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Wheel Throwing, Extruding, Mold Making, General |
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wheel throwing |
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Anyone who has ever imagined plunging bare hands into cool, moist clay and shaping it into a vase, platter, or tile can now experience the pleasure of pottery. Lifelong potter Bill van Gilder has a bounty of time-tested advice on all the basics, and a plethora of fantastic techniques. With van Gilder's help, beginners can try hand building, and progress onto the fundamentals of wheel-throwing. They'll get expert tips on shaping spouts, handles and feet; adding texture, color, and luster and combining techniques to create a variety of attractive projects. |
Wheel-Thrown Pottery (DIY)
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Complete with a chapter
on tools and materials to get started, this easy-to-use guide explains and
illustrates how to wedge clay, use a pottery wheel, shape and trim pots,
determine clay thickness, add handles, and a host of other pottery-making
techniques. It also contains a chapter on bisque firing and glazing, the
final steps in creating beautiful and functional pottery. Includes
complete instructions for making a large bowl, three styles of mugs, and a
sugar bowl and creamer set. |
Basic Pottery Making
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In the same bright, open design as the well-received Ceramics for Beginners: Hand Building, this second entry in the series offers an introduction to the mechanics of wheel-thrown ceramics. Artist Emily Reason takes the beginner ceramist through nine projects, starting from one of two fundamental forms (cylinder or bowl). Color bands throughout point the reader to related information on various techniques, while gallery sections provide inspiration. |
Ceramics for Beginners: Wheel Throwing
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After reviewing the preparation clay mixtures, kneading methods, plasticity, and shrinkage, the book demonstrates basic throwing exercises at the wheel, then shows how to create open bowls and plates, vertical and cylindrical pots, spherical and oval jars, and specially shaped cups and jugs. |
Ceramics Class: Throwing Techniques
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This classic book, out of print for many years, is frequently cited as the definitive book on using the wheel. This exciting new edition shows why it has remained a favorite. Step-by-step instructions plus more than 270 black-and-white photographs clearly illustrate how to throw cylindrical and open shapes as well as explaining advanced throwing for teapots, pitchers, and more. With techniques and tools from basic to esoteric, plus appendices on clays, glazes, kilns, and firing, and a glossary of terms, Pottery on the Wheel is the essential guide for any potter with a desire to learn and to develop a signature style. |
Pottery on the Wheel
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Throwing & Handbuilding: Forming Techniques is a collection of carefully selected feature articles from Ceramics Monthly and Pottery Making Illustrated, the two most widely read ceramics arts publications in the world. Within each section of the book you'll discover challenging, complex and unusual techniques, oftentimes extensively illustrated, by some of the foremost studio artists working today. By mastering new techniques and discovering inspirational works of contemporary masters, you'll soon find yourself challenged to take new directions in your work. |
Throwing & Handbuilding
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GENERAL REFERENCE |
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The Potter's Studio Handbook guides readers through the process of setting up their own studio and teaching them how to master the techniques at home. Once techniques are mastered, The Potter's Studio Handbook will remain an invaluable resource to the clay artist when looking to create beautiful, yet functional projects, at home with nearly 25 projects that build upon previously learned skills. |
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Part how-to guide, part historical reference, and part illustrated idea book, this is the definitive potter’s companion. It covers the basics, such as coil building and slab construction, and features accompanying photos to help newcomers build a strong technical foundation. Then it provides dozens of advanced techniques that experienced potters will want to add to their repertoire, including mold-making and creative throwing practices. Also featured is a fascinating history of pottery, as well as a reference guide to the many types of clays and kilns. |
Complete Ceramics
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This revised an updated edition includes the latest hand-building and glazing techniques, new tested glaze recipes, kiln designs and firing programs. There are 450 full color photographs illustrating every step of making, decorating, and firing a clay pot. Instructions for throwing and hand-building a wide variety of shapes and vessels are included. It also has a special touch, superb examples of contemporary work by artists such as Paul Soldner, Ruth Duckworth, and Betty Woodman. |
The Complete Potter's Companion
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This book is an authoritative survey of all aspects of making ceramics for craft potters and ceramic artists. With its sound, practical explanations of ceramic processes, this indispensable reference book has gained a reputation as "the potter's bible." Professional potters, beginners, students, and collectors will find comprehensive information clearly and logically presented. The new edition has been updated to include auto-reduction, crystalline glazes, insulation, stains, and specialized firing and fuming techniques. With over 82 color plates, 425 black and white photographs, and over 300 diagrams to clarify everything in the ceramic world. |
The Potter's Dictionary
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This book provides an overview of ceramics for readers at all levels of competence and experience. It describes a wide range of techniques for making a pot, decorating and firing it. Some of these techniques may be used as starting points for the complete novice, such as making a two-piece pinch pot and throwing a teapot; others are for the more advanced and are designed to both introduce a process and prompt further exploration, such as glaze experiments and raku firings. |
Pottery: the Essential Manual
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This definitive guide takes you through all the processes from clay to kiln, from designing your pieces to making, decorating, and firing them. Clearly laid out and packed with factual information that every creative ceramicist will want to have on hand, including descriptions of the very latest materials and how to use them effectively in your work. Step-by-step instructions for traditional methods and new products, such as paper clay, are combined with examples of work by some of the world's top ceramicists, including details on how they achieve their results. |
The Complete Potter
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This book provides some of the most popular out-of-print techniques published in Pottery Making Illustrated during the first years of publication. You'll find dozens of techniques, tips and projects on wheel throwing, handbuilding, finishing and firing. |
Pottery Making Techniques
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This new addition to the Ceramics Monthly handbooks series is a collection of articles from CM, featuring creative artists and ideas to challenge you and inspire your work. Pottery, sculpture, and finishing techniques are covered. |
Creative Ideas for Clay Artists
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A collection of 43 articles from the Ceramics Monthly archives published over the past 20+ years. Potters share their knowledge on a full range of topics including designing a studio, making and using tools and equipment, photographing work, marketing and sales, kilns and firing. Woven through the fabric of this book are also the stories of problem solving, insightful solutions, and the individual stories of challenges and successes. |
Studio Practices, Techniques and Tips
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A new classic! Drawing on more than 30 years of experience in ceramics, Vince Pitelka has created the most practical, all-inclusive studio handbook for all of those interested in the art of clay. Ten chapters provide comprehensive coverage of topics ranging from materials, studio safety, making and improvising tools, equipment, firing, process, theory, and much more! |
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MOLDS AND EXTRUDING |
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Demonstrates the craft of making and using all types of molds, from decorative press molds to complex multi-part slip casting molds. Each step is illustrated with an abundance of photos and line drawings. A color portfolio of mold made work from 24 contemporary artists, a shrinkage compensation calculator, and a plaster batch calculator included |
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This extensive how-to book emphasizes creative ways the clay extruder is being used in pottery studios. It covers in great detail all commercially available extruders and associated equipment on the market today. Also included is a beautiful 96-page full-color gallery exhibit of works created with the extruder. Nine illustrated step-by-step projects offer valuable tips and ideas. |
The Extruder Book
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Most ceramists own a pugmill or hand extruder and view it as simply a utilitarian device for making handles or coils. But the extruder can be the starting point for a variety of inventive and creative works of art. Extruder experts Tom and Jean Latka teach the basics of extruder use as well as how to make your own dies. Step-by-step projects include napkin rings, vases, umbrella stands, wine coolers, planters, sconce lighting, platters, sculpture, and more |
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