Ceramic Technology for Potters and Sculptors

By Yvonne Hutchinson Cuff

Book Overview

Ceramic Technology for Potters and Sculptors is an accessible, comprehensive instructional manual that demonstrates the technology involved in making and firing ceramics. Divided into three parts--Background Sciences, Workshop Practice, and Raw Materials; Clay Bodies, Slips, and Casting Slips; and Glaze and Color--this book covers the whole process from start to finish. Yvonne Hutchinson Cuff carefully guides both experience and amateur potters through 46 exercises, offering a full and detailed explanation of the expected results together with supporting discussion.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812213777
• ISBN13: 9780812213775
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent for learning all nuts'n'bolts aspects of clay!

The most comprehensive book I've seen for describing and explaining the whys, wherefores, and hows of the geology, chemistry and practical studio concerns of clay. As it is set up as a textbook, it would be great for college or university students who want to be sure they really know their ceramic science inside and out. It is readable and had many illustrations. One of the most interesting aspects for me is the repeated reference to the artist's reverse re-creation of the natural geologic process which form the clay. The chemistry all works in reverse as we form and fire our work. I think that's sort of romantic!