Ceramics Video Workshops

Introduction to Throwing on the Potter's Wheel — Master potter Stephen Jepson shows you the basics in a way that is easy to understand and assimilate. Jepson teaches how to trim, pull handles, make spouts, and more. Learn to create plates, mugs, cups, bowls, cylinders, pitchers, and much more. This video runs approximately 53 minutes.

Advanced Throwing Projects and Techniques — Directed toward those who already have beginning skills and want to move into the ranks of advanced potter or professional, this fast paced video with Stephen Jepsen is packed with information and examples of finished work by several potters. Approximately 85 minutes.

How to Throw Large Pots — Steven Jepson and Bill Gossman show you how to make pots up to 4 feet tall and platters over 3 feet wide. This video has lots of close-ups that clearly show techniques to help you center and throw large amounts of clay. This video runs approximately 79 minutes.

Introduction To Hand Building — Stephen Jepson goes through a wide range of hand forming methods, offering a clear, concise description of basic procedures and techniques. Included are roll stamps, pinch pots, coil pots, slab construction, use of press molds, how to make a plaster mold, and more. This video runs approximately 79 minutes.

Kiln Building — A straight forward solution to building a 20–100 cubic foot and larger down draft, walk-in, car, sprung arch kiln suitable for firing earthenware, whiteware, stoneware, porcelain, and bisque. This video runs approximately 75 minutes.

Glazing And Firing — This video includes preparing greenware for bisque, loading electric and gas bisque, firing electric and gas bisque, waxing, glaze mixing, loading a glaze kiln and glaze firing, glaze testing, and much more. This video is approximately 106 minutes.

Pottery Decoration: Traditional Techniques — Tom Shafer, a professional potter, presents a variety of decorating techniques with demonstrations and examples from the work of many different potters. Included are incising and carving, slip trailing, sgraffito and inlaying, wax resist, marbled and mosaic patterns, and more. This video runs approximately 74 minutes.

Clay Collection — A selection of 120 beautiful and unusual pieces including stoneware, porcelain, salt-fired, wood-fired, once-fired, luster ware, earthenware, tableware, raku, art pottery, and more. This video runs approximately 60 minutes.