Slab-built Ceramics

By Coll Minogue

Slab-built Ceramics introduces a method of constructing clay forms that have been in use through the history of ceramics. This book demonstrates the versatility of slab-building and the scope for personal expression which is possible using variations of this technique. It features...Slab-built sculptures and vessels; The working methods of sixteen international ceramists and the inspiration for their work; A gallery of work by a further fourteen international ceramists and includes examples of several historical slab-built pieces. Reveals the versatility of slab-building techniques which is one of the basic techniques to be used by potters and ceramic artists worldwide in creative and innovative ways. Superbly illustrated with 121 colour photographs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847970044
• ISBN13: 9781847970046
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: The Crowood Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 6.5"