Clive Bowen 'Born, not made' - film about British slipware potter 

I grew up just down the road from Clive's pottery and would visit quite often. One of my favourite possessions is a bowl he made as a gift for me to commemorate the birth of my son. An amazing man 😎

The fact that he gets his own clay is so cool

I love your work and every Potter that does something similar. It’s refreshing.

Sign, don't sign-- a very insignificant point when surrounded by this great man's work. Clive is one of the most humble and kind men I have ever met. Truly a spiritual inspiration.

not a wasted moment within this clip the highest form of art

"Born not made" is something close to my heart. I can only sit and watch this video in total "awe"

No mark, no ego... love that

In a world full of egomaniacal people Clive's thoughts and feelings on "unsigned" pots is the making of a true craftsman. Refreshing to see this attitude still present. His work will live long after he is gone. God Bless!

Very inspirational. I loved him "listening" to his pots. What a great idea.

watching this is pure therapy, thank you

The earth shaking wonder of this buried at the end shall never ever be forgotten

Nice. He's so great and so humble. Loved the flowers and the cobwebs and the little creatures too.

FANTASTIC!

I have seen this video a great number of times and has always enjoyed it. As a proffecional potter I find great inspiration in it. Thank you very much. BR Rødeled Pottery

Really enjoyed this video, very inspirational.

Beautiful film. Beautiful pots.

i love these films...thanks so much

What a great potter and video.

maaaan, he made it such a beautiful story

My English is not very good. your work is really very very beautiful! Nicole in France

Love this video

I love his works! one of a kind! I am so inspired to be one

A great thought. When you reach your seventies you look back and say I was so young!

... wowser! What a superb film ... great insight and amazing potter ... thanks

What a magnificent video. Full of abundance, joy and freedom. So inspirational. 🙏. I hope that one day I can forget what I am doing and create such beautiful, spontaneous and heartfelt work.

Oh wow he even collects wild clay amazing

Amazing & Beautiful

marvelous

A very well done video!! I wished it was longer!!! 9:57 … OMG! I haven’t made pots in over two decades and to see all those makes me teary-eyed!!!! The shapes, the forms!! ❤️❤️❤️ 14:15 .. my favorite forms to make also were pitchers and jars. The most exciting part was pulling the handles on the pitchers (I studied intently how Mick Casson did his! I think he did the best!) … Even though I haven’t potted in years the sensibility has followed me. I’ve been the artifact illustrator for an archaeological excavation for the past 11 years in Israel and the most voluminous material coming out of the site is, of course, pottery. I’ve drawn so many profiles of rims, handles and sides to last me a lifetime!! The most memorable times being finding the fingerprint of the potter who made the piece some 2,000 years ago!

Really appreciate this video. You are a great artist, living in a wonderful place where you get plastic colored clay to work. Sounds like paradise!

Fantastick!

Belíssimo trabalho👏👏👏👏 Excelente vídeo clip.😃😃

Master Clive!

Now in Spain, I miss England so much, and the English appreciation, approach and attitude towards ceramics

Beautiful!

Очень хороший фильм , какая красивая керамика, мне очень понравилось.

Not to sign "your" work, sounds like a great idea. Thank you!

Can someone explain how these his pieces are glazed? Does he apply a glaze on top of the slip? Are Clive's pieces glazed on the inside?

I always get disappointed by these films when we don't get to see all the pots coming out of the kiln!

dude turns into James Earl Jones at 15:03

Ive got one of his old pots I did have too but the small jug broke in the mini bus wasn't wrapped right students lol not funny though lovely little jug green glaze with thumb print he said the clay out the back feild where we visited was a bit temperamental and he was trying different mixes his kids were just baby then lovely farm amazing pots we were lucky good college a technician gave me one of his seconds both had different decoration he showed us how to throw the top and bottom then join them he gave me a good mark for my pots at my exhibition nice bloke wonder if he'd like his pot back though think the college kept the big straw pattern one mines a big slip wear cider jar had it 30 years now mint nick big dip in the bend though it's a second but I love it he smashes pots like that though wonder if the college still has the other one that came out perfect honey glazes mines a bird I'd chopped all the wood for the firings with the axe he sharpened over 20 times for me I owe him the lecturers bought us a crate of beer at the last firing still got my shino jugs got loads of stuff nick Collins Jayne hsml8n too from student days even went to visit Takashi Yasuda I think his name was amazing green white burgundy glazes heard his new stuffs far out

I don't buy unsigned pots if they are expensive and are more 'decorative art' than for actual use..

Pleas does anyone know a channel like this but for painting?

He’s “OK”

I find it frustrating as a potter to see these videos, in which, the work is undoubtedly stunning, but the ethnic is all pots need to be woodfired for 3 to 7 days or it just dosn't qualify. If i can get similar results in 6 to 12 hours using various feul combos such as wood diesel gas n oil plus ash or salt, then who cares, break rules, break tradition , with respect and evolve.

If Albert Irvin made pots they would look like that one @6.41

"I don't sign my pots"... places a huge lower case b on the side of the pot.

Signing increases the value of the potery - so why not sign it?

14:47 I feel that Clive completely missed Yanagi's point about unsigned work in The Unknown Craftsman -- leaving 'artist-craft' work unsigned as to have it blend in with the greats of 'folk-craft' is a gross misinterpretation.

"Bought this farm in my early 20's with a small family" bruuhhh...what?!?

terra sigillata..bolgarian

troppe chiacchiere. pochi minuti e son già saturo.

Plastic not Art

What a great potter and video.