250 tips, techniques, and trade secrets for potters /
Atkin, Jacqui.
250 tips, techniques, and trade secrets for potters / Two hundred fifty tips, techniques, and trade secrets for potters. Two hundred and fifty tips, techniques, and trade secrets for potters. Jacqui Atkin. - 1st ed. for the U.S., its territories and dependencies, and Canada. - Hauppauge, NY : Barron's, 2009. - 160 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
Describes the full range of available clays and their individual qualities, as well as necessary tools and equipment; presents easy-to-follow directions for fashioning pottery; and augments instruction with captioned, step-by-step photos, illustrations, and sidebars featuring troubleshooting tips with solutions to problems that often arise in the process of making pottery. This essential reference book also covers topics such as developing design concepts, from sketch pad to finished piece; slabbing, pinching, coiling, throwing, turning, and mold-making, using various clays; and creating surface decoration, with attention to colors, textures, and glazing.
9780764141164 (pbk.) : 0764141163 (pbk.)
2008932021
Pottery craft--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
TT920 / A85 2009
250 tips, techniques, and trade secrets for potters / Two hundred fifty tips, techniques, and trade secrets for potters. Two hundred and fifty tips, techniques, and trade secrets for potters. Jacqui Atkin. - 1st ed. for the U.S., its territories and dependencies, and Canada. - Hauppauge, NY : Barron's, 2009. - 160 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
Describes the full range of available clays and their individual qualities, as well as necessary tools and equipment; presents easy-to-follow directions for fashioning pottery; and augments instruction with captioned, step-by-step photos, illustrations, and sidebars featuring troubleshooting tips with solutions to problems that often arise in the process of making pottery. This essential reference book also covers topics such as developing design concepts, from sketch pad to finished piece; slabbing, pinching, coiling, throwing, turning, and mold-making, using various clays; and creating surface decoration, with attention to colors, textures, and glazing.
9780764141164 (pbk.) : 0764141163 (pbk.)
2008932021
Pottery craft--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
TT920 / A85 2009