Watch Little Clay Pots on the Potter's Wheel with Rosette Gault from Utube

Little pots appear out of nothing but a lump of soft clay while Rosette explains what's so special about clay. Clip from a 1991 Video Documentary of Rosette Gault "Touch of Earth" made at Banff Centre for the Arts by Tracy Bacenas.

EGGSHELL porcelain vases.

A human figure emerges- or seems to- during the making process Rosette Gault transform thin slabs of soft wet porcelain into vessels with eggshell porcelain - wexcerpt from a 1991 Video Documentary of Rosette Gault "Touch of Earth" made at Banff Centre for the Arts produced and edited by Tracy Bacenas. 

Peek Inside Paperclay- An Artist's Vision  2:00 on Utube. Though I feel in my hands and see the dynamics clearly in my minds-eye nano-verse wonderland. In 2024 I have animation drawings and art based on up to date data in preparation. So in the meantime, an unforgettable image thats been floating in the world imagination.

Learning from great great grandmothers: Video Maria Martinez of San lldefonso VINTAGE 1972

Maria the Potter of San Ildefonso  classic 1973 documentary about indigenous master teacher southwest pit fire method whom Betty Woodman showed me in 1973. Plan a visit to culture spots Pueblo Potters of New Mexico region. As a potter descended families with these traditions is mentioned on PBS NOVA Nov 28, 2024. Toxic residue from nuclear testing in the 1950s still affects soils nearby. Researchers are focusing in to find antidotes. The  paperclay research will benefit from what is learned. RG

Toshiko Takaezu Hands On Video 

True masters never stop learning. I admire this and strive for the same. Toshiko has been on my on my radar as one of a handful of prominent women in 1970s amid a male dominated profession. By 1990's she and I met. We were working out the logistics of upgrading from tradition to paperclay before time ran out. Guess what landscape in the film reveals landscape/forms she wanted to build that were impossible in traditional clay. 
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