Lark Ceramics Handbuilt Ceramics
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1579901840
ISBN 13
9781579901844
Category
Pottery
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Publication Year
2000
Publisher
Lark Books, United States
Pages
160
Series Name
Description
From the back cover:
Have you ever imagined plunging your bare hands into a block of cool, moist clay? Pinching or coiling it? Smoothing or incising it? Burnishing or glazing it? Gradually transforming it into an elegant vase, beautiful platter, abstract sculpture, or distinctive tile? Let Handbuilt Ceramics show you how. With the author's help, you'll soon discover that hand building (shaping clay by hand instead of using a potter's wheel) is a wonderful place for beginners to start, a process as sensual or playful, as mediative or precise, as easy or challenging as you choose to make it.
Within these pages, you'll find
- Explanations of the basic handbuilding techniques: coiling, pinching, extruding, molding, slip casting, and working with clay slabs
- Instructions for surface decoration and kiln firing
- A series of clearly presented, step-by-step projects, complete with "how-to" photos, from a simple, slab-built windowsill planter to an elegant extruded teapot
- A stunning array of color photos representing the best of today's ceramic art
- Special chapters, which expert ceramists will also enjoy, on commission work and on sources of inspiration
Have you ever imagined plunging your bare hands into a block of cool, moist clay? Pinching or coiling it? Smoothing or incising it? Burnishing or glazing it? Gradually transforming it into an elegant vase, beautiful platter, abstract sculpture, or distinctive tile? Let Handbuilt Ceramics show you how. With the author's help, you'll soon discover that hand building (shaping clay by hand instead of using a potter's wheel) is a wonderful place for beginners to start, a process as sensual or playful, as mediative or precise, as easy or challenging as you choose to make it.
Within these pages, you'll find
- Explanations of the basic handbuilding techniques: coiling, pinching, extruding, molding, slip casting, and working with clay slabs
- Instructions for surface decoration and kiln firing
- A series of clearly presented, step-by-step projects, complete with "how-to" photos, from a simple, slab-built windowsill planter to an elegant extruded teapot
- A stunning array of color photos representing the best of today's ceramic art
- Special chapters, which expert ceramists will also enjoy, on commission work and on sources of inspiration
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