Fab Films

On this page I am embedding a small number of great Youtube educational videos which show potting techniques or historical facts about antique ceramics.  I hope you will find them interesting and educational.  Enjoy!

First, a film from the British Museum showing how Kakiemon porcelain from Japan originated and how the continuing traditional methods are preserved:

Next a film about the making of agateware:

Next, engine turning (26 mins):  Featuring work by the late Donald Carpentier.  After the explanation of the machinery design the second half of this film, showing the engine turning, is quite captivating.

The mania for Chinese porcelain:  An introduction:

The technique of Transfer Printing: