BANFF CENTER FOR THE ARTS BANF
Banff Center for the Arts
Production of Electronic and Film Media Programm
Banff, Alberta
Canada T0L 0CO
70-1045
A SENSE OF PLACE: CERAMICS BY LES MANNINGS
VHS 13min 1988
This video blends the artist's personal statement of aesthetics
with stunning landscape photography of the Rocky Mountains. Music
compliments the visuals, shimmering water and aspen leaves in
sunlight, the rhythm of working on the potter's wheel.
By throwing cylindres as "working blanks" Manning
alters conventional forms, inspired by the pattern of colored
clay revealed by trimming. "On making these vessels, the
main concept is to capture the larger space of the landscape in
teh smaller space of the vessel," he says.
I found this short video enjoyable to watch, of interest primarily
to experienced potters for its aesthetic point of view. {Catherine
Merril, Studio Potters Network Newsletter}
CHALKE CLK
John Chalke
429-12th Street, NW
Calgary, Alberta T2N IY9
Canada
70-1046
LUKE LINDOE: POTTER, PAINTER AND PLAINSMAN
VHS 100min Col Canada 1993 Chalke
Dieser Film beobachtet über einen Zeitraum von mehreren Jahren
einen der bedeutensten Künstler Albertas, Luke Lindoe. Er
spricht über das Tongraben in den Cypress Hills Sasketchewans,
Brennöfen, Töpfe, Malerei und seine Beziehung zur Landschaft.
Auch Kollegen und ehemalige Studenten tragen Erinnerungen an diese
starke Persönlichkeit bei. Verkaufspreis: Cdn$ 40.
Observations made of one of Alberta's senior artists over a
threeyear period, 199193. Luke talks about clay out in the Cypress
Hills (Sasketchewan), kilns, pots, painting and his feeling towards
the land around him. Reminiscences are also made by peers and
exstudents of this mentor and strong personality.
Sale: Cdn$ 40
70-1047
PICKIN ' UP THE PIECES
VHS 45min Col Canada 1983 Chalke
Berichtet von der frühen Töpferei der Indianer, von
wandernden Zieglern und aus Europa eingewanderten Töpfern,
die zu Beginn des Jahrhunderts in den Westen Kanadas kamen.Verkaufspreis:
Cdn$ 35
Reference is made to early pottery by plains Indians, itinerant
brick makers who only operated in the summertime, and immigrant
European potters who came to western Canada at the beginning of
the century.
Purchase price: Cdn$ 35
MARTY GROSS MG
Marty Gross Film Productions Inc.
637 Davnport Road
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5R 1L3
Tel. 416/5363355, Fax 416/5350583
70-1048
MASHIKO VILLAGE POTTERY, JAPAN 1937
16mm VHS Beta Umatic s/w st 20min 220m Nippon 1937(84) Gross
also available at: American Craft Council (ACC 60-588), (NMNH
60-651), (NAC 70-745), (PSU 60-699), (NME 85-852) (please see main catalog)
70-1049
POTTERS AT WORK
35mm 16mm VHS Beta Umatic Col Tengl,fr. 29min 316m Nippon 1976
also available at: Concord Film & Video Council (CFC 20-188
), (GF 20-211), (ACC 60-589) , (CFA 45-520) (please see main catalog)
STANZIONE STA
Michael Stanzione
15 Balsam Street
Collingwood Ont L9Y 4H7
Canada
Tel. (705) 4449210, Fax (705) 4445141
70-1050
THE CANADIAN POTTER
VHS Col 51min Canada
Learn how to throw: Cylinders, mugs, chowder bowls, stem goblets,
candlesticks, pitchers, casseroles, pasta bowls, dinner plates,
lasagna dishes, 18 inch platter, 32 inch platter.
Sales prices: US$39.95, Can$49.95
TARA PRODUCTIONS TAP
Tara Productions
Box 35, Gabriola BC
Canada VOR 1XO
US Address:
4922 NE Going
Portland, OR 97218
Tel. (604) 2478434, 800-668-8040
email: tara@island.net
http://www.island.net/~tara/
Die Videos sind auch in VHS-PAL erhältlich. Internationaler
Versand wird mit den doppelten US-Preisen berechnet. Die Preise
für Institutionen beinhalten die Aufführungsrechte.
PAL versions are available. International shipping and handling
charges are double the US ones. Institutional prices includes
Public Performance Rights.
70-1051
SALT SODA FIRING
VHS 2x60min Col Canada
A two program series that explores in detail the making, decorating
and firing of pots using salt and/or soda firing methods. Gordon
Hutchens has worked with salt and sodafiring methods since studying
with Don Pilcher and Don Rietz while attending the University
of Illinois in the late 1960's. His work has been exhibited widley
in North America and Japan.
Program 1: Clays Slips and Glazes (60 Minutes). Gordon demonstrates
how to utilze the unique effects created by different clays, slips
and glazes during a hightemperature saltsoda firing. He uses numerous
examples of finished pieces to illustrate the beautiful, and varied,
results possible from this unique firing method. Recipes and printed
notes are included.
