andes, their skills have been handed down from generation to generation. Using only basic tools and locally-sourced clay, the pottery is crafted to designs unique to each family, and with each running their own small business.
These clay pots are widely used in restaurants and in homes throughout South America, where the rich flavours of slow cooking are highly cherished. The casseroles, cooking pots, saute dishes and tagines are typically seen in use on open fires, on other sources of direct heat and in ovens, before being brought to the dinner table.
From her studio in a disused London railway ticket office, Lisa Hammond shares the processes she follows to create her soda-fired carved pouring bowls. Discover more inside Ceramic Review issue 283, which features the full step-by-step masterclass. You can order back issues of the magazine from ceramicreview.com.
Film by Layton Thompson for Ceramic Review.
Watch Antonia Salmon, Ray Silverman and Janet Haig at work in their studios, in this film produced for the exhibition Shaping Ceramics: From Lucie Rie to Edmund de Waal at the Jewish Museum London (10 November 2016 – 26 February 2017).
Tin-glazed earthenware expert Daphne Carnegy shares the process and story behind her botany-inspired functional wares. Discover more inside Ceramic Review issue 288, which features the full step-by-step masterclass. You can order current and back issues of the magazine from ceramicreview.com.
Film by Layton Thompson for Ceramic Review.
In this video Dylan Bowen takes us through the processes and techniques he uses to make and decorate his slipware pieces.
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Ceramic artist Helen Beard takes us step-by-step through
the unique decorating process she uses on her thrown pieces for issue 308 of Ceramic Review.
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Here's this week's ASMR version of my bowl throwing and trimming video. If you'd like to watch the version that goes into a lot more detail about the process and discusses the cross sections too, you can do so by following this link:
Timestamps:
0:00 – Introduction
0:13 – Preparing reclaimed clay to throw with
1:38 – Spiral wedging individual balls of clay
2:02 – Throwing bowls
5:51 – Trimming bowls
12:37 – Finished examples
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See what happens when a potter throws new light into an ancient art form. Bill and Maggie Finley of Finley Pottery make luminaries – pots full of holes to display light patterns.
