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Gustavo Pérez
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Gustavo Pérez

Gustavo Pérez from MPBA editorial on Vimeo. Gustavo Pérez – Mexican ceramicist. “Pre-Hispanic art is part of my background, but everyone loves this work. How it becomes a part of my work, I don’t know. Maybe it is in my subconscious. Things grow inside me. They have been growing for

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Quintin Hubbarth Art

Industrial Pottery: These unique pieces are works of wonder. It’s as if the pieces have peeled away their clothing and have laid bare their uncovered skeletons. One the one side, it can be seen as a representation of this modern industrial / war torn world. You can imagine finding half

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Katie Marks: Geometric Spacey Tie-dyed Lustres

Katie Marks (anotherseattleartist) has developed a wonderful technique to produce Tie-dyed glazed pots, with gold lustre on top. The Mugs and Jugs are wonderfully colorful, and a different take on decorating with lustres. Very Spacey. Very Geometric. Very Gold. Very much in LOVE. Take a look for yourself, and let

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Jennifer McCurdy: How to create a beautiful Sculpture from a Vase

Jennifer McCurdy gives us a Fabulous demonstration on how she turns her Wheel-Thrown pots into Beautiful Organic Sculptures. So the next time you have a pot come off the wheel that you’re not happy with, why not try this out! Buy her new book “Vessels: A Conversation in Porcelain and

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Guy Van Leemput – Porcelain slip balloon bowls

Guy van Leemput has a wonderful technique of placing coloured porcelain slip onto balloons. (You can learn how he does this in The Ceramic School Workshop: Guy Van Leemput – How to make a paper-thin porcelain bowl) Using balloons as a base allows him to create very thin and fragile looking

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Throwing a Textured Box with Hsin-Chuen Lin 林新春

Master potter Hsin-Chuen Lin shows how he throws a porcelain box on the wheel. By throwing the top and bottom of the box as the same piece of clay, he manages to create an amazing porcelain box, with a lid that looks beautiful and fits snugly. We simply love this

Advanced Ceramics

Raku Firing with Andrew Cummins

Andrew Cummins discusses the ancient art of pottery making, with an emphasis on raku firing. “Raku” is a Japanese term which roughly translates to “happy in the accident”, in reference to the random patterns that the heat & smoke create. It is also the Japanese surname of the family traditionally

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Cristina Cordova : InFrame

Cristina Cordova is a sculptor based in North Carolina. Originally from Puerto Rico, Cordova was studying engineering when she decided to quit her program and follow her dreams of being an artist. In her picturesque studio she creates arresting clay figures that are both personal and universal. Her work is

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SIMON LEACH Throws an egg!

How To Throw an Egg? The amazing Simon Leach – from Simon Leach Potteries, author of the fantastic book “Simon Leach’s Pottery Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Throwing Beautiful, Functional Pots” – shows us the process of throwing an egg-shaped closed vessel. Why not have a go yourself this week,

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Ayumi Horie – White Pots

A 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. All in all, some really

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Alexandra Engelfriet Ceramic Artist

The camera observes closely how Alexandra Engelfriet molds pieces of clay into an object of art. The sounds and images of her working closely with

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