“Winchcombe Pottery Techniques”

Winchcombe Pottery Techniques. Pottery throwing skills at the wheel taught by Late British Potter Sir Ray Finch and son, Mike Finch. This Winchcombe Pottery DVD takes you inside the doors of Winchcombe pottery to reveal techniques used by Mike and Sir Ray Finch ( Awarded MBE by HRH Queen of England ) This famous pottery was first set up by Michael Cardew and sold to Sir Ray Finch in 1939. The DVD covers: Kneading, Folding, Pugmills, Centering, Secondary Centering, Throwing Off The Lump, Egg cups, Bowls, Cyclinders, Wedging, Corrections, Gallery cutting and much more. Winchcombe Pottery was established in 1926, on the site of a pottery dating back to the early 1800’s making Winchcombe Pottery one of the longest running craft potteries in the England. In 1939 Ray Finch took over Winchcombe Pottery from Michael Cardew. This DVD has been used in pottery classes, studios and homes around the world.