The Craft of the Potter

What is clay and how do you prepare it? Potter Mary Rogers shows how she makes pinch, coil and slab pots, and we look at some ancient pre-Columbian hand-built pottery.

David Leach throws porcelain on a kick wheel, Michael Casson throws stoneware on a power wheel; with a look at some ancient pottery from Greece and China.

Alan Caiger-Smith and Eileen Nisbet show how to incise, apply clay and use slip, and Alan demonstrates wax resist. Plus a look at some ancient Persian pottery.

Lynne Reeve shows how to make and modify glazes; Walter Keeler explains some of the mysteries of kilns and firing; with a look at some ancient Chinese pottery.

Michael Cardew, with a gallery-owner and a collector, talk about their favourite pots, with recordings of Leach and Hamada at work.