Phil Rogers 'Drawing in the Air' feature ceramics documentary
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- čas přidán 20. 06. 2014
- Filmed on location in Wales, this documentary follows Phil Rogers as he prepares for his 2014 ceramics exhibition at Goldmark Gallery - his first major show in 6 years.
The film shows Rogers at work in and around his studio in Rhayader, Mid-Wales. It shows him throwing cups, bowls and jugs, glazing and decorating and opening his oil and wood-fired kilns.
Rogers discusses his life as a studio potter and the challenges involved. The film also shows a range of his current work.
To view pots by Phil Rogers visit us online www.goldmarkart.com
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RIP Phil Rogers (1951-2020), a huge inspiration of mine as a potter myself. I’m forever thankful for artists like him.
i hope he's not dead
@@FormalFistFight he has passed. Deeply sorrowful for his passing.
What a precious video for Phil's son to watch both now and the years to come. Very emotional but wonderful to watch this moment in time with a great potter and his family
Lovely film. Seemed like a cracking fellow. Finished watching and first thing I see down here is that he passed away a few years ago, at just 69. How sad. Still, his work will be around for a very long time. R.I.P.
Phil was always patient and helpful when I asked him for advice. A great potter who will be sorely missed.
He has left his mark!
beautiful film - beautiful mind - beautiful pots
T H A N K Y O U to Goldmark Gallery for all the inspiring videos which you film and post. You just make the world more beautiful.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
i wished i had followed in your footsteps. what a calm and natural life there in that far, far away place
I came across this film whilst researching wood ash glazes. Truly inspirational to me as a novice/ hobby potter. Thank you Phil for sharing your knowledge
I've just learnt so much just from watching this video and from listening to this artist. From his insight, from his experience, from his opinions and viewpoints. No fancy kneading, no fancy decoration... and wonderful results. Thank you very much indeed for posting it.
These poters are always so humble and wise if you notice
Wow, I’ve been watching a few goldmark videos and Phil single handedly made my memories working for a potter slap me in the face with good times and remember how I felt when working for her. I worked for Lisa Howe in Phoenix Arizona and she made functional ware and I remember begging for a job and worked for free until she decided to pay me. Ha, I had a good time and wish I could go back to those days. Lisa taught me a great lesson when I messed up really bad. I turned the kiln up too quickly and shattered 30 large bowls (24” wide at the brim). I had just been given this responsibility and she was a bit upset but never showed me what I sure she really felt but when I had been working for her a year and this happened she replied “about time you screwed up...I just wish it had been with something else, now that it’s out of the way, you know what not to do next time”. She was gracious and kind, very much like Phil here. Man, the hard work...I was 17 when I worked in the audio and would have a wood board filled with greenware to be put on stacks to dry...I don’t know how I didn’t break anything (minus those 30 blown up in the kiln) but it was tough tough work. Sanding, glazing that requires holding heavy Stoneware in the air with one arm to get the right drips and boards and more boards stacked over my head....and I’m not the potter!!! You have reminded me of Lisa and the great times I had. I believe potters, artists or craftsmen, which ever you all call yourselves I am finding have a similar temperament and/or personality quirks. Thanks for the amazing video Goldmark. And Mr. Rogers, thanks for the trip down memory lane.
😮😮😮😮 lindo testemunho
Thoroughly enjoyed Phil's view on life and pottery making.
Goldmark do a great job creating the video. Thank you all.
Superb wonderful film. no words to express how much joy i feel seeing such wonderful work in such wonderful surroundings with such wonderful people. brings back great memories of visiting goldmark in 2012. hope to return soon.
Wonderfully inspiring! It's on my list to visit Wales; meanwhile, thank you Phil Rogers for all that you've done for the craft. And thank you Goldmark Gallery for these great videos to catch up on during covid isoclaytion!
What a great inspiration to me as a potter. R.I.P. Phil. You will be missed.
