Slow Motion Vacuum Dunk Glazing of Cup
Watch fluid dynamics at work as a cup is vacuum dunked in glaze. This technique makes glazing more efficient. Amaco LG 10 fires clear, but contains a red dye to help with visibility in application.
Watch fluid dynamics at work as a cup is vacuum dunked in glaze. This technique makes glazing more efficient. Amaco LG 10 fires clear, but contains a red dye to help with visibility in application.
A quick look into Ayumi Horie's studio practice. Using porcelain, she shows how to dry throw bowls, plates, a match striker, and applies decals to pottery. She talks about the importance of touch and the haptic in life and what it means to make slow pots. Ceramic jokes included!
Studio Assistant: Molly Spadone
Michael Wilson
MW Photographic: Director and Filming
Chloe Beaven: Video and Sound Editing
Miles Beaven: Music
Making ramen, making pots- potter Ayumi Horie describes the process of designing and pressing ramen bowls, raising questions about the nature of industrial and handmade processes. How does creativity run across disciplines and how can a machine contribute warmth to an object. Ayumi also introduces Menbachi Bozu, Noodle Boy Bowl, a mischievous yōkai specific to the pottery studio, who breaks and warps pots in the middle of the night.
Filmed, directed, and edited by Ayumi Horie
Music by Lullatone
Decal Application and Assistant Janine Grant
Special thanks to Chloe Horie, Ai Kanazawa, and the Haystack School of Crafts
Time lapse video of Ayumi Horie trimming a dozen handmade dinner plates. Music by Bobby Tahouri. See more and visit the holiday sale at
Dry throwing involves no water and I've used it for the last 15 years to make handmade bowls, dishes, plates- all low forms. At Alfred as an undergrad, I developed this dry throwing process in which I trim to center using a pin tool, scoop out the inside using a loop tool and thin out the walls by pushing them out with a rib. I use no water because I like the surface of moist clay, rather than wet. This method allows me to preserve the inherent textures in clay that I love- the stretching, cracking, and sagging. Fingerprints have a different kind of crispness and I can coax out a delicate edge of a line on a massive wall. Using this method, I can also work more spontaneously and intuitively because I dont have to wait for the clay to dry out quite so long. Many thanks to Lullatone and Joe Lutton for music and production!
Music: Ja Da by UNLV Jazz Ensembles
Shot and edited by Shahab Zargari
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Interview with Arthur Gonzalez, an internationally known artist with a showing at Fresno City College.