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Winchcombe Pottery Techniques

This Winchcombe Pottery DVD takes you through all of the techniques used by Mike and

Ray Finch of the famous Winchcombe pottery setup by Michael Cardew. 
Kneading, Folding, Pugmills, Centering, Secondary Centering, Throwing Off The Lump,
Egg cups, Bowls, Cyclinders, Wedging, Corrections, Gallery cutting and much more.

Introduction to Leather Working

In this hands-on video, master leathercrafter Al Manning takes you step-by-step through the creation of a hand crafted leather project, demonstrating the use of the basic tools for leather carving and stamping, dyeing and finishing a project. Running more than two and a half hours, Al's detailed instruction walks through every aspect of the process, teaching skills and methods that provide a solid foundation for nearly any hand-tooled leather project. The DVD is designed so that you can watch it all the way through or pick each chapter to watch as you choose.

The Complete Metalsmith

This highly rated instructional video contains chapters on joining, forming, and surface techniques. After demonstrating many techniques in isolation, McCreight goes on to show the assembly of the specific pieces of jewelry to demonstrate the ways individual techniques are used in combination to create a finished work. Tim's ability to organize information, combined with his relaxed teaching style provides a wealth of information in an easy to follow format. Educators have praised this video as "... a riveting and visually superior course in basic jewelrymaking."

The Complete Jewelry Making Course: Principles, Practice and Techniques

Jewelry Making with Nena Featuring Nena Galloway Potts, nationally renowned Metal Smith and Jewelry Designer as your host and instructor, On this DVD, Nena demonstrates the basic skills necessary for making fine jewelry pieces. This is a basic course in working with precious metals to make real jewelry. There is no beadwork stringing here! Nena takes you through the steps of basic design, cutting, filing, shaping, polishing, coloring soldering, assembly and finishing techniques using metals, stones, fossils and other media to construct beautiful artwork in the form of jewelry.

 

Beginning Stained Glass

Master craftsman and teacher, David Gomm teaches all of the steps to building a stained

glass work of art. Unlike other videos on the subject, this DVD takes you through each

of the steps without skipping around. You get a complete overview of the art of stained

glass, with in depth instruction on each of the steps.

Learn & Master Painting - Homeschool Edition: Book/3-CD/20-DVD Pack

Learn & Master Painting is the best home instruction course available to learn to paint with oils and acrylics. Learn & Master Painting consists of 20 professionally produced DVDs, 3 music CDs (to listen to while you paint), a thorough lesson book with supplemental information, and access to a free online student support site. It is the only instructional package you'll ever need on your journey toward painting mastery and to seeing the world through the eyes of an artist.

Print, Design, Compose: From Surface Design to Fabric Art with Lynn Krawczyk

Learn how to create gorgeous hand-printed fabrics...and learn how to successfully showcase these fabrics in your finished artwork. Surface design artist Lynn Krawczyk provides thorough demos of her favorite surface design methods, including soy wax batik, and the use of freezer-paper stencils. Viewers will learn how to successfully accomplish background printing on fabric using all of these techniques, as well as how to add focal images to hand-printed fabrics. Next, Lynn guides viewers through the process of incorporating hand-printed fabrics into a unique abstract composition.

Fine Woodworking Magazine 1975 to 2010 Archive DVD-ROM

NOTE: This is a DVD-ROM meant for viewing on a home computer, not a video.

Fine Woodworking 1975 - 2010 - All 35 Years - 215 Issues In All - Includes Every Issue of 2010 - On ONE DVD-ROM Disc. Now, 35 years of expert advice on one easy-to-search disc. Everything You Rely On Fine Woodworking For - At Your Fingertips. With this powerful resource, you can enjoy hundreds of articles on design ideas, techniques, and projects and practically every tool review, materials comparison, department, and ad - all digitally reproduced in their entirety (99.9% of magazine content is included with only minimal exceptions).

Tony Sweet's Visual Literacy: Photography Workshop

The workshop is geared towards the intermediate to advanced amateur photographer.
Renowned fine-art outdoor/nature photographer, workshop instructor, and seminar speaker, Tony Sweet takes viewers on a personal workshop experience through the Great Smokey Mountains National Park and into his studio to teach his digital image workflows and describe the real working environment of a successful professional photographer. The two-disc set runs more than 4.5 hours. Filled with practical shooting advice, tips, and all the secrets of a seasoned professional.

Homestead Blessings: The Art of Candle and Soap Making

I received the complete collection for a gift and what a delight these dvds are! I have spent many

a night pouring over soapmaking books because this is a skill I have long wanted to learn. I have been unable to find anyone in my area to teach me and this dvd filled the gap. I am a very visual person and I learn much quicker if I can watch someone do it instead of just reading about it.

They go over both lye and hand-milled (melt and pour) soap making. I definitely feel like I learned from the dvd and would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn to make soap at home.

 

 

Art in The Classroom Series: Making Sculptures

A sculptor shares the planning process and demonstrates carving, molding, construction and assembly techniques.