Pinch pottery
Subtitle: functional, modern handbuilding
By: Susan Halls
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9781454704133
Subjects: Pottery; Technique; Pottery craft
Description: "Utilizing techniques readers may have learned long ago in summer camp, like making pinch pots, Susan shows how easy it is to create a wealth of ceramic forms that are refined and incredibly modern looking. She begins with  simple shapes anyone can make, like the classic pinch pot, and then moves on to pinching a sphere, a wide bowl, a trumpet shape, and finally a cylinder. From there Susan demonstrates how easy it is to cut, alter, and combine these shapes to make more complex forms."--
Notes: "Lark ceramics"--Cover.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Pinching the basic forms; title: Essential shapes; title: Open-ended shapes; title: Adding elements to your form; title: Lips and edges; title: Feet and foot rings; title: Handles; title: Lids; title: Knobs; title: Featured artist: Mary E. Rogers; title: Pre-fired surface treatments; title: Adding and subtracting clay; title: Featured artist: Julie Whitmore; title: Featured artist: Vicki Grima; title: Color and glaze; title: Introducing color; title: Decorating and glazing techniques; title: The decorated surface; title: Patterns; title: Where to decorate?; title: Featured artist: Emily Schroeder Willis; title: Vase of many faces; title: Clays; title: Earthenware; title: Stoneware; title: Porcelain; title: Marbling colored; title: Coloring clay; title: Featured artist: Jenny Mendes; title: Kilns and glaze firings; title: Kiln types; title: Types of firings; title: The projects; title: Big bowl; title: Covered jar; title: Triplet herb planter; title: Shaker; title: Vase; title: Hearty mug; title: Country jug; title: Hors d'oeuvres tray; title: Cozy teapot.