Program 2: Loading and Firing (60 Minutes) Gordon shows in
detail how to maintain and load a kiln and how to manage a saltsoda
firing.The program captures the intensity and excitement of the
cone nine saltsoda firing and displays the results of the many
pots created during the two programs.
Sales price each tape: US$ 39.95/Can$49.95 (personal), US$
79.95/Can$ 99.95 (institutions)
70-1052
BEGINNING RAKU
VHS 60min Col Canada
Gordon Hutchens introduces beginning potters to basic raku
techniques. He discusses desirable properties of clays used in
raku firings and then shows how to prepare the clay. He makes
several pots which are bisquefired, then decorated using techniques
that take advantage of the unique characteristics of raku. After
preparing his pots Gordon shows how to make a simple kiln from
a 55 gallon drum. Finally, he fires the forms he has made; then
he demonstrates how to manage a raku firing and how to perform
the postfiring reduction that provides the distinctive raku effects.
Glaze recipes as well as a drawing and a materials list for the
kiln are included.
Sale: US$29.95 (personal), US$39.95 (institutions)
70-1053
VARIATIONS ON RAKU
VHS Col TEngl. 33min Canada
Gordon Hutchens demonstriert in seiner Töpferei auf Denman
Island verschiedene RakuTechniken: Terra siggilata, Kapselbrand,
Schmauchbrand, Wachstechniken und die Reduktion der Ware nach
dem Ausnehmen.
Verkaufspreis: US$ 39,95 für Privatpersonen, US$ 79,95 für
Institutionen.
This video is hosted by Canadian potter Gordon Hutchens. It
is set at his pottery on Denman Island, BC. Gordon presents various
aspects of raku for an audience who should have some introduction
to raku firing. His presentations include terra sigillata, sagger
ware, postfiring reduction, fuming and slip resists for raku.
A brochure with raku notes and recipes is included.
Sales price: US$ 39.95/Can$49.95 (personal), US$ 79.95/Can$
99.95 (institutions)
70-1054
GETTING STARTED WITH CLAY
VHS 60min Col Canada
Graham Sheehan introduces beginning potters to lowtech approaches
to clay arts that have been used by potters for thousands of years.
After digging and preparing local clay, he demonstrates modeling
and slab techniques for making simple handbuilt forms. He then
shows how to build a woodfired kiln that novices can construct
in a couple of hours using recycled bricks. Graham fires this
kiln and shows the finished forms that complete the clay arts
cycle. Drawings and a materials list are provided to aid with
the construction of the kiln.
Sale: US$29.95 (personal), US$39.95 (institutions)
70-1055
BEGINNING HANDBUILDING
VHS 60min Col Canada
Graham Sheehan introduces beginning potters to basic handbuilding
techniques. After showing how to make simple pinch pots, he demonstrates
coil and slab building methods using five different projects of
increasing complexity. The video features closeups that provide
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 a demonstration of the finished pieces
fired in an electric kiln.
Sale: US$29.95 (personal), US$39.95 (institutions)
70-1056
BUILDING YOUR OWN POTTER'S KILN WITH GRAHAM SHEEHAN
VHS 72min Col Canada
Complete with a materials list and working drawings. This video
guides you through the construction of a 25 cubic foot kiln that
is a perfect project for the novice builder, yet large enough
for a serious hobby potter or abeginning production potter. It
begins with layout and design for the foundation, and includes
the placement and cutting of bricks for walls, and the building
of the firing chamber, the door, and the sprung arch kiln roof.
The detailed materials list and working drawings that come with
this video make this the most comprehensive kilnbuilding resource
available today. Nothing is taken for granted, from the initial
layout to the final brick in the chimney.
Sale: US$ 49.95 (personal), US$ 99.95 (institutions)
70-1057
MAKING MARKS - CERAMIC SURFACE DECORATION (6 TAPES)
VHS Col engl. six tapes each 28.5min Canada
Der kanadische Töpfer Robin Hopper ist der Gastgeber dieser
6teiligen Videoserie. Die Bänder sind sowohl für den
Anfänger gedacht, dem sie einen Überblick geben, als
auch für den Fortgeschrittenen mit Anleitung für spezielle
Techniken. Hoppers These ist einfach: Töpfer verwenden oftmals
viel Zeit und Überlegung auf die Formgestaltung; die Gestaltung
der Oberfäche, die die Form vollendet, benötigt jedoch
ebensoviel Zeit und Arbeit.Verkaufpreis: US$ 29,95 je Band, komplette
6teilige Serie US$ 149,95 Privatpersonen, Institutionen US$ 299,95
plus Versand.
These videos are hosted by Canadian potter Robin Hopper, author
of "Functional Pottery" and the "Ceramics Spectrum".
They are designed to provide an overview for beginners, and to
instruct intermediate and advanced potters in particular techniques.
