Ceramics and Pottery

Using interviews and myriad examples of their works, leading figures in the field, including Ruth Duckworth, Wayne Higby, John Mason, Ron Nagle, Otto Natzler, Richard Shaw, and Peter Voulkos, discuss such major themes as Abstract Expressionism, Funk, vessels, form and function, and the debate over the decorative arts versus the fine arts.
2000, Los Angeles City Museum of Art. 51 minutes.

Glass and ceramic are some of the oldest man-made materials. This program demonstrates two traditional glass-making techniques: glass blowing and the art of stained glass windows. It also follows the production of industrial ceramics, explaining that this material is constantly being used in new applications. Finally, we are shown the expanded use of glass in architecture, where it is increasingly replacing wood and stone.
1993, Filmoption International. 23 minutes.

Grace Medicine Flower makes a clay pot just as her ancestors did.
2009, KAET-TV, Arizona State University. 29 minutes.

This beautifully filmed program by Richard L. Harrison explores the work, creative process, and philosophical perspective of award-winning ceramist Paul Mathieu, whose multilayered works in porcelain defy conventional boundaries of craft, sculpture, and representation.
1991, Richard L. Harrison. 27 minutes.

Renowned for her extraordinary pottery and highly respected as a teacher, Toshiko Takaezu is one of the most significant ceramic artists of the 20th century—and the 21st. This program, filmed both in New Jersey and the artist’s native Hawaii, presents the life story of the internationally acclaimed potter.
1993, New Jersey Public Television. 28 minutes.

Some people are born with a natural artistic ability. But if your creative talent is limited to drawing stick figures, there’s new hope for you. See how technology developed by mechanical engineers allows simple hand movements to create amazing works of art.
2014, Inside Science. 1 minutes 43 seconds.