DVD Review By Patty Osborne

| Se Wheel Throwing with Nan Rothwell
prceente Ceramic Arts Daily Video Library
> Wheel Throwing The American Ceramic Society
- own 2 hours 32 minutes
2 DVD set / $69.95

Wheel Throwing with Nan Rothwell consists of a series of project-
based instructional sessions that starts with cylinders and bowls
and moves on to more specialized work such as a berry bowl, a
sushi set, a two-piece pitcher, an oval utensil holder and a lamp

base. Rothwell also shows some creative ways to use a wiggle
wire. She is an experienced teacher and her instructions and demonstrations are easy to
follow and very specific—so much so that it feels like you would want to have the DVD
running while you sit at your wheel and attempt to follow along, although this might not
be practical (think of what those wet clay fingerprints would do to the remote). I loaned
the DVDs to one of my beginner throwing students and she felt that the absolute basics
of throwing, which is what she needs, were passed over too quickly; for an experienced
thrower like myself, the focus was too narrow to provide me with more than the odd tip.
‘That leaves intermediate throwers, who will certainly learn to make the projects that are
demonstrated, but it will cost them a hefty $69.95—money that might be better spent
paying for hands-on instruction from a teacher like Nan. You can watch excerpts from this
DVD series at http://ceramicartsdaily.org.

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CALL FOR
PARTICIPATION

2nd International
Ceramic Triennial

UNICUM 2012 - Slovenia
May 15 to Sept. 30, 2012
Deadline for application: Oct. 31, 2011.

The International Triennial of Ceramics
Unicum 2012 is being organized in
cooperation with the European Cultural and
Technological Centre (EKTC) Maribor, and
will include parallel events all over Slovenia.
The emphasis is on contemporary ceramics
as an independent area in the field of artistic
creation. The Triennial connects international
and Slovene environments and it gives fresh
insight into artistic ceramics.

The European Cultural and Technological
Centre Maribor will host the competitive part
of the triennial as well as the international
exhibition of ceramics of students from Art
Schools and Academies chosen by invited
mentors.

Accompanying events and exhibitions all
over Slovenia will take place at: Ljubljana
Castle, Koroska Gallery of Fine Arts Slovenj
Gradec, the lapidary of Gallery Bozidar Jakac
in Kostanjevica on Krka, Pilon Gallery in
Ajdov8cina, the Regional Museum of Murska
Sobota, in the Grassel tower in Slovenska
Bistrica. Exhibition and event locations and
schedules will be announced on our web page.
For more information contact:

Association of the Slovene
Fine Arts Societies (ZDSLU)
Komenskega 8,

1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
info@unicum.si

www.unicum.si

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