Complete potter: The Complete Reference to Tolls, Materials, and Techniques for All Potters and Ceramicists - Softcover

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9780764122590: Complete potter: The Complete Reference to Tolls, Materials, and Techniques for All Potters and Ceramicists
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0764122592 ISBN 13: 9780764122590
Verlag: Barron's Educational Series, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

This book offers something for everybody interested in pottery! Beginning potters will find a complete course in the pages of this book. Experienced potters will find new ideas for designing and decorating virtually every type of ware. Heavily illustrated with more than 600 how-to photos, The Complete Potter takes readers through every phase of the potter�s craft, from clay to kiln. Separate sections explain:

  • Clays: their different types and uses
  • Types of ware: terracotta, stoneware, porcelain, raku, and others
  • Design: how to draw and plan a piece before making it
  • The basic processes: clay preparation, tools, throwing and turning on a potter�s wheel, using molds, tile-making, and more
  • Decoration: creating surface textures, using slips, glazes, pigments, and more
  • Materials and pigments for decorating: what they�re made of and how to use them
  • Kilns and firings: kiln types, temperature controls, and more
  • Tools and equipment: from hand tools to semi-industrial equipment
  • Health and safety: a complete guide
This handsome and instructive volume also shows examples of work by some of the world�s leading ceramicists, with information on how they achieve their fine results. Here is a book that lives up to its title: it is truly The Complete Potter.

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Críticas

..". detailed photographs and finished forms accompany the text."

--Ceramics Monthly, June 2004

Reseña del editor

This book offers something for everybody interested in pottery Beginning potters will find a complete course in the pages of this book. Experienced potters will find new ideas for designing and decorating virtually every type of ware. Heavily illustrated with more than 600 how-to photos, "The Complete Potter" takes readers through every phase of the potteras craft, from clay to kiln. Separate sections explain: Clays: their different types and usesTypes of ware: terracotta, stoneware, porcelain, raku, and othersDesign: how to draw and plan a piece before making itThe basic processes: clay preparation, tools, throwing and turning on a potteras wheel, using molds, tile-making, and moreDecoration: creating surface textures, using slips, glazes, pigments, and moreMaterials and pigments for decorating: what theyare made of and how to use themKilns and firings: kiln types, temperature controls, and moreTools and equipment: from hand tools to semi-industrial equipmentHealth and safety: a complete guideThis handsome and instructive volume also shows examples of work by some of the worldas leading ceramicists, with information on how they achieve their fine results. Here is a book that lives up to its title: it is truly "The Complete Potter,"

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Verlag
Barron's Educational Series
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0764122592
ISBN 13 
9780764122590
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
224
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