Lisa Hammond: 'A Sense of Adventure' feature film about British potter
This documentary follows top UK studio potter Lisa Hammond as she prepared for her 2012 Goldmark exhibition. Delving into her artistic practice, it provides an insight in to the various stages that go into making her distinctive pieces. We see Lisa at her wheel throwing chawans (teabowls) and a large tsubo jar; firing and unpacking her kiln; and talking about her influences over the years, in particular her love of the Japanese pot making tradition. Also captured on camera is her technique of spraying the soda solution direct into the firebox over a period of three hours, creating the characteristically rich and varied surfaces of her pots.
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Biography - After completing a 1 year foundation course and a 3 year diploma in ceramics at Medway College of Art, Lisa Hammond set up her first pottery in 1980. Aged only 23 she spent the next 5 years establishing Greenwich Pottery Workshop in London. In 1982 as a teacher at Goldsmith's College Hammond was able to introduce soda glaze into her work, its pitted texture still a feature of her pots today.
As well as exhibiting all over the UK, Hammond has had several very successful shows in Japan. She spent 9 months in Sydney, Australia and has held teaching posts at Goldsmith's College and Camberwell College of Art. She has been elected member of the Craft Potter's Association and had her work shown in the National Gallery, London and The Tate, Liverpool.
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My every day mug at work is one of Lisa's that was given to me as a gift ... so I smiled when she talked about having that favourite mug :) Funny how so many potters' rejects or disappointments - such as her teapot .. are still such gorgeous pieces of work!
I worked for a potter named Lisa, it was one of the best jobs I ever had. Lisa Howe Stoneware, I messed up awfully bad and surprised I wasn’t fired...lol....I fired greenware in the kiln that heated too quickly and about 30 very large bowls about 20”-24” inches wide. I felt so bad and offered to work extra to make up for the loss. I forgot to turn the kiln up before I left for the day and went back late that night and turned it up to high (not by much but still)...every one of the bowls blew up...well shattered but rendered a complete waste. Lisa responded in a way that I will always remember and hope to pass on someday and that she was upset but shit happens and she was wondering when I was going to make a mistake. I had worked for a year and didn’t break one thing or miss sanding a spot. Thanks for the video. My memories are reliving some good...nay, great times.
She is a potter’s potter. Love her work and how much she loves clay. Her pots sing!
@Goldmarkart
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Her words pop out loud and clear and she makes her point across beautifully
the endless pursuit for those few special pots in a lifetime is such a beautiful thing in pottery. wonderfully put, lisa.
Amazing workshop and kilns!! Beautiful artwork and brilliant potters!
I love her works! Beautiful!
I learned so much and understand so much of what was shared. Thank you! I look forward to watching again. Beautiful.
I've watched this over and over and learn something new each time.
@Goldmarkart
2 жыл бұрын
That's great!
The moment an artist finds their voice, is the day they know where they're going.... I remember.
@knightclan4
3 ай бұрын
Funny you should say that I'm finding mine finally
@PamelaRoss-qh6jh
3 ай бұрын
@@knightclan4 Now, everything you create you will inherently know is yours--and then everyone else! You'll apply the fundamentals of design, composition, color etc. of course, but it'll all be in your voice. It's an exciting time--- and a bit hard to explain.... But it sounds like you're there. So, congrats---now the fun really begins. Pam
@knightclan4
3 ай бұрын
@@PamelaRoss-qh6jh Thanks Pam
Beautiful works .
Love you in East Enders, Lisa! You're acting is so good, I never would have believed you could walk without your chair!!
lisa you are a true artist who works from the heart ,,,,,hats off to you
Thank you Lisa! Great video, and great work!
Really enjoyed the film, loved her gentle spirit & yearning for continuos learning, allowing the clay to do it’s own thing & letting go
@Goldmarkart
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, well said!
Very good I enjoyed watching, thank you Lisa.
I really like this. Striving to make a 'spirited pot' is what it's all about, when everything comes together
Great video. Thank you.
a delightful video
Enjoyed watching this...thank you
LOVE this video... it reminds me of why I love being a potter. Your work reminds me of my own- I became "addicted" be seeing a Japanese teapot. during my first pottery class. Thank you for sharing.
Your commentary is so engaging. Love watching.
Great documentary! Really felt the vibe or mood of the potter. Great work, great privilege to be so close to her through the film. God bless all who were responsible. Thanks.
Congratulations for achieving such beauty. -France
I enjoy these so much
Really enjoyed this video! I feel inspired! Thank you!!
