DVD Video of How We Make Pottery at Out of the Fire Studio

Cindy Clarke demonstrates the techniques involved in making pottery: (1)Two methods of wedging clay.(2)What tools are useful. (3)Centering and Opening (4)Throwing four forms; a cylinder, a vase, a bowl, and a plate. (5) Trimming the four forms. Multiple camera angles and cutaways make every step easily understandable. Cindy brings over thirty years of pottery making and instruction to life on your television or monitor. It's like hiring your own instructor to show up for a lesson whenever your schedule allows. Order Now!

"I work for www.CLAY-KING.com part time and have viewed your DVD. I told the owner it was the best I had ever seen, I was a producer/director of industrial video programs for 34 years before retiring and was impressed by the professional production and the honest and level-headedness for your approach. I'm looking forward to the next in the series."

"Well I have had time to watch the video twice. Each time I have learned something new. Speaking from a beginner potter's point of view (I have only been to six two-hour pottery lessons so far) I find your video wonderful. The demonstrations, description, and how-to nature of your video have greatly helped me understand much more about centering and throwing on the wheel. These are two of the things that as a beginner are frustrating to learn. Also, your description of cylinder, vase, bowl, and plate work really get right to the point and have made me anxious to try out some of the techniques that you explain. The camera angles, close-ups, all make things much easier to see. I like the way you take time to show what your hands are doing, and also the way you explain why you are doing those things. I think anyone, beginner or advanced will find your video entertaining and helpful. It is obvious from watching the video that you know in-depth what you are doing, enjoy your work, and really like trying to help others to learn about pottery.

"I am impressed. I got up to using the rib on the plate. The centering is different but makes sense. Pulling the sides up was what I was looking to see. It was very interesting to see the amount of water that's being used, which is much different than what my teacher showed me.......

At my makeshift studio, I have been focusing on cylinders and now on "tallness." I know that by practicing what I saw Cindy do, the height and thinness will come. I am not looking to beat old George Ohr for thin, but I do expect to learn and work a lot on glazes of my own.

"I have really enjoyed the video. It has given me a lot of good ideas and techniques to try out.....I think you describe your DVD as a 'down to earth' explanation of pottery techniques, or something close to that. I think that was what I really appreciated about it the most. I really felt like I was right there as she demonstrated. You really got some very good close-up shots as well as the cutaways that I enjoyed. Cindy's way of centering is much easier than the way I was taught in my class and so is her wedging. I never would have even thought about the cooking aspects of the bowls that might be used in the kitchen. Those little things will make a big difference in the long run.............. The best I've seen....It says volume 1. Is a volume 2 coming out soon? I was hoping you might also do one on slab work. I enjoy that very much. "