POTTERY MAKING

Duration: 29 min

Year Published: 1940

Creator: Bell & Howell Company

Format: 16mm

Sound: Silent

Description: Presents a professional potter at work making clay preparatory to centering it on a wheel, shaping, trimming, and preparing it for firing. An Indian bowl is constructed by the coil method of building up and shaping coils of clay, on which a primitive design is later added. The use of a plaster cast in the molding of duplicate pieces is also shown. Techniques of applying glazing slip by dipping, brushing, over coating are shown. After firing, the glazed pieces are removed from the furnace and displayed in a home setting.

Complete Record: Dewey number: 738 Audience level: sh-c-adult Format/cost: 16-si-$48; rent $2 Distributors / rental: PPC sale apply rent $1; Indiana University $2.50; University of Iowa $3; University of Wisconsin $2.50

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946