Throwing
Published on 2. August 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-4081-3955-4 (ISBN)
Description
Throwing is an important skill for any potter to master, using only a few tools, the guidance of their hands, and the momentum of a wheel.
Having spent his life making pots and teaching others to make them, Richard Phethean describes essential techniques for working on the wheel with an eye for the practical. He covers a range of forms, from simple domestic pots to more complex vessels, with the aim of building makers' confidence in throwing techniques. The book features clear instructions for creating each type of vessel, accompanied by illustrated step-by-step instructions, which demonstrate the techniques described. It also profiles the work of contemporary potters for whom throwing is a vital part of their practice. Throwing is an essential companion for anyone attempting to master the art of forming pots on the wheel.
Having spent his life making pots and teaching others to make them, Richard Phethean describes essential techniques for working on the wheel with an eye for the practical. He covers a range of forms, from simple domestic pots to more complex vessels, with the aim of building makers' confidence in throwing techniques. The book features clear instructions for creating each type of vessel, accompanied by illustrated step-by-step instructions, which demonstrate the techniques described. It also profiles the work of contemporary potters for whom throwing is a vital part of their practice. Throwing is an essential companion for anyone attempting to master the art of forming pots on the wheel.
Reviews / Votes
A stimulation of creativity and of ideas for the maker ... This is a good book, it has emerged fresh and smart from an update and deserves a place in your library. * London Potters News * I enjoyed Richard Phethean's book enormously ... [The book is all about] making and wanting to make. The inspiration comes from the continual need to improve, experiment and innovate, whether it's following a brilliant method of making oval dishes (no cutting, no scars), or a nice approach to a composite pot with a little off centre lean. To inspire further, there are little vignettes from some well-known potters ... Excellent glimpses into the working practice of those whose work is so admired and a spur to those whose work is developing. * Shards: South Wales Potter Newsletter *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
130 colour illus
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Weight
461 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4081-3955-4 (9781408139554)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
A ceramics graduate of the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, Richard Phethean is an established professional potter with more than thirty years' experience of teaching pottery. He is a Fellow of the Craft Potters Association and is on the Crafts Council of Great Britain's Index of Selected Makers. For twelve years from 1996, Richard was a visiting staff member in the role of throwing tutor for the Workshop Ceramics degree course at the University of Westminster. In 2001 Richard was invited to establish a new ceramics facility as Resident Potter at Sibford, a Quaker school on the North Oxfordshire Cotswold borders, where today he continues to develop his work, exhibiting widely in galleries and fairs throughout the UK and Europe.
Content
Acknowledgements
Introduction
A Brief History of The Wheel
Chapter 1 Getting Started
Chapter 2 Basic Techniques
Chapter 3 Domestic Pots
Chapter 4 Advance Techniques
Chapter 5 Personal Approaches
Suppliers
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
A Brief History of The Wheel
Chapter 1 Getting Started
Chapter 2 Basic Techniques
Chapter 3 Domestic Pots
Chapter 4 Advance Techniques
Chapter 5 Personal Approaches
Suppliers
Bibliography
Index