Potter's Studio Handbook: Volume 8
A Start-to-Finish Guide to Hand-Built and Wheel-Thrown Ceramics
Published on 1. November 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-59253-373-2 (ISBN)
Description
Like blacksmithing or hobby farming, pottery-making appeals to individuals who like to be creative, work with their hands, and donAEt mind getting a little dirty. However, it is a hobby that is largely underserved by the publishing industry, but difficult for someone to learn without a comprehensive guide because the tools and techniques are quite complicated. The PotterAEs Studio Handbook guides readers through the process of setting up their own studio and teaching them how to master the techniques at home. Once techniques are mastered, The PotterAEs Studio Handbook will remain an invaluable resource to the clay artist when looking to create beautiful, yet functional projects, at home with nearly 25 projects that build upon previously learned skills.
Teaches the three most popular techniques: wheel throwing, hand building, and slipcasting
Teaches readers how to make many functional and beautiful projects at home
Step-by-step photos guarantee success
Teaches the three most popular techniques: wheel throwing, hand building, and slipcasting
Teaches readers how to make many functional and beautiful projects at home
Step-by-step photos guarantee success
Reviews / Votes
Mueller, Kristin. The Potter's Studio Handbook: A Start-to-Finish Guide to Hand-Built & Wheel-Thrown Ceramics. Quarry: Quayside. 2007. c.192p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-1-59253-373-2. pap. $24.99. ART INSTRUCTIONMueller, a ceramic artist since 1987 and the education director for Brookfield Craft Center in Brookfield, CT, offers a splendid book on a timeless art. She guides beginners through advanced students in equipping a ceramic studio, handling the design, preparing the clay, constructing slab projects, throwing on a wheel, glazing, and firing. The 16 clay projects featured here include teapots, vases, and dinner plates. Readers can draw inspiration from the creative painting and underglazing examples, as well as the unusual firing techniques for color and texture. Highly recommended, though professional potters will want advanced works like Irene Poulton's Fired Up with Raku: Over 300 Recipes. -Library Journal, March 2008
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
350 illustrations.
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
424 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59253-373-2 (9781592533732)
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Kristin Muller has been a ceramic artist for 20 years and an arts administrator for 10. Currently the education director for Brookfield Craft Center in Brookfield, Connecticut, she has been teaching ceramics there for more than thirteen years. She holds a bachelor of science in studio arts with a concentration in ceramics from Southern Connecticut State University. Kristin has attended countless seminars and workshops with leading potters and clay artists and is currently an MFA candidate at Hood College. She has a studio and wood-fired Anagama kiln in eastern Pennsylvania, and she exhibits her work nationally and internationally. www.kristinmuller.net