Hand Building

Hand Building

Author: Shay Amber

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9781600592430

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Ceramics are always popular with crafters, and hand building with low-fire earthenware is a natural place to start. This book by artist Shay Amber will inspire even the most intimidated beginner.


Ceramics for Beginners

Ceramics for Beginners

Author: Susan Halls

Publisher: Union Square & Company

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781454710608

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An easy-to-follow beginner's workshop in creating the human form and self-supporting, standing animals in clay simple. This revised and updated edition includes 4 new projects.


Mastering Hand Building

Mastering Hand Building

Author: Sunshine Cobb

Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)

Published: 2018-01-16

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 0760352739

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Mastering Hand Building teaches everything you need to know about building with clay by hand, from the basics of coils and slabs through more complex form design.


Handbuilt, A Potter's Guide

Handbuilt, A Potter's Guide

Author: Melissa Weiss

Publisher: Rockport Publishers

Published: 2018-11-20

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 1631595989

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In Handbuilt, A Potter's Guide, pottery expert Melissa Weiss shows you the basics of crafting without a wheel, how to harvest and work wild clay, and using natural glazes. Handbuilt pottery is the perfect way for new potters to dive into this unique medium because it doesn't require access to a potter's wheel. In Handbuilt, A Potter's Guide, Melissa Weiss takes an organic approach to harvesting and working with local clays, and even shows you how to mix your own glazes to use on functional pottery for use at home. Students of pottery the world over have traveled to North Carolina to attend Weiss's classes. Now you don't have to! In this book, Melissa provides you with a solid course on slab and pinch-pot techniques that allow beginning students to master the basics and progress through finished wares. Looking to go a little deeper? Melissa also offers her unique knowledge of how to dig and process local clays for use in pottery, and for the techniques she has developed for creating unique glazes with ash, salt, and other dry materials. Melissa will also introduce you talented contemporary potters, who will share their work, tips, advice, and techniques. Learn the basics of handbuilding and more with this engaging guide.


Handbuilt Pottery Techniques Revealed

Handbuilt Pottery Techniques Revealed

Author: Jacqui Atkin

Publisher: B.E.S. Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13:

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Atkin takes the mystery out of hand-building by showing precisely what happens at each point in the process. Simple, creative projects clearly illuminate coil, slab, molds, and pinch techniques--all demonstrated in clear step-by-step photos.


Complete Pottery Techniques

Complete Pottery Techniques

Author: DK

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2019-08-27

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1465497978

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Discover how to develop your pottery design skills and bring your ideas to life from start to finish. Covering every technique from throwing pottery to firing, glazing to sgraffito, this pottery book is perfect for both hand-building beginners and potting pros. Step-by-step photographs - some from the potter's perspective - show you exactly where to place your hands when throwing so you can master every technique you need to know. Plus, expert tips help you rescue your pots when things go wrong. The next in the popular Artist's Techniques series, Complete Pottery is the ideal companion for pottery classes of any level, or a go-to guide and inspiration for the more experienced potter looking to expand their repertoire and perfect new skills. With contemporary design and ideas, Complete Pottery Techniques enables the modern maker to unleash their creativity.


Handbuilding Ceramic Forms

Handbuilding Ceramic Forms

Author: Elsbeth S. Woody

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published: 1978-11-01

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 9780374514495

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Delineates basic methodology and suggests variations in the craft of handbuilding with clay, with a study of and illustrations of the work of ten professional ceramicists


BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO HANDBUILDING

BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO HANDBUILDING

Author: Anna Spillman

Publisher: BookRix

Published: 2023-02-27

Total Pages: 47

ISBN-13: 3755433680

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Clay is a material rich in history and possibilities for art making, and handbuilding pottery is the oldest use of the medium. This comprehensive beginner’s guide offers a unique place to learn the different handbuilding pottery techniques of pinching, coiling, and slab rolling. Once you have experience with a few basic techniques, you can make your own functional tableware, vessels, sculpture, installations, and mixed media—the possibilities in ceramics are endless. What is handbuilding? Handbuilding is a ceramics technique that allows you to create forms with clay and your hands, without using a throwing wheel. Before ceramicists invented the wheel, handbuilding was the only way they could create functional and artistic ceramic forms. The oldest known ceramic artifact was handbuilt and is dated as early as 28,000 BCE. All you need to get started are your clay, your hands, and a few simple tools. Handbuilding is an ancient pottery-making technique that involves creating forms without a pottery wheel, using the hands, fingers, and simple tools. The most common handbuilding techniques are pinch pottery, coil building, and slab building. In this book , I will be teaching you in details everything you need to be an expert in ceramics pottery. The tools, skills, techniques, tips and tricks to create very beautiful ceramic art works ranging from pinching pots, slab pots, coiled pots and mugs. ORDER YOUR COPY NOW


The Beginner's Guide to Wheel Throwing

The Beginner's Guide to Wheel Throwing

Author: Julia Claire Weber

Publisher: Essential Ceramics Skills

Published: 2021-12-21

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 1631599356

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The Beginner's Guide to Wheel Throwing is a friendly, contemporary take on the classic wheel-throwing book—perfect for new and returning ceramic artists.


Pinch Pottery

Pinch Pottery

Author: Susan Halls

Publisher: Union Square & Company

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781454704133

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The technique is simple; the results are gorgeous! Susan Hallss stunningly refined, sophisticated, and modern projects range from a mug and vase to a teapot and triple herb planter. Beginning with the basic pinch pot, they move on to wider, taller, and composite forms, all with stunning options for color and surface decoration.