- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Barron's Educational Series (1 Feb 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0764126660
- ISBN-13: 978-0764126666
- Product Dimensions: 27.5 x 19.6 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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- #10 in Books > Home & Garden > Crafts > Pottery & Ceramics
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Here are directions for many creative, fun-to-do pottery projects potters can follow to produce handsome finished objects without need of a potter's wheel. The author instructs in coil, slab, mold, and pinch techniques to produce pots, bowls, vases, tiles, and other decorative pieces. She also advises on acquiring basic tools, mixing and preparing clay, and using coloring agents. Newcomers to pottery crafting will especially appreciate her tips for making projects easier to accomplish, such as use of a hairdryer at regular intervals for drying out too-wet clay, and easy methods for keeping clay soft and pliable. Step-by-step color photos with detailed captions guide handcrafters through each project from start to finish. Many photos are of the cutaway type to show correct hand positions for controlling the clay, both inside and outside the form. Here's the book that takes the mystery out of handbuilding in clay, demonstrating each step in the pottery-making process. More than 400 color photos.
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Takes the mystery out of hand-building by showing precisely what happens at each point in the process, using coil, slab, molds, and pinch techniques, demonstrated in clear step-by-step photographs Unique cutaway photos show correct hand positions for controlling the clay, demonstrating the effect simultaneously on the form?s inner and outer surfaces Simple, creative projects clearly illuminate all basic techniques, enabling you to create bowls, vases, pots, lidded dishes, and figurative forms with confidence and style
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I received this book for Christmas, and by New Year I had already read it cover to cover twice plus completed 2 of the suggested projects! Its totally absorbing, with very easy to follow diagrams, clear instructions and some great ideas on what to make by moulding, slabbing, pinching and coiling. I was a complete beginner at handbuilt techniques(although have thrown pots on the wheel), but still managed to produce some half decent results.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the best book I have found in two years of searching. The instructions and photographs that take you from start to finish of each project are crystal clear. The projects make you want to start 'right now', and give you skills and inspiration to create your own work.
I bought the book for myself, and have since bought a second one for the hobby studio I go to (where they are fighting over who uses it first!) Brilliant, thankyou.
I bought the book for myself, and have since bought a second one for the hobby studio I go to (where they are fighting over who uses it first!) Brilliant, thankyou.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
There are loads of instructional pottery books out there, so which one to choose if your dipping your muddy toe into the world of pottery?
As a relative beginner (a couple of years under my belt), books that explain the myriad of potting methods into simple, informative, inspirational and an unpatronising whole, do well by me. This is one of them.
I was a bit dubious of whether the cutaway photos would be a bit gimmicky and of any real use, but they undoubtably are. The book is nicely set out, with loads of pictures showing each step along the way, including possible pitfalls and solutions to remedy them.
Clear and precise throughout, as are Jacqui Atkin's other books, you can't really go wrong with adding this book to your shelf. Since reading all the way through, pouring over ever bit, I've dipped back in many a time for further inspiration, which is, after all, exactly what a good pottery book should offer!
As a relative beginner (a couple of years under my belt), books that explain the myriad of potting methods into simple, informative, inspirational and an unpatronising whole, do well by me. This is one of them.
I was a bit dubious of whether the cutaway photos would be a bit gimmicky and of any real use, but they undoubtably are. The book is nicely set out, with loads of pictures showing each step along the way, including possible pitfalls and solutions to remedy them.
Clear and precise throughout, as are Jacqui Atkin's other books, you can't really go wrong with adding this book to your shelf. Since reading all the way through, pouring over ever bit, I've dipped back in many a time for further inspiration, which is, after all, exactly what a good pottery book should offer!
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Inspirational
Great projects to inspire you to use all sorts of handbuilding techniques, with simple photographs to illustrate. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Sarah_H
very useful
Detailed instructions and step-by-step photos, including very useful cutaway ones, for almost 20 different fairly simple projects. Read more
Published on 25 Aug 2007 by D&D
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