From Library Journal
For those who equate pottery with the finely turned symmetrical products of the potter's wheel or the slip mold, the creative variety of hand-built ceramics is truly astonishing. Triplett offers a guide to basic techniques, from pinch pots to slapwork, with color illustrations of tools and techniques and instructions for eight projects of planters and pitchers. Tending toward the colorful and whimsical, these projects are a delight to see, but their placement cuts into the practicality of the book; the instructional illustrations almost get lost in the profusion of pictures. Still, this is a good guide overall to the topic.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
Written for the general reader with an interest in ceramics, Handbuilt Ceramics is a big, colorful, and complete how-to manual for shaping clay without a potter’s wheel. Features 8 projects, complete with materials lists, clear step-by-step instructions, and detailed “how-to” color photos.
About the Author
Kathy Triplett lives and works on a mountainside outside of Asheville, NC. Her art is included in private, public, and corporate collections around the world.
Handbuilt Ceramics: Pinching * Coiling * Extruding * Molding * Slip Casting * Slab Work FROM THE PUBLISHER
You've been searching for a really good, exciting how-to book for working with clay without a potter's wheel, right? You've found it. Every aspect of handbuilding, from choosing clay to getting commissions...coiling, slabwork, pinching, shaping. Eight projects to get you started, such as a coiled planter, molded tiles, an elegant teapot—with step-by-step instructions and detailed how-to color photos. To remind you where you're going—a color gallery of handbuilt work by top ceramicists. Big, colorful (400 color photos), complete—at last.
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