How fast that 30 minutes have passed..
Thank you
Many thanks
a life well spent
Enjoyed Phil’s philosophy and frankness, more often not heard.
Rest in peace Phil
All those plans and a new family,
Hope your family have coped
Thanks for your kind words
Absolutely fantastic film.... what a wonderful, deep human being..... this made my day!
Loved the ductile aesthetics of your pottery. God bless you with many more beautiful years to create and also enjoy the love of family
Apparently the guy died last year
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This was an absolutely beautiful film, I am so inspired by Phil's perception of and relationship to pottery. Thank you for this!
Man your voice is so absolutely charming
Brilliant stuff. Thank you Goldmark!
What a fantastic video, absolutely stunning pots, enjoy your well deserved holiday.
I aspire to follow my artistic passions and age into my crafts as peacefully and gracefully as this gentleman has. You can see in this expertly produced documentary how at ease his soul is, and how so much in love he is with what he does.
He has a home on a lot of virgin land away from all the hustle and bustle of towns and cities, and that’s all I want in life....that constant peace and tranquility ❤️ A simple, yet richly fulfilling existence on this floating gem in space ❤️
Many great qualities this man possessed. I hope to become easygoing one day and produce my art away from if all as Phil did. Very sad to just realize his passing.
@@jasoncullmann157 that is heartbreaking. I wish his soul the peace he had in life
Beautifully done film that matches the flow of the pottery. Very soothing and encouraging to a new potter. Thank you.
Wonderful to watch a master craftsman exercise his craft. Great film. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing. Thoroughly enjoyed it!
Just wonderful and inspiring.
Lovely throwing and informative chat!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great upload as usual.
Another awesome Goldmark film... Well Done!
Well done! A charming video that is as zen like as I feel making my pots. I loved it.
A great introduction to such beautiful pottery.
Thank you for sharing your work with us, as well as your thoughts and philosophy, they are wonderful. I learned a lot and thoroughly enjoyed it.
fabulous. great film. great work
Super work Phil.
I really enjoyed that - great filmmaking and great artist - great thoughtful chit chat - cheers, Steve
Thank you for a wonderful video. The pottery is really beautiful.
Beautifully shot & narrated. Always liked Wales ;-)
Wonderful video
I loved this video coz I always feel that I have some connection with the pottery and makes me feel very happy to see....I do clay paintings and love the pottery. ..Thanks for this video.....
A nice video that I relate too very much. You echo many of my own thoughts. I'm also not a fan of university ceramics. I'm self taught, and when studying forms I naturally gravitated toward Leach and Hamada. In studying Hamada, he said he was inspired by Korean pots, so then I looked there and understood why. I find university ceramics is too myopic. I have never been a professional potter - supporting myself from it. I've only done it as a serious hobby. I greatly respect the risks you have taken, I'm not sure I have the fortitude to do that. Unlike others, I find an honest account of the craft to be refreshing and inspiring.
Great video!
Thanks for the interesting talk. Nice place.
Completely agree with your concern about the future of “adventurous functional pottery”.
What a great film, totally beautiful: the pots, the places and the conversation, well done Goldmark and congratulations Phil on your super work👏🏻You are a true potter and the strong ,yet at the same time , quiet pots that you make have a timeless endless beauty! I think I will watch this over and over again, so many little things to dwell on. I also make my living from making pots (I’m an ex student of Jack Doherty and was on his Forest of Dean course back in the 90’s) here in the north of Italy and I can relate and connect to a lot of your reflections on what drives us to want to make a decent pot and how it is that through making pots on a daily basis life somehow makes sense, gains meaning and becomes wholesome🍁
Will you be at the Potfest near Penrith next summer (2019)? All being well I’ll be visiting this year, happy new year and happy potting.
that is an amazing part of wales.
Que hermoso y precioso Lugar... Y me gusta como El señor explica como empieza su dia desde la mañana y que es lo que Hace primero antes de empezar El pottery...
