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The Potters' Round Table — 95 episodes

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1

Firing the Soda Kiln at Washington Street Studios

2

Pottery Shorts: Why Does Plaster Set?

3

Pottery Shorts: What is a PSD

4

Pottery Shorts: Three Tips for Using a Triple Beam Balance

5

Pottery Shorts: Preparation for Glazing

6

Pottery Shorts: Buying a Used Kiln

7

Functional Teapot Design

8

Pottery Shorts: Glazes and Disappearing Colors

9

Pottery Shorts: Annoying Glaze Materials

10

Pottery Shorts: Controlled Drying

11

Firing Schedules

12

Pottery Shorts: What is a Eutectic?

13

Pottery Shorts: What happens to clay in a firing?

14

Pottery Shorts: How does a glaze strengthen a pot? Or does it?

15

Tips for Making Professional Looking Pottery

16

Pottery Shorts: Tiny Details in a Glaze

17

Pottery Shorts: How does an Oxiprobe Work?

18

Making Test Blends for Glazes and Clay Bodies

19

Pottery Shorts: How does a thermocouple work?

20

Pottery Shorts: Making Use of Specific Gravity

21

Pottery Shorts: Making Shrinkage Test Bars

22

Ash Glazes

23

Pottery Shorts: Adjusting a Kiln Sitter

24

Pottery Shorts: Using Cones in a Kiln Sitter

25

Pottery Shorts: Making Cone Packs

26

Improving Visibility of Cones in an Electric Kiln Firing

27

Reduction Firing in a Gas Kiln

28

Construction of a Gas Fired Soda Kiln Part 3

29

Construction of a Gas Fired Soda Kiln Part 2

30

Construction of a Gas-Fired Soda Kiln Part 1

31

What Glaze Recipes Can Tell You

32

An Introduction to Glaze Testing Part 2

33

Tips for Buying Used Pottery Equipment

34

Critiquing Your Own Pottery Part 2

35

Critiquing Your Own Pottery Part 1

36

An Introduction to Glaze Testing Part 1

37

Personal Safety in the Pottery Studio

38

Pottery Figurin' (Math for Potters) Part 2

39

Pottery Figurin' (Math for Potters) Part 1

40

Pottery and Physics

41

Thixotropy, Quartz Inversions and Other Pottery Mysteries Part 3

42

Thixotropy, Quartz Inversions and Other Pottery Mysteries Part 2

43

Operating a Small Gas Kiln

44

Thixotropy, Quartz Inversions and Other Pottery Mysteries Part 1

45

Pottery Myths, Errors and Misconceptions Part 3

46

Pottery Myths, Errors and Misconceptions Part 2

47

Pottery Myths, Errors and Misconceptions Part 1

48

Glaze Defects

49

Defects in Fired Clay

50

Kiln Performance Problems

51

Gas Fired Raku Kilns

52

Electric Kilns Part 4

53

Electric Kilns Part 3

54

Electric Kilns Part 2

55

Electric Kilns Part 1

56

Gas Fired Kilns Part 3 of 3

57

Gas Fired Kilns Part 2 of 3

58

Gas Fired Kilns Part 1 of 3

59

Wood Fired Kilns Part 2 of 2

60

Wood Fired Kilns Part 1

61

Atmospheric Firing

62

Use of Local Materials: Treasures in your Backyard Part 2 of 2

63

Use of Local Materials: Treasures in your Backyard Part 1 of 2

64

Geology for Potters Part 2 of 2

65

Geology for Potters Part 1 of 2

66

Oxides, Washes, Underglazes and Stains

67

Glaze Chemistry Part 2 of 2

68

Glaze Chemistry Part 1 of 2

69

Chemistry for Potters

70

Glaze Firing

71

Pyrometric Cones

72

Tips for Successful Glazing Part 3 of 3

73

Tips for Successful Glazing Part 2 of 3

74

Tips for Successful Glazing Part 1 of 3

75

Bisque Firing

76

Clay Properties and Drying

77

What is Clay?

78

Tips and Suggestions When Buying Used Pottery Equipment

79

Build Your Own Gas Fired Raku Kiln

80

An introduction to Glaze Chemistry - Part 2

81

An introduction to Glaze Chemistry - Part 1

82

Pottery and Physics

83

Pottery Figurin': Simple Math Rules and Calculations that You Can Actually Use

84

Challenges in Firing Ceramics: Solving Problems with Pottery Defects and Kiln Performance

85

Pottery Kilns Design Construction and Operation - Electric Kilns

86

Pottery Kilns Design Construction and Operation - Gas Fired Kilns

87

Pottery Kiln Design, Construction and Operation - Wood Fired Kilns

88

Critiquing Your Own Pottery: Design Principles You Can Use

89

An introduction to Glaze Chemistry

90

Thixotrophy, Quartz Inversions and other Pottery Mysteries

91

Tips for Successful Glazing

92

Pots, Rocks and Minerals - Geology for Potters

93

An Interview with Phil Berneburg, the host of the Potters' Round Table

94

Treasures in Your Backyard: Use of Local Materials for Pottery

95

The Potters' Round Table (Trailer)