You are the best for me, I start very late with ceramic forms, but I know it is fantastic, even if I make so many mistakes
Fantastic video, fantastic artisan!!! Respect from the bottom of my "dirty" soul!
love her work
Falling in love with all things pottery ❤️
Fantastic video.
Very very nice Vases Lisa !
Such a great mentor!
@Goldmarkart
3 ай бұрын
One of the best
so inspiring lisa!! your an awesome lady with a skill thats as awesome! thanks for this video..... :)
Watching this video inspired me to start a water color painting.
Thank you for sharing you philosophy.
She’s amazing ☺️
Lisa you are AMAZING , what a talent !!!! for me is very sad to see your pottery , I love each one and I want ALL , I love your work , love from URUGUAY
Inspiring! Thank you.
@Goldmarkart
Жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
Looking forward to seeing you at the North Carolina Potters Conference in a couple of weeks!
Lisa, You are an amazing potter - this fact is justifying any price you will mark !
@muyippothepallythaya3957
7 жыл бұрын
good.... Supar clewark ... Apsutily Briyayan I am whery intarasting wark kelle
Thanks excellent.
This brought back memories of firing a wood burning kiln in Japan. Each kiln has a personality and I developed a fun relationship with the one I worked at. However, it was in rural China that I learned to work with clay at a small family facility.
The "feet" is called wadding. It is just clay with alot of refractory material. It is used in wood firing because in a wood kiln the accumulation of wood ash actually forms a glaze. Without the wadding the work would be glazed to the kiln shelf. If you've never been a part of a wood kiln firing do whatever you can to do it. It is a remarkable way to fire with incredibly varied results. Alot of fun!
This is fantastic! Thank you Lisa for sharing.
Gorgeous work. Would love to visit your fantastic studio in Devon. Fab.
Hi Lisa...Your works are very beautiful...has inspired me, I hope someday you can visit
Impressive. Unique. Awesome.
it really nice creation I like it so much
20:06 - I think shes wrong - I love it, the big swoop of rust color, its very nice. There are not mistakes, only ones that don't come out as expected. You still might find someone that loves it.
@ArijanaLukic
6 жыл бұрын
I agree! As an artist I have seen people love a piece I made and it was my least favourite :D
@Gamer_Ayame
6 жыл бұрын
I adored that pot!! it was beautiful
@erins.5420
6 жыл бұрын
Art is subjective and the artist is always right....well right when it comes to their own art and their execution...it’s not beautiful in her attempt to make something specific. However as a pot it was beautiful. But it’s not just a pot for her.
A beautiful mind,,,beautiful products
Bravo... Dom.
incredibly beautiful, wholesome ware. I am just finding my feet in soda firing..... Hope to visit her some day, and if possible attend a workshop by her, or participate in one of her firings!
Wonderfully appropriate that the thumbnail for this video calls to mind Vermeer's Milkmaid.
@Goldmarkart
8 ай бұрын
Thank you.
she is great, peaceful, --her pots and strong and simple-- great film too- good mood
very nice.
To become a potter, you must fire the clay. So many hesitate on the real challenges of glazing. To me glazing is a very emotional step into the Art and becoming "The Potter".
🥀 I'm just finding your video. I think you'd have made a great teacher for myself ! I'm such a perfectionist & you'd have given me a sense of freedom to err & some balance I'm sure I needed. lol I'm not a potter, but as a child I always wanted to be, finding pottery making very interesting. I want yo be an all-rounder ! 🙂 Thanks for the interesting video ! 🌹🙋🏻♀️
ADOREI TUDO LINDO!!! SEU ATELIER, SUAS OBRAS BELÍSSIMAS ADORARIA CONHECER TUDO ISSO, PARABÉNS!
I am 73 when I was a teenager my grandmother was using a crackle glaze on her ceramic. it is cool.
marvelous
muito bom,parabéns.
desde Argentina ,le envio mi admiracion ......hay posibilidad que sus comentarios y explicaciones se traduscan al español .gracias y buena vida .
I love that tea pot its not bad its beautiful
Muy muy bello. Yo quiero hacer como tù. Muchas gracias
I just discovered you. Have you done any woodash glazing..I am doing this on my current pottery and pleased with results; oddly enough am using porcelain body. I am impressed with your setup in Cornwall: Stay lucky. Peter (Hall Pottery, New Zealand) =
felicidades muy original
@jmdza
6 жыл бұрын
fuck off
Eine tolleFrau. Sie versteht ihr Handwerk. Danke es ist schoen zu sehen.
