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The music/voice overs are cool

Chimp In Pathe Cutting Room 1956

Pottery Animals 1956

Money Boxes 1955

Pottery 1951 David Boyd

Festival Pottery 1951

Pottery Club 1953 - Chelsea Pottery

Lots more   http://www.britishpathe.com/search/query/pottery

All great, especially the Chelsea Pottery one

One Good Turn (1930) shows a young Michael Cardew at Winchcombe.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/one-good-turn

I wasn't aware of the film's existence so many thanks. I'll see what else I can find later.

That is interesting... the description only mentions 'a man'. I did not realise the slip was so thick, I thought it was applied with a brush.

I recognised the pottery before Cardew, as Winchcombe doesn't appear to have changed a great deal in the eighty odd years since the film was shot.

Do they still use the kiln? is it wood fired? Must be large to take several months work as it says in the film?

Fascinating! 1930. So clean shaven. Looks like a banker or solicitor. More handsome than de Waal!

22 Crawford St. wrote:Do they still use the kiln? is it wood fired? Must be large to take several months work as it says in the film?

The wood-fired bottle kiln in the film was last fired in 1954 (slipware continued to be made using electric kilns until 1964).

The stoneware was made using an oil fired kiln until 1974 when a new wood fired kiln was built, which is still used today.

For traditional pottery like Winchcombe, wood fired is far superior to electric kiln fired, imo. But they have more losses in woodfiring, so not so good for the potter I expect.

I love wood fired pots but they're often quite pricey because of the losses