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.
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www.craftinamerica.org. Ceramic artist Richard Notkin segment. LANDSCAPE episode PBS premiere: May 30, 2007.
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www.craftinamerica.org. Richard Notkin demonstrates slip casting. LANDSCAPE episode PBS premiere: May 30, 2007.
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Ceramic artist Randy Johnston describes his yunomi.
Narrated by Craft in America Center.
Pictured: Randy Johnston, Yunomi, 2020
Upon the centennial of the founding of Leach Pottery, the Craft in America Center presents an exhibition celebrating the cup as object and the impact of Bernard Leach on studio ceramics. "A Humble Legacy" is an exhibition of approximately two dozen historic and contemporary cups made by a selection of artists affiliated with Leach Pottery and others who continue in its legacy. For more information, visit .
The Craft in America Center in Los Angeles is a craft-focused library and gallery offering artist talks, workshops, exhibits and educational programs.
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Peter Voulkos (1924-2002) was a ceramist most known for his abstract expressionist sculptures. He received his BS from the Montana State College, Bozeman and received his MFA from the California College of Arts and Crafts (now the California College of the Arts).
He taught at the Los Angeles County Art Institute (later renamed the Otis College of Art and Design) and the University of California, Berkeley. His students include Paul Soldner, Kenneth Price, Henry Takemoto, Michael Frimkess, John Mason, and others. His work can be found in the American Museum of Ceramic Art, Arkansas Arts Center, Everson Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and others.
www.craftinamerica.org. SERVICE episode Peter Voulkos segment. PBS premiere: November 2, 2014.
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Points of Departure: Treasures of Japan from the Brooklyn Museum
March 7, 2014–June 8, 2014
"Haniwa"
Join Japan Society Gallery Director Miwako Tezuka as she guides viewers through time and space to explore Japanese art, culture, and history using works from Points of Departure: Treasures of Japan from the Brooklyn Museum as signposts along the way. For this journey you won't need a map, compass, or even a plane ticket! In this final installment, Dr. Tezuka examines two clay figurines known as haniwa. These two figures are almost 1,400 years old!
"A radically reorienting show…gives you a new way to navigate Japanese art." – The New York Times
Points of Departure: Treasures of Japan from the Brooklyn Museum is organized by Japan Society in collaboration with the Brooklyn Museum.
Music: "Takeda no Komoriuta" performed by Yoko Reikano Kimura and Hikaru Tamaki
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 shop nestled on the edge of the Cotswold escarpment. You can buy ready-made or bespoke pieces.
Contact details:
Whitley Court,
Upton-St-Leonards,
Gloucester,
Gloucestershire,
GL4 8EB
Tel: +44 (0)1452 610908
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 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 shop nestled on the edge of the Cotswold escarpment. You can buy read-made or bespoke pieces.
Contact details:
Whitley Court,
Upton-St-Leonards,
Gloucester,
Gloucestershire,
GL4 8EB
Tel: +44 (0)1452 610908
Slipware is a traditional method of decorating clay pots, practiced globally in a variety of styles. English medieval pottery is often decorated with slip and sgraffito (the two techniques demonstrated here) and can be seen on the Tring Tiles at the British Museum:
I am an Art Historian at Cambridge University, with a deep admiration for practitioners of heritage crafts. I grew up near Sean and Vici and hope this film serves as a celebration of lives devoted to creating useful & beautiful things, or, as Sean puts it, 'making nice pots for nice people.'
Meaningful Cups
Chris Staley, Penn State Laureate 2012-2013
A film by Cody Goddard
With additional footage by Bryan Keith
Created for the College of Arts & Architecture at Penn State
With additional support from the Penn State Laureate Program
Presentation as part of STEPPING UP The Australian Ceramics Triennale taking place in Canberra ACT, July 9th-11th, 2015.
www.australianceramicstriennale.com.au/2015/
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