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good documentary
was a great artist
Thank you.
Grande Phil!!!
pretty sweet!
Hownice. !
24:04 - I like that Phil using credit card as a drawing tool...
Beautiful place and work...but not a humble cottage........I aspire to the discipline of a potter and am inspired by this work.
I like to see it))
Hiya Phil are you doing anymore videos of your recent work thankyou
Hello Phil, thank you for your video it has been very helpful , I am currently doing a ceramics degree at Cardiff met, just finished my first year and I think I may need rehab totally obsessed, "clay anonymous" may be needed 😁
my mum and dad live in lanidloes and my niece lives in rhayder, I would love to get some advice from you with regard to glazing and primitive firing, as my home made raku kiln is not getting to temp and I have no idea what I'm doing with firing, confused loI I really struggle with this, I would love to see your work when I'm passing if your about sometime or if not not a problem, thanks again for video, and all the best for the future, oooh my thumbs hurt also so I can sympathise with you.
Charmaine
15:11 "alright DOG let's see what we got in the kiln"
quien haya escrito los subtitulos desconoce el termino POTTERY.
I know what you mean , better made in a factory , I am to date a painter more then anything , but I started doing clay things , I don’t have a kiln , but this summer I making a gas kiln , in the middle of suburbia , I don’t know if it will blow up or melt and fall over or just be a dud , but I hoping it churns out something that’s not from a factory. I want it to feel like it crawled out of some swamp or whatever.
Good luck with that!
It’s a lot of work being an artist … period. It’s not all glamour fun and games lol
Absolutely!
are there no more interns/students??
Was that his wife or daughter with the young baby? Right when he opened the kiln.
Never mind. Got my answer at the end of video.
Pottery without pots in future??
Make another video , show your wife and son making pots .
huh, never thought about using an old credit card for throwing
Conceptual claywork is clay, but not pottery.
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At 12:38 he says Sausage
@@monux4 Very cool ceramics video
I recently went to a throwing demonstration at a festival and watched intently. the style was exactly as phil described from the "urban potters" very bland to my eye pale white or celadon lacking originality and presence . materials are not dug from the ground or made, tooling is bought not given life. "born not made"
Full of information but found Phil to be on the negative side. Not really inspired after watching.
Not sure what you mean....you seem to be alone in this opinion....maybe you would like to say why you thought I was negative?
Phil Rogers You start out saying how good you have it and your constantly reminding me of how hard things are to do. Im not trying to be mean Im just disappointed in your description of your labors. Nothing is hard when doing what you love. I took up pottery at 9 and took classes when ever available. 4 years in high school and 4 at college. But I chose construction as away to make money. Now 28 years later stricken with primary progressive ms Im looking for inspiration to help me find a way to throw pots again. My brain is sensitive to things so maybe I shouldnt be posting anything but you asked so I did.
I am sorry for your situation...that must be hard. BUT, the fact that one loves what one does and is prepared to do all of the things that a potter is required to do does not mean that it isn't hard physical work. To make a living at pottery working the way i do ( and others...I'm not alone in this) is a tremendous effort. Mixing clay, mixing glazes, making the work, loading the very large kiln, unloading, glazing, etc building the kilns, cleaning and maintaining them, cutting and stacking 23 tons of wood which i have just done. Stoking for 36 hours straight. i am not asking for sympathy...I am though at pains to tell people exactly what is entailed as many collectors, even galleries have little idea as to what is involved. I totally disagree with you when you say nothing is hard when doing what you love...Yes...I love it...doesn't mean it isn't hard work and it is important to me that those who admire my work and the work of others like me appreciate the effort that went into it.
I as usual came across in harsh words. Thank you for your time and response. May the kilm gods be good to you.
What a fantastic video, absolutely stunning pots, enjoy your well deserved holiday.
Thanks for sharing. Thoroughly enjoyed it!