I eat my cereal out of an old "Country Crock" margarine bowl. Granny loved butter, so we had tons of brown plastic bowls lying around. I've been using the same one for over two years.
bravissima insegnante
I liked her "I don't have a lot of my pots in my house. I have several nice seconds, you have to sell the good ones." I know that only too well. I actually look forward to the seconds... Oh dear, the glaze is a bit thinner than I'd like right there: Second. Oh, a blister on the lip. I'll grind that down and put it in my cupboard for tea...oh dearie me Second, again... ;)
14:07 So nice
Ciao Lisa spero un giorno di poter vedere le tue opere da vicino!
You are fantastic like your beautiful pottery!
Ich habe eine Frage. Auf welcher Höhe hast du die Drehscheibe stehen?
Here's to many more Happy Accidents!
What kind of wheel does she have?
Pretty sure that is just regular clay being placed at the foot of the bisque ware so that it does not stick to the shelving.
fan tastic
At 6:20, I'm not understanding the "feet" that are being put on before firing. I've never done it like this. Would someone explain what the material is and how it is used? I'm a fairly experienced potter, but am apparently ignorant on this method.
@rw8836
6 жыл бұрын
it's wadding, usually a mix of alumina hydrate and fireclay. the soda fluxes the clay in the pots and without the wadding the pots would stick to the shelf.
Very nice and beautiful Thank you Art khaldoun B.H Syria
yowzerrrrrr
👍👍👍👏
What a beast
Johnny Vegas is supposed to be an award winning potter, or at least that was what was said on QI.
@beekinder6953
6 жыл бұрын
Tis true
i like i do this work please learn me i work this itam
想聽您介紹“台中大甲鎮瀾宮媽祖鑾轎起駕鬥毆事件”謝謝🙏🏻
@Goldmarkart
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@user-wn2lw3mu5e
2 жыл бұрын
@@Goldmarkart Thanks for your artwork ! So Lovely 🥰
@Goldmarkart
2 жыл бұрын
@@user-wn2lw3mu5e Our pleasure
A Comment about Pottery Firing, to Lisa Hammond: 'A Sense of Adventure' feature film about British potter, kzread.info/dash/bejne/fId4yrRuj8LRgrA.html from SabooTaboo aka KyleCPM a world #AspiringScientificVegan 2017 Feb 16th am 041 You like different firing? How about fireless? Solar heat. Paint the kiln black. Put Mirors around it. Be sure to have curtains you can draw on all the mirrors so You can approach the kiln. Would it hold enough heat over night? Could still save hours of energy or fuel. Considered burning water? Water torches can be Extremley Hot, And the Chemistry is interesting. Your materials can become refined within the flame(extra hydrogen), or made to refractory (extra oxygen). Never run out of fuel again, Never pollute the planet again. Do it on a dime. If you mix your pottery glass glaze with extra metal (shavings or powder or refine it out), it will create a chemicaly resistant glass Electrode (Specifically an anode is what you'll have. but it would work for either electrode). From there making a water torch should be easy. Best Choice Happenings. All you Need are Morals, Chemistry, & Physics.
Why would you throw something on a wheel and then prefer the vessel if it's wobbily?
@GreatBowlsAfire
7 жыл бұрын
why not? :)
@MsNotfooled
6 жыл бұрын
Oh god where to begin?
@erins.5420
6 жыл бұрын
It’s all subjective my dear. When you understand that you will accept those around you and not give a damn either way.
where Harry?
you know...
nice work but i find beautiful pots that also have practicality without an outrageous price tag are more interesting to me as a collector
@Cate7451
5 жыл бұрын
Cosmic Lino j
سلام خیلی زیبا شما در کجا هستید من هم یک سفالگر هستم
6sep22is a tuesday! 7 wed sep22
i find it way more interesting to women creating art. they are not that sexual harassing while doing a video. they have more soul. women are the best.! and her subtility is astonishing, which may many keep dreaming of.! sincerely the best.! upvoted. HQEA
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..... there is a very fine line between simplicity and banality.
@joseacnetto
9 жыл бұрын
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@Aleph-Noll
8 жыл бұрын
+José Netto banality means unoriginal
Sie kann nicht drehen und die Glasuren sind auch nichts besonderes.dafür kann sie gut reden.
@Reymundodonsayo
4 жыл бұрын
Golakulus Rothschild du hast recht!
@Reymundodonsayo
4 жыл бұрын
Golakulus Rothschild the best comment!
@Reymundodonsayo
4 жыл бұрын
Golakulus Rothschild to be expected from the Illuminati:)
She a ginger