Pit Firing & Burnishing (DVD)

Format: DVD
Run Time: 60 minutes
Studio: Barry Productions
Language: English
Dimensions: 7.5" x 5.3" x 0.6"
Shipping Weight: 0.23 lbs.

In this 60-minute DVD Sumi von Dassow shares with you everything she has learned over many years of trial and error with this exciting but often frustrating firing method. Pit Firing is an exciting firing process with roots in the earliest forms of pottery making. Burnishing is the technique of polishing clay without the use of glaze. Ancient potters used these techniques to produce their wares before glazes and kilns were developed; modern potters use pit firing and burnishing to create works of great beauty. In this video, Sumi von Dassow shares the methods of pit firing and burnishing that she has developed over the course of thirty years. You will learn how to prepare pots for firing, what materials and chemicals to use in the firing, and how to load and fire a pit.

• How to make and use terra sigillata
• How to burnish with a stone
• How to prepare your pots for firing
• What to use for fuel
• What chemicals will create color in pit firing
• Watch the process of loading and firing
• Find out what effect the different chemicals and materials had on the finished work