Pottery basics : everything you need to know to start making beautiful ceramics

Pottery basics Everything you need to know to start making beautiful ceramics

Jacqui Atkin

Book - 2005

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Subjects
Pottery > Technique.
Pottery craft.
Published
Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron's Educational Series, Inc c2005.
Language
English
Main Author
Jacqui Atkin (-)
Edition
1st ed. for North America
Physical Description
128 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm
Bibliography
Includes index.
ISBN
9780764158421
  • Introduction
  • Getting Started
  • Basic Tools
  • Health and Safety
  • Clay
  • Kilns and Firing
  • Basic Skills
  • Decorating
  • Techniques and Projects
  • Technique 1. Pinching and modeling
  • Project 1. Lidded pinch pot
  • Technique 2. Pinching large sections
  • Project 2. Pinched pebble planter
  • Technique 3. Using rounded coils
  • Project 3. Coiled vessel
  • Technique 4. Building with flattened coils
  • Project 4. Coiled vase
  • Technique 5. Building with firm slabs
  • Project 5. Slabbed candleholder
  • Technique 6. Constructing with soft slabs
  • Project 6. Soft slabbed teapot
  • Technique 7. Throwing a bowl and plate
  • Project 7. Thrown cheese bell
  • Technique 8. Throwing a basic cylinder
  • Project 8. A thrown jug
  • Technique 9. Making a press mold
  • Project 9. Molded bowl with flattened coil extension
  • Technique 10. Making a draped slab and sprig mold
  • Project 10. Hors d'oeuvres dish
  • Technique 11. Making tiles and a low relief
  • Project 11. Slip-decorated tile panel
  • Technique 12. Colored clays
  • Project 12. Agate porcelain box
  • Surface Decoration Library
  • Glaze Recipes
  • Glossary of Terms
  • Suppliers and Resources
  • Index
  • Credits
Review by Library Journal Review

Atkin has already taught us how to make remarkably sophisticated pottery without a potter's wheel in her Handbuilt Pottery Techniques Revealed. Here she offers the best brief introduction to all facets of ceramic art. After covering tools, clays, basic skills, decorating, kilns, firing, and safety, Atkin explores pinching and modeling, coiling, slabs, the art of throwing, and use of a press mold. The step-by-step photographs on virtually every page are creative, colorful, and inspiring. Highly recommended for all libraries. For advanced students, see Vince Pitelka's comprehensive Clay: A Studio Handbook. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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