The Practical Potter: A Step By Step Handbook

by Josie Warshaw

Book Overview

A highly accessible approach to creating beautiful ceramics, with fully illustrated techniques and a range of beautiful step by step projects! This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843092069
• ISBN13: 9781843092063
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Hermes House
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Informative Book, same as "Complete Practical Potter"

This book is quite informative, with a good exposition of lots of different ceramics techniques, along with examples of work by many artists. It is not as technical as, say, Rhode's book with respect to dealing with materials, but there are many techniques in here that are well beyond beginner level, such as various mold techniques and fibrous clay (paperclay). It includes lots of photographs (generally several per page), both of work-in-progress, as well as creative completed work. It is "practical" in that it gives clear photos and instructions for accomplishing techniques, but the results are very artistic, as evidenced by the photos. The major sections are History & Design, Handbuilding, Molds, Throwing, Glaze & Decoration, Kilns. For each section, equipment is illustrated, then techniques are discussed, finally a few instructive projects using those techniques are shown from start to finish. According to the copyright page of my paperback edition, it was previously published as "The Complete Practical Potter". Given its smaller dimensions (my copy is 7x9"), I think the pages are printed at a reduced size. However this title is available xo cheaply (as of this writing) that it is quite a bargain. Given all the information in it, it is comparable to several more costly books.