The American Ceramic Society
Design Chapter's
Video Library

General Information

The Design Chapter of the American Ceramics Society,Southern California Section, established a Video Library for its members in September of 1993. The library currently includes 79 titles of interest to potters, teachers and hobbyists. Members may request up to two videos at a time, and keep them for a period of two weeks. The only charge is a fee of $2.00 per video to cover the cost of mailing and packaging.

Library Content

A complete listing of video titles is published in the ACS Design Chapter Membership Directory, with updates in our Monthly Newsletter, or you can click here. A representative sample of potters and subjects includes the following:

• Robin Hopper-workshop, series of six videos on surface treatment, glazing, and firing.
  
• Jerry Horning-series of six videos on making pots on the wheel.
  
• Bob Bullock-series of eight videos on basic throwing on the wheel.
  
• Stephen Jepson-four videos on handbuilding, advanced throwing, glazing and firing, and how to throw large pots.
  
• Virginia Cartwright-inlaid colored clay, art of making teapots.
  
• Ethnic Pottery Making-Southwest American Indian, Korean, Thai, Japanese.
  
• Raku-Jim Romberg, Gordon Hutchins.
  
• Sculpture-Arlene Siegel, Dale Lamphere.
  

How to Order

To obtain a video, once you are a member, call our Video Librarian, whose phone number is listed in our Directory. You will also be required to fill out a video library tape request form, a copy of which can be found in our monthly newsletter.