Oh ! for the love of Craft !!! an interesting video project with potter Colm De Ris

This video is the perfect example of something born out of a proper team work and exchange of ideas between myself and Colm De Ris, who was very much involved in the making of it, not only by lending his voice and his image for the footage.
We shot it over 3 3-hour sessions along with a quick interview that ended up putting the whole story telling aspect of the video together. There's something really lovely in Colm's pace that matches the pace of the video, because that's the same rhythm as clay turning and all over movements going on in his workshop.
I had previously shot lifestyle short videos for Nicholas Mosse website. I thought it's a lovely idea to put the product in context and its best use. Im delighted I now got to shoot the craftmanship behind these beautiful items.

My initial idea was really based on the craftmaking process, there was going to be a lot of close ups and a lot of angles allowing to show the know-how and the evolution of the clay into a piece of art. While I haven't shown all different stages, because they were just too mechanical or not visually interesting, the whole transformation is there within 3 minutes, which I think is fascinating.

The video was shot with a Canon 5d MkII and several lenses : 16-35mm L 2.8, 70-200mm L 4, 24-70mm L 2.8. I used Final cut Pro 7 for the editing, and Audition for the audio enhancement, which is a phenomenal tool I got to learn for the purpose of this project.

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Jewellery shots

We had a few lovely pieces of jewellery in the studio so I played around with them for a change !
These were made by students at the Crafts Council of Ireland's Jewellery and Goldsmithing Course (they are  are currently -as of Feb 2013- on sale at Designyard in Dublin and at Designwork Studio in Cork I am told)

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Irish craft

Every year  we get hundreds of products of all sorts of shapes and styles for the Craft Council of Ireland / Showcase catalogue...I just love the beautiful colours and textures that we get from these pieces of art.
Here are just a few examples ... Pottery by Colm De Ris and glass work by Tipperary Crystal.

Lifestyle pottery videos

Here's some of the footage that I did for Kilkenny potter Nicholas Mosse on a beautiful sunny day. It was fantastic to shoot these pieces in a lifestyle way, not as decorations but as great tools to cook delicious dishes. Lisa McGee, their passionate marketing manager, was so helpful in the styling and  with the help of a couple of continuous lights, we got a lovely look to them. Actually if you are into very personable blogs about food and craft with nice shots and variety, she has a wonderful blog !