Wheel-Thrown Ceramics: Altering, Trimming, Adding, Finishing (A Lark Ceramics Book)
For years, ceramics instruction was considered best accomplished in a studio environment, supplemented by tomes on various specialty techniques, such as glazes. And for years, publishers and authors followed that unwritten law, producing texts that acted as gallery showcases and reference handbooks. No longer. North Carolina ceramicist Davis has written one of the first step-by-step illustrated introductions to wheel-thrown pottery, highlighted by 11 projects ranging in complexity from a simple spoon vase to a double-walled bowl. Nor is his the sole technique portrayed; he invites other professionals to share the limelight. Each design includes notes on surface treatment and firing, possible problems and solutions, and a colorful gallery of similar ceramics from artists across the country. Prefatory chapters feature essential tools and materials, an overview of surface treatments, and a section on "beginning to throw."Barbara Jacobs--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.