Rick Hintze with Charles Cottle — This is the second in a series of videos in which Rick Hintze, an accomplished potter from Whitewater, Wisconsin, demonstrates the complete process of making a jar from clay to finished product. In the previous installment, Rick demonstrated the “throwing” of the jar on a wheel. He also made a top for the jar. In the present video, he … Continue reading From Clay to Jar – Part II: Preparing the Top
Rick Hintze — This is the second post relating to a trip to Beijing that Sue, my wife, and I took in fall, 2015. Sue, an artist who makes artist books, was invited to display some of her work in the Diamond Leaves Triennial at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. In the first post, Beijing 2015: Part 1, I included images … Continue reading Rick’s Travel to China – Beijing 2015: Part 2
Rick Hintze — This trip was a quick one. My wife Sue was invited to participate in the Diamond Leaves Triennial, a prestigious show of artist books at the new museum of CAFA, the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and we decided to make the journey to deliver the work and attend the opening – left on Monday and returned on the following Sunday. Our week was spent … Continue reading Beijing 2015: Part 1
Rick Hintze — My friend, Charlie Cottle, one of the Wise Guys founders, made this video a couple of years ago of me demonstrating the steps in making a small covered jar on the potter’s wheel. The jar itself is straightforward, with relatively straight sides and a slightly domed lid, a shape I have made many times and to which I have applied a few … Continue reading Making a Covered Jar
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