Videos (added 5/10/12)
The Clay Workshop with Elizabeth Priddy (Reg. Price $40.00) Runyan Overstock Price: $19.95 One of the best INSTRUCTIONAL videos for throwing on the Potters Wheel. *Runyan Stamp of Approval!* Learning to center and shape pots on the wheel has never been easier than now. Elizabeth shows her five step method using a wide variety of forms.
Getting Started with Clay by Graham Sheehan (Reg. Price $49.95) Runyan Overstock Price: $19.95 Save 60%! Graham introduces beginning potters to low-tech approaches to clay arts. He demonstrates modeling and slab techniques for making simple hand-built forms then shows how to build a small wood-fired kiln, using recycled bricks, in a matter of hours. Graham fires this kiln and shows the finished forms that complete the clay arts cycle. (60 minutes)
Beginning Handbuilding by Graham Sheehan (Reg. Price $49.95) Runyan Overstock Price: $19.95 Save 60%! Graham introduces potters to basic handbuilding techniques. He shows modeling, coil and slab building methods using five different projects of increasing complexity. The video provides details about how clay should be prepared, how it can be joined to another piece and how glazes can be used to decorate forms. The program concludes with finished pieces fired in an electric kiln. (60 minutes)
Popular Videos by our own Michigan RAKU MASTER: Robert Piepenburg … Save up to 60%!
Raku Kiln Building by Robert Piepenburg (30 minutes) Original Price: $49.95 Runyan Overstock Sale Price: $19.95
“With precise detail, this video shows the fabrication of a top-loading soft firebrick kiln. From preparation of the foundation, layout of the floor, bricking of the walls, built-in shelf supports, burner port, use of target bricks and construction of a liftable brick top, it also demonstrates the use of a homemade natural gas burner with a flexible fuel hose, snap-on fittings and a removable forced-air blower unit. Following instruction on the safe lighting of the burner, the building of a fiber blanket kiln within an expanded metal frame is explored as well as approaches to converting old electric kilns into gas fired raku kilns. (editorial review from Amazon.com)
Raku Firing & Reduction by Robert Piepenburg (30 minutes) Original Price: $49.95 Runyan Overstock Sale Price: $19.95
“With a seasoned awareness, Robert Piepenburg explains the theory and technical aspects behind the sequence of events employed to achieve the glossy richness of a white crackle glaze and to effectively realize the full color spectrum of a copper matte surface patina. This raku dvd is equally rich in primary source material and visual detail. It profiles the firing of two kiln loads of work to demonstrate how various forms might best be reduced after they leaver the kiln. It contains coverage of raku kiln loading and unloading, lighting the burner, preparation of combustibles and the stimulating impact of the smoking applications on the finished pieces. Editorial review from Amazon.com
Raku Clay, Glazes & Tongs by Robert Piepenburg (33 minutes) Original Price: $49.95 Runyan Overstock Sale Price: $19.95
“A to-the-point demonstration and explanation of how various ingredients can be integrated to formulate handbuilding and wheelthrowing clay bodies capable of withstanding the thermo shocks of the raku firing process. Equal coverage is given to glazes, including formulas and application to both traditional and sculptural forms. This film spotlights a number of highly technical and significant ceramic processes within a raku context. Editorial review from Amazon.com
Beginning Handbuilding by Robert Piepenburg (56 minutes) Original Price: $49.95 Runyan Overstock Sale Price: $19.95
“A stimulating introduction to basic and innovative ceramic handbuilding techniques including external support molds, internal support molds, stiff slab sonstruction and sectional form fabrication. Following each demonstration, creative forms by various other individuals are shown. While empahsis is on the processes and procedures of construction, a great deal of discussion centers around design, application and sources of inspiration Editorial review from Amazon.com
A Visit with the Artist by Robert Piepenburg (28 minutes) Original Price: $49.95 Runyan Overstock Sale Price: $19.95
With warmth and candor, this videotape focuses on the human dimensions of Robert Piepenburg the artist. It treats us to a refreshingly personal perspective on ceramics, art, teaching, the creative process and self empowerment. While working with clay, he freely talks about his experiences, beliefs, insights and hopes in ways that engage personal reflection and motivate action. As he intimately shares his own thoughts and as we watch him trustingly explore the experience of his own humanness with the clay, we begin to understand what he means when he says …clay requires resolution through individual uniqueness. Editorial review from Amazon.com
