250 tips, techniques, and trade secrets for potters
By: Jacqui Atkin
Edition: 1st ed. for the U.S., its territories and dependencies, and Canada.
Publisher: Barron's
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hauppauge, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780764141164
Subjects: Pottery craft; Handbooks, manuals
Other titles: Two hundred fifty tips, techniques, and trade secrets for potters; Two hundred and fifty tips, techniques, and trade secrets for potters
Description: Describes the full range of available clays and their individual qualities, as well as necessary tools and equipment; presents easy-to-follow directions for fashioning pottery; and augments instruction with captioned, step-by-step photos, illustrations, and sidebars featuring troubleshooting tips with solutions to problems that often arise in the process of making pottery. This essential reference book also covers topics such as developing design concepts, from sketch pad to finished piece; slabbing, pinching, coiling, throwing, turning, and mold-making, using various clays; and creating surface decoration, with attention to colors, textures, and glazing.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Materials, tools, and equipment; title: Design; title: Making techniques. Slabbing ; Pinching ; Coiling ; Throwing ; Mold making.