Film Number |
5109 |
Title |
[VILLAGE POTTER - edited version] |
Producer |
Sam Hanna |
Date |
1946-47 |
Gauge |
16mm |
Colour |
b/w |
Sound |
silent |
Running Time |
6 mins 59 secs |
Description |
Follows the work of Sam and John Bradley of Pepper Hill Pottery, Northowan, Calderdale, Yorkshire. Clay is dug and collected from clay beds then washed, sieved and channelled into a settling pit. The film switches to inside the potters' workshop where the clay is shovelled into a pug mill for kneading. There are shots of the glazing process and the fire for the kiln being prepared. A variety of objects are stacked in a kiln. The film ends with clay being worked and shaped by one of the potters at his wheel. |
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