Throwing Clay
The Art of Making Pottery on the Wheel
1st Edition
Published on 26. February 2026
192 pages
978-1-78994-355-9 (ISBN)
Description
With this essential guide from one of the UK's leading contemporary studio potters, learn how to throw clay on the wheel.
While a potter shaping clay on the wheel is both the iconic and familiar image we associate with ceramics, the skill is notoriously hard to learn. Using step-by-step photos and illustrations, Rebecca Proctor shows you how to master the potter's wheel.
With an emphasis on craftsmanship, Throwing Clay demonstrates the specific techniques required to make a range of elegant modern tableware - mugs, jugs and plates as well as vases and more complex forms such as teapots. In addition, Proctor shares her insights on the art and practice of pottery and conducts interviews with other contemporary makers from around the world.
Including a combination of projects and gorgeous inspirational photographs, Throwing Clay is the ultimate guide for complete beginners and advanced ceramicists alike.
While a potter shaping clay on the wheel is both the iconic and familiar image we associate with ceramics, the skill is notoriously hard to learn. Using step-by-step photos and illustrations, Rebecca Proctor shows you how to master the potter's wheel.
With an emphasis on craftsmanship, Throwing Clay demonstrates the specific techniques required to make a range of elegant modern tableware - mugs, jugs and plates as well as vases and more complex forms such as teapots. In addition, Proctor shares her insights on the art and practice of pottery and conducts interviews with other contemporary makers from around the world.
Including a combination of projects and gorgeous inspirational photographs, Throwing Clay is the ultimate guide for complete beginners and advanced ceramicists alike.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-78994-355-9 (9781789943559)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
approx. 02/2026
Herbert Press Ltd
€31.50
Not yet published
Person
Rebecca Proctor is a potter and pottery teacher specialising in wheel-thrown ceramics. Frequently commissioned by chefs and stylists, her tableware is used in some of Britain's finest restaurants, as well as being found in homes around the world. Prior to making pottery, Proctor worked as a design writer and author. A lifelong fascination with craftsmanship led her to making pots as well as writing about them.
Content
THE POTTER'S PERSPECTIVE
1 What makes a maker?
2 In praise of the domestic
3 On workshops
4 Clay
5 Striving for beauty
THROWING
1 Centring
2 Bowls
3 Cylinders
4 Curves
5 Flat out
6 Jars with lids
7 Teapots
TAKING CARE
of pots, the environment and yourself
INTERVIEWS from Malo Atelier, Julianne Ahn, Sara Delesie and more
ENDNOTES
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
FURTHER READING
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
1 What makes a maker?
2 In praise of the domestic
3 On workshops
4 Clay
5 Striving for beauty
THROWING
1 Centring
2 Bowls
3 Cylinders
4 Curves
5 Flat out
6 Jars with lids
7 Teapots
TAKING CARE
of pots, the environment and yourself
INTERVIEWS from Malo Atelier, Julianne Ahn, Sara Delesie and more
ENDNOTES
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
FURTHER READING
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
