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Potter's Studio Handbook: A start-to-finish guide to hand-built and wheel-thrown ceramics, Volume 8 [Kietas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Hardback, 192 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 254x203x19 mm, weight: 930 g, Illustrations
  • Išleidimo metai: 24-May-2016
  • Leidėjas: Crestline Books
  • ISBN-10: 0785833161
  • ISBN-13: 9780785833161
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  • Formatas: Hardback, 192 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 254x203x19 mm, weight: 930 g, Illustrations
  • Išleidimo metai: 24-May-2016
  • Leidėjas: Crestline Books
  • ISBN-10: 0785833161
  • ISBN-13: 9780785833161
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Pottery making and wheel throwing is a timeless craft, perfect for beginner crafters and artisans who don't mind getting their hands dirty. Even if you haven't touched clay since your childhood art class, letThe Potter's Studio Handbook guide you through the process of designing and equipping your own ceramic studio, teaching you techniques that will have you generating clay projects in no time. Once the techniques are mastered, this guide will remain an invaluable resource to all clay artists, one that will stay in the studio for years to come. A veteran instructor teaches hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques using full-color photographs, and diagrams with a reassuring voice. Each step is illustrated for creating beautiful, functional projects at home; such as teapots, vases, dinner plates, and more. Shares pottery tips that help you select and prepare clay, construct slab projects, throw and center clay on the wheel, experiment with glazes, fire your project to perfection, and much more. This is the perfect guide for all levels to enjoy and master the art of pottery.

Foreword 8(2)
Brother Iain Highet
Introduction 10(4)
PART ONE Studio requirements and properties of clay
14(116)
Chapter One Your studio
16(12)
Workspace Considerations
16(1)
Physical Requirements for Setting up a Studio
16(9)
Planning the Placement of Tools and Equipment
25(3)
Chapter Two Tools and equipment
28(10)
Essential Equipment
28(4)
Tools for Hand Building
32(1)
Tools for Wheel Work
33(5)
Chapter Three Clay
38(12)
Types of Clay
40(1)
Choosing a Clay Supplier
41(1)
States of Clay
42(3)
Conversion of Clay Through Fire
45(2)
Ceramic Temperatures
47(3)
Chapter Four Preliminary clay techniques
50(8)
Managing Clay Consistency
51(1)
Wedging
51(3)
Shrinkage and Drying
54(1)
Keeping the Studio Clean
55(1)
Reclaiming and Recycling Clay
56(2)
Chapter Five Hand building
58(14)
Pinch Pots
58(4)
Stamping Clay
62(1)
Slab Construction
62(1)
Cutting and Joining Slabs
63(4)
Slump and Hump Molds
67(1)
Coil Building
67(5)
Chapter Six Throwing On The Potter's Wheel
72(18)
Setting Up the Wheel and Stool
74(1)
Potter's Wheel Dynamics
74(2)
Developing Skills Through Repetition
76(1)
Pottery Forms
76(1)
Basic Wheel Techniques
76(12)
Troubleshooting Common Throwing Problems
88(2)
Chapter Seven Decorative And Finishing Techniques
90(18)
Choosing Glazes
90(5)
Glaze Chemistry Made Easy
95(3)
Safety Precautions
98(1)
Mixing Glazes
98(4)
Preparing Ware for Glazing
102(6)
Chapter Eight Ceramic kilns and firing work
108(8)
Types of Kiln Firing
108(6)
Pyrometric Cones
114(2)
Chapter Nine How to fire an electric kiln
116(14)
Choosing and Preparing Your Electric Kiln
116(3)
Bisque Firing
119(1)
Loading Green Ware for Bisque Firing
120(2)
Loading Glaze Ware for Glaze Firing
122(4)
Keeping a Kiln Log and a Glaze Journal
126(1)
Common Flaws in Glazes
127(1)
Cooling the Kiln
127(1)
Unloading the Kiln
128(2)
PART TWO A step-by-step guide to hand-building and pottery wheel projects
130(54)
Chapter Ten hand-building projects
132(10)
Slab Plates
134(2)
Whimsical Teapot
136(3)
Coiled and Paddled Jar
139(3)
Chapter Eleven Beginning wheel projects
142(22)
Faceted Utensil Holder
144(3)
Bottles and Vases
147(2)
Pitchers
149(3)
Batter Bowl with Handle
152(2)
Set of Mugs
154(2)
Throwing Bowl Forms
156(2)
Shaping a Constant Curve and Using a Throwing Rib
158(1)
Principles of Trimming
158(2)
Trimming Multiple Forms
160(1)
Guide to Trimming Clay
160(4)
Chapter Twelve Intermediate wheel projects
164(20)
Plates and Platters
166(2)
Trimming a Plate
168(1)
Chip and Dip Dish
169(2)
Casserole with Lid and Handles
171(4)
Teapot with Lid, Spout, and Handle
175(5)
Two-Part Vase
180(3)
Sources of Inspiration
183(1)
Conclusion
183(1)
Resources 184(2)
Glossary 186(3)
Index 189(2)
Acknowledgments 191(1)
About the Author 192
Kristin Muller has been a ceramic artist for 20 years and an arts administrator for 10. Currently the education director for Brookfield Craft Center in Brookfield, Connecticut, she has been teaching ceramics there for more than thirteen years. She holds a bachelor of science in studio arts with a concentration in ceramics from Southern Connecticut State University. Kristin has attended countless seminars and workshops with leading potters and clay artists and is currently an MFA candidate at Hood College. She has a studio and wood-fired Anagama kiln in eastern Pennsylvania, and she exhibits her work nationally and internationally. www.kristinmuller.net