Research Guides: Studio Art: Ceramics: Ceramics

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Streaming films about ceramics/pottery:

Revoluations of the Wheel
Five films tracing the evolution of American ceramics from 19th Century American potters with their industrial origins to contemporary American clay artists whose work now ranks as fine art.
The Space of Pottery: Ceramics of Paul Mathieu
This beautifully filmed program by Richard L. Harrison explores the work, creative process, and philosophical perspective of award-winning ceramist Paul Mathieu, whose multilayered works in porcelain defy conventional boundaries of craft, sculpture, and representation.