Pottery Form

by Daniel Rhodes

Book Overview

This well-illustrated book by a professional potter and teacher offers practical information about the processes of pottery making as well as insights into the meaning, history, and spirit of pottery forms. 177 striking photographs reveal the craft's subtleties and mysterious beauty.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801959357
• ISBN13: 9780801959356
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Chilton Book Company
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great reference book to many techniques. I purchased it for a fellow potter. He was amazed. 👍 only

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another great book

If your interested in thinking about the formal qualities of pottery, how they developed and why certain forms are aesthetically pleasing, Rhodes does a great job at discussing and illustrating it here.

Great Book on Practive and Theory of Pottery Form

Daniel Rhodes discusses connections between items occuring in nature and pottery which we instinctively find attractive. This book should be part of any potter's library. His style of writing is direct and also unpretentious.