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These DVDs were recorded inside the Clay Cabin Pottery studio located in Eastern Kentucky. Ceramic artist Jason Ratciff guides you through each lesson and makes you feel as if you are a new student working on the potters wheel right beside him. If you have ever felt this is a skill that is much too difficult, or your just not sure where to begin, then you need these DVDs. The "down to earth" instruction in these DVDs will give you the confidence and understanding needed to complete each lesson. You will flow through each project gaining valuable information to allow you to create your own functional piece of art. These DVD lessons allow you to instantly go to the lesson for the project you are working on without the hassle of rewinding trying to find the right spot.
Disc 1 contains seven lessons:
Wedging
Centering & throwing a Cylinder (Mug)
Centering & throwing a Bowl
Centering & throwing Vases
Centering & throwing Bottles
Centering & throwing Plates
Centering & throwing Lidded Jars
Disc 2 contains six lessons:
Trimming your bowl
Trimming your mug
Trimming your plate
Trimming your Jar
Trimming your vase
Creating and attaching handles
This video was added to our catalog on April 12, 2006 in Arts & Crafts::Pottery.
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While the technical competency and throwing techniques of Jason Ratciff cannot be argued, the production quality and teaching value of the videos can. Mr. Ratciff seems to be intentionally drawing out every section with pauses and redundancies in order to get them to fit within the time frame of the DVD. There are sections on the first disk where the author digresses from the issue he is trying to demonstrate. So much so that the viewer may forget what technique they are watching. The second disk only shows the very basics of how to trim a pot. The rest of the disk seems concerned with showing the viewer how to use an expensive commercial trimming device that most people wouldn't own. I would have to instruct any of my students to watch any of the Robin Hopper videos for rent here as an alternative to these.
I think this is more of a demonstration video than an instructional video. I appreciate having the opportunity to view it, but if asked by another beginning potter if it is worth the rent, I would guide them in other directions. The potter goes through the motions, but does not give good description along the way. I found myself distracted by the messiness of the work area.