It's thesis is simple: potters often spend a lot of time considering
the form of a pot; the decoration of a surface that complements
this form requires just as much work.
Sales: US$ 29.95 /Can$ 39.95 each, entire series (6 tapes)
US$ 149.95 / Can$ 199.95 (personal), institutions US$ 299.95 /
Can$399.95 plus shipping and handling.
70-1058
FORM AND FUNCTION: CERAMIC AESTHETICS AND DESIGN (5 TAPES)
WITH ROBIN HOPPER
VHS Canada
Diese fünf Videocassetten ergänzen und erweitern Robin
Hoppers Buch "Form and Aesthetics in Pots of Purpose".
Sie zeigen die Spannung zwischen Funktionalität im Haushalt
und dem Auge wohlgefällige Formen.
Teil 1: Formelemente (30 min) Einführung in Form und Design,
Geometrische Form, Proportion Teil 2: Oberfläche und Abschlußarbeiten
(51 min) Gesamtform und Gestaltung der Details, Abschlußarbeiten,
Gestaltung des Fußes, Ränder.
Teil 3: Ausgießer und Henkel (50 min) konzentriert sich
auf auf Variationen von Henkeln und Tüllen durch viele verschiedene
Töpfer.
Teil 4: Eß und Trinkgefäße (36 min) Design und
Herstellung von Geschirr: Teller, Schüsseln, Trinkgefäße
u.a.
Teil 5: Koch und Serviergefäße (50 min) Krüge,
Kännchen, Teekannen, Weinkaraffen, Flaschen, Saucieren, Kasserollen,
Backformen, Servier und Vorratsgefäße.
Verkaufspreise: Je Band US$ 34,95, komplette 5teilige Serie US$
149,95 für Privatpersonen; US$ 299,95 für Institutionen
(beinhaltet Aufführungsrechte).
This 5 tape video series expands the content of Robin Hopper's
second book: "Form and Aesthetics in Pots of Purpose".
It explores the nature of form and documents the tension that
exists between pots that please the eye yet function well in the
home.
Program 1. Elements of Form (30 min) Introduction to form and
design; geometric form; integrated form; proportion and relationship
amd more.
Program 2. Lids and Terminations (51 min) Overall form and
the making of details; top and bottom terminations, lips; feet
and lip styles and variations.
Program 3. Spouts and Handles (50 min) Specifically spouts
finials and handles. Studio demonstrations and examples of many
different potters' work.
Program 4. Pots for Eating and Drinking (36 min) Design concepts
and making processes of tableware: plates and bowls and drinking
vessels and more.
Program 5. Pots for Cooking & Serving (50 min) Pitchers,
jugs, teapots, wine decanters, sake bottles, sauce boats, casseroles,
creamers, bakers, serving vessels and pots made for storing.
Sale: Each tape US$ 34.95 / Can$ 44.95, entire series of 5
tapes US$ 149.95 / Can$ 199.95 (personal), US$ 299.95 / Can$ 399.95
(institutions).
70-1059
BEGINNING TO THROW ON THE POTTERS WHEEL
VHS 60min Col Canada
Learn the throwing techniques that Robin Hopper has developed
during his awardwinning fortyyear career. This comprehensive introduction
to throwing on the potter's wheel features wedging, centering,
the throwing of basic forms, and trimming. The video uses multiple
camera angles and closeups to demonstrate what the hands and fingers
do at various stages, both inside and outside a thrown object.
Robin works with the basic cylindrical form, and presents throwing
exercises that lead to mastery of the throwing process for
a variety of sizes and shapes of cylinders, including waisted,
conical and spherical variations. He concludes by demonstrating
the throwing of bowls and plates.
Sale: US$29.95 (personal), US$39.95 (institutions)
70-1060
ADVANCED THROWING ON THE POTTERS WHEEL: EXTENDED AND ALTERED
FORMS
VHS 60min Col Canada
Robin Hopper demonstrates how a potter who possesses very ordinary
size and strength can build tall pots by using a variety of extension
throwing techniques including coil, slab and thrown additions.
He then shows how traditional shapes can be altered to produce
innovative forms such as beaten, squared pots, squared spheres
and more abstract alterations of traditional forms. Throughout
this video, he encourages you to use these approaches to develop
your own unique creations.
Sale: US$39.95 (personal), US$79.95 (institutions)
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70-1061
WEST OF SHINO JOHN CHALKE IN THE ROCKIES
VHS 52min Col Tengl. Canada 1996 Brousseau
A documentary of Alberta clay artist, John Chalke, and the
year spent on the design and construction of a woodburning kiln
on his land in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Infused with
the characteristic humour of John Chalke, the video touches on
the relationship between the artist, his work and the land. Witness
a threechamber climbing kiln take form, the experimental features
incorporated in the design, and the canopy of nature surrounding
the site. A firing of the kiln brings these threads together in
a dance of flame and ash.
"Highly recommended"{Ceramic review}
Sale: Can$ 25 (individuals), sale to institutions (including
screening or duplicating rights) on request.