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Extrude It! by David Hendley

David Hendley’s DVD video series, Extrude It! Getting the Most From Your Clay Extruder covers all aspects of using the clay extruder. Volume I deals with extrusions used as handles, feet, and additions, Volume II covers two-part dies that produce hollow extrusions, and Volume III demonstrates using extrusions for building components as well as the expansion box for large extrusions. Buy each volume individually, or order the whole set for a special price.
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David Hendley’s DVD video series, Extrude It! Getting the Most From Your Clay Extruder covers all aspects of using the clay extruder. Volume I deals with extrusions used as handles, feet, and additions, Volume II covers two-part dies that produce hollow extrusions, and Volume III demonstrates using extrusions for building components as well as the
expansion box for large extrusions. Buy each volume individually, or order the whole set for a special price.

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Volume I covers extrusions used as additions, such as handles, feet, and rims. The dies are simple but add great details to pottery forms. The projects demonstrated include a coffee mug, a plate, and a bucket with an extruded clay and brass wire handle.

Much more than just an extruding video, every step in the process is documented, from the design of the extruded dies, to shaping the extruded clay, to joining the pieces into a completed whole.

DVD 72 minutes

Volume II of the series covers the exciting area of designing and using two-part dies for hollow forms. With these dies, and the addition of a top and/or bottom, the extrusion becomes the actual body of the pot. Learn the principles of designing dies, and how to twist, turn, and throw the extruded clay to produce dynamic and expressive forms. Projects demonstrated from start to finish include vases, lotion jars, oil candles, tumblers, and small lamps.

Every step in the production is documented, from loading the clay in the extruder to adding the smallest finishing details.

DVD 82 minutes
In Volume III of the series, potter David Hendley uses the clay extruder to make some larger and more challenging forms. Three different dies are used to make the open rectangular dish, with the walls, handles, and feet all made from extruded sections of clay. For the tall “wavy vase,” the expansion box is installed on the extruder, and the clay is shaped as it comes from the extruder. Both beginners and experienced potters are sure to learn some valuable tips and techniques they can use in their own work. Just for fun, as a bonus feature, Volume III includes the music video of “The Cobalt Blues.”

 

DVD 98 minutes

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Creative Use of Hand Extruders

The hand extruder has been a common piece of equipment in college ceramics studios and potter’s workshops for decades, but it is still rare to see this tool used extensively or creatively. Many students and potters never attempt anything more challenging than the ubiquitous extruded mug handle. Others are “turned off” of extruders because they
have seen one too many of those extruded handles that were created solely because an extruder can make a lot of handles quickly.

A major stifling influence for creative extruder use is the ready availability of pre-made extruder dies. Every company that offers an extruder for sale also offers all sorts of “one-size-fits-all” dies. This is unfortunate because a lot of the creative input when using an
extruder is in designing the dies. It’s also a shame because most hand extruder dies are quick and easy to make with just a few hand tools. In fact, the extruder itself is an extremely simple piece of equipment; it consists of a tube with a die at one end and a plunger at the other end, and any handy person could make their own. Designing a die
requires thinking “from a different perspective”, because it is the negative space of the die that is important. Also, a two dimensional (for practical purposes) die must be designed to produce a three dimensional piece. This shift in thinking becomes natural with some
experience in designing and making dies.

When I use the extruder, in most cases I do not want the finished product to “look” extruded. Clay right out of the extruder has a hard-edged, tooled look, and a twist, or turn, or distortion can soften that extruded look and make it more expressive. A sign of success, for me, is when another potter sees something I’ve made using the extruder and can’t figure out how it was made. Producing pots by extrusion is one of those things that sounds like it will enable one to make dozens of items in a short time. Of course, compared to a skilled potter at the potter’s wheel, just the opposite is true. Because of all the
measuring, cutting, and joining, an extruded pot requires more time to
make than a similar thrown pot.

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A Review by Sumi von Dassow

Extrude It!, a three-volume DVD set featuring potter David Hendley, is about four hours long and, while not comprehensive, will give any potter some new ideas for how to make and incorporate extruded parts into their work. Though some sections in the series are somewhat slow paced, Hendley is personable, competent, folksy and pleasant to watch and listen to. He is a genuine production potter who makes many of his own tools and has streamlined his methods to make the most of his materials and his time. In fact, you’re likely to learn tips entirely unrelated to the extruder from him.

The DVDs are aimed at a broad audience. Hendley demonstrates using a custom-made extruder with dies he designed and made himself, but his projects are also adaptable to commercially made extruders and die sets. Throughout the video, you’ll learn that designing and making your own original dies is indeed an important part of being creative with an extruder; however, the series does not cover how to make dies in a step-by-step process.

The projects, especially in Volume I, are basic, yet not necessarily aimed at a beginning potter. For example, Hendley demonstrates adding extruded feet and an extruded handle to a wheel-thrown mug and adding an extruded foot ring to a wheel-thrown plate. This last technique is genuinely useful for more advanced potters.
Volume II introduces the use of two-part dies and if you were going to buy one of the three DVDs in the series, this would be the best choice. Most companies offer two-part dies for hollow forms along with their extruders, and if you haven’t worked much with hollow extrusions, this will give you some ideas for inventive uses. Hendley’s examples include throwing a tumbler, using a round extrusion and various ways of using twisted and altered extrusions.

Volume III, aimed at a more advance audience, includes projects that require customized dies and an expansion box (an adapter that enables a smaller diameter extruder to produce larger diameter extrusions). If you’re looking to expand your extruder horizons, it’s worth checking out.

So, do you need this DVD set? If you have experience working with clay, and you’re thinking of buying an extruder, or are working in a studio with one you’ve never used much, then you’ll benefit from it. Teachers will definitely get something out of each video that can be passed along to their students, and might want to show his demonstrations in class to introduce a new project. After all, for a teacher the advantage of using a DVD is you get to have an expert demonstrate the next project, so you don’t have to master it before introducing it to your class.

A final note, the bonus CD of music recorded by Hendley and friends is not bad at all and makes a pleasant sound track when Hendley is working and not talking.

“David Hendley’s three-DVD set, Extrude It, is a complete course of instruction in extruding. Dave takes us through some relatively simple uses of the extruder through some very sophisticated forms. His instruction is always clear. The videos are of fine quality, especially some very effective close ups of Dave as he works. And you are introduced to Dave’s world of clay work in Maydelle, Texas. You should have a great time and learn a lot from these videos. I recommend this DVD set most highly.” - Charles Moore (Paragon Kilns)

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