Wheel Throwing (Cartwheel)

  • Wheel throwing, cartwheel, off the hump (Tordi Village, Northern India) [YouTube]
     
  • Wheel throwing, cartwheel, off the hump (India) [YouTube]
     
  • Wheel throwing, cartwheel, paddle and anvil (Kutch, India) [YouTube]
     
  • Wheel throwing, cartwheel, paddle and anvil (Bombay, India) [YouTube]
     
  • Wheel throwing, cartwheel (Singkawang, Indonesia) [YouTube]
     

Wheel Throwing (Kick Wheel)

  • Wheel throwing, kick wheel, off the hump (Korean style) [YouTube]
     
  • Wheel throwing, kick wheel (Ben Owen III, Seagrove, NC) [YouTube]
     
  • Wheel throwing, kick wheel (Florian Gadsby, Mashiko, Japan) [YouTube]
     
  • Wheel throwing, kick wheel (Euan Craig, Minakami, Japan) [YouTube]
     

Coiling

  • Coiling (Maria Martinez, San Ildefonso Pueblo, NM) [YouTube]
     
  • Coiling (Al Qoyawayma, Hopi Pueblo, AZ) [YouTube]
     
  • Coiling, large pot (Winiama potter, village of Ouri, Burkina Faso) [YouTube, starting at 25:42]
     
  • Coiling, small pot (Igbo potter, Inugu state, Nigeria) [YouTube, starting at 28:27]
     
  • Coiling (Gubat, Sorsogon Province, Phillipines) [YouTube]
     
  • Coiling, large pot (Korean Onggi Master)

Modeling

  • Modeling or "direct pull," scraping (Jelly potter, village of Pelignan, Burkina Faso) [YouTube, starting at 48:47]
     
  • Modeling or "direct pull" (Asante potter, Kumasi, Ghana) [YouTube, starting at 52:49]
     
  • Modeling or "direct pull" (Gakoigo Village, Kenya) [sequence of short YouTube video clips]
    • Starting to pull upper half [Clip 1]
    • Continuing to pull [Clip 2]
    • Continuing to pull [Clip 3]
    • Smoothing the exterior [Clip 4]
    • Decorating the shoulder, turning pot upside down [Clip 5]
    • Pulling the lower half [Clip 6]
    • Continuing to pull, smoothing [Clip 7]
    • Continuing to pull, smoothing, closing the base [Clip 8]
    • Decorating the rim [Clip 9]
    • Decorating the rim and shoulder [Clip 10]
    • Pulling the lower half (new pot) [Clip 11]
    • Continuing to pull, closing the base [Clip 12]
    • Firing [Clip 13]
       
  • Paddle and anvil construction (Gubat, Sorsogon Province, Phillipines) [YouTube]
     

Molding

  • Convex mold (Winiama potter, village of Ouri, Burkina Faso) [YouTube, starting at 6:26]
     
  • Concave mold (Mossi potter, village of Dablo, Burkina Faso) [YouTube, starting at 9:06]
     
  • Convex mold, paddle and anvil finishing (Mossi potter, Burkina Fasso) [YouTube, starting at 40:02]
     
  • Convex mold, paddle and anvil finishing (Pattanam Region, Kerala, India) [YouTube]