Ayumi Horie Trimming Plates
Time lapse video of Ayumi Horie trimming a dozen handmade dinner plates. Music by Bobby Tahouri. See more and visit the holiday sale at
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Ayumi Horie Dry Throwing
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!
Ceramics – Indego Africa
Indego Africa's ceramic products are handmade by a group of artisans at Gatagara Pottery in Rwanda. Formed in 1977 by a Belgian priest in Rwanda’s southern province, Gatagara is located in a small but picturesque workshop in the district of Nyanza. Often considered the cradle of Rwanda’s heritage, Nyanza is nestled east of a large lake that provides artisans with the natural materials they need to practice traditional craft techniques. After preparing a mixture of sand, gravel, limestone, and water in a large basin and shaping the product by hand, the artisans let the clay dry for 2-3 weeks before applying glaze made from natural dyes and baking them in a hot kiln. From design to finished product, the ceramic-making process takes about one month to complete. The distinctive handmade quality makes each piece of pottery unique and timeless.
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Steps Involved in making a handmade african ceramics item.
Products are made out of clay from swamps and wetlands with Africa -Uganda.
The pieces are made by hand forming and machine (wheel)
We use WHITE clay for painting white and AUNT-Hill soil for obtaining red colour to decorate the pieces.
After painting we polish the pieces using small ocean stones to make them smooth.
The pieces are left for 5 days to dry and then they are loaded into the oven (kiln) for firing.
The (art pieces) are fired until 940 degrees for 12 hours.
After firing, they are offload when the oven (kiln) cools.
We mix liquid clay, fired clay and sand to cover our decorations on the pieces and then we make the open firing using wood shavings that let the smoke on the pieces to make them black. This process is called smoking. After then, they are washed and the covered parts and the uncovered parts get black smoke.
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Meet Clint Swink, Anasazi Pottery Master
Clint Swink has been replicating Anasazi pottery since the 1980s. In this video we explore his story, what motivated him to make Anasazi pottery, who he learned from along the way and how he came to discover the method for firing an Anasazi trench kiln.
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Earth and Fire: Anasazi Style Pottery
Watch artist and primitive potter Kelly Magleby learn about and make Anasazi style pottery. Kelly went into the backcountry of Southern Utah with a knife and a buckskin to try to learn about Anasazi Pottery by doing it the way the Anasazi did it. "Earth and Fire" is a documentary poem about a passionate artist. Funded by Primitive Found (.org) Music by Jason Shaw @ audionautix.com Check out Kelly's art at anasazipottery.net This the 1st video of 2016 for The Talking Fly short documentary project by filmmaker Steve Olpin, Enjoy!
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Learn Corrugated Pottery From Master Potter John Olsen
Master Potter John Olsen has been making Anasazi replica pottery for longer than I have been alive. He is well known as the master of corrugated pottery. In this video he talks about how he became a potter and teaches how to make authentic Anasazi corrugated pottery from his home in Boulder, Utah.
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Symbols found on the prehistoric Southwest Anasazi Pottery of the U.S. from A.D. 1300-1400
Symbols found on the Prehistoric Southwest Pottery from A.D. 1300-1400 including the White Mountain Redwares and Salado Polychromes. Examining the symbols found on the prehistoric pottery of the Southwestern United States with ceramic representations of clouds, thunderbirds, clan symbols, marriage, war, the Milky Way etc.
Presented by James Cunkle: archaeologist and author of "Talking Pots", "Treasures of Time", "Mimbres Mythology", "Stone Magic" and more.
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How to Make Primitive Pottery
Follow me as I guide you through the whole process of making primitive pottery, some of my other videos show more details on parts of the process but this video shows the entire process of creating primitive pottery. Please post questions below and I will answer.
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