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Ceramic artist Richard Notkin demonstrates slip casting

Ceramic artist Richard Notkin demonstrates slip casting for a teapot. Richard is featured in the Landscape episode of Craft in America, which premiered in May 2007 on PBS. For more on Craft in America, visit www.craftinamerica.org. All Craft in America programs are now viewable on the PBS iPhone/iPad app and online at video.pbs.org/program/craft-in-america. To purchase […]

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Taena Pottery: how to throw & decorate English slipware pots (trailer)

Ten minute version with commentary here: Vici and Sean Casserley are the second generation of potters to run Taena Pottery. It was started in 1948 by a group of conscientious objectors and survived their dispersal in the 1960s. Specialising in traditional English slipware, Vici and Sean make and sell their pots from a studio and

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Throwing & decorating English slipware pots: Taena Pottery, Gloucestershire

I had the pleasure of filming two exceptional people and skilled potters demonstrating their craft! The historic Taena Pottery – surrounded by mulberry trees and bee-filled lavender – is having its first flirtation with the internet! Vici and Sean Casserley are the second generation of potters to run the beautiful Taena Pottery. It was started

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