Judith Weber demonstrates how to knead clay, and make a simple slab pitcher and a hot plate tile in this brief program, which is short on detail and somewhat choppily edited. Three other ten minute programs (all priced at $49.95 each or $175 for the entire series) are also available: Pinch Pot and Coil, Creating With the Wheel, and Glazing and Firing. Emphasizing speed for the classroom, the Pottery Basics series is still too little instruction for too much money. A much better choice here would be Beginning to Throw on the Potter's Wheel With Robin Hopper (VL-3/96). Not a necessary purchase. Aud: J, H, C, P. (R. Pitman)
Pottery Basics: The Slab
(1995) 10 min. $49.95. Lucerne Media. PPR. Color cover. ISBN: 0-7934-0924-1. Vol. 11, Issue 6
Pottery Basics: The Slab
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