Books & Magazines

This title instructs in methods of making handsome ceramic items, including vases, bowls, tiles, lamps, and other accessories to enhance a home's appearance. The necessary materials are highlighted, and directions include methods of molding and shaping clay, firing in the kiln, painting, and glazing. Net Wt. is 1.26 lbs.

This second edition is a perfect blend of the technical and aesthetic aspects of ceramics, featuring historical background information, analysis of image creation strategies, and numerous technical photos. Several photo essays show such processes as raku, throwing on a wheel, hand forming in a press mold, working with colored clay, and more. Potters will find invaluable advice on buying and formulating clays, choosing and applying glazes, firing clay bodies, and much more. 300+ stunning color photos. Net Wt. is 2.03 lbs.

This text aims to provide and insight and inspiration by bringing together the work of 36 leading ceramic artists. It examines their explorations of the ceramic medium and how they develop their individual techniques. Net Wt. is 2.29 lbs.

Kids will happily dig into the soft, malleable medium, exploring its possibilities. They'll break the clay apart, rejoin it with water, try to model it into recognizable shapes, and cut out great big slabs to design. Pictures of professional sculptures, as well as objects created by kids, fill the book

In this major work on Oriental ceramics and glazes, a leading authority on Far Eastern pottery traces the development of Chinese glazes and glazing techniques from antiquity to the modern era. Nigel Wood describes how glazes were made, provides an analysis of their composition, and shows how they can be duplicated today with common raw materials available in the West. The book is lavishly illustrated, with nearly three hundred photographs, one hundred in full color. These depict examples of the Chinese arts as found in pottery ranging from simple earthenware jars excavated at Neolithic sites to exquisitely designed dishes found in imperial tombs. They also show examples of modern Western ware that employ these remarkable glazing techniques. Net Wt. is 3.36 lbs.

In some sections of the ceramics industry, more has developed in the last 45 years than in the previous 4,000. To address new information and possibilities presented by advances in the industry, noted ceramist, teacher, and author Robin Hopper has updated and simplified where necessary Daniel Rhode'? seminal book on fundamentals of ceramic technology. This revised and expanded edition adheres closely to the editions published in 1957 and revised in 1973, with added sections devoted to health hazards and computer calculation programs and increased color information and expanded photographic images of both historical and contemporary work. Net Wt. is 2.75 lbs.

Drawing on more than 30 years of experience in ceramics, author Vince Pitelka has created the most practical, all-inclusive studio handbook for students, studio artists, educators and all those interested in the art of clay. The ten chapters in Clay: A Studio Handbook address the full range of ceramic processes, and bring a lifetime of ceramic knowledge directly into the hands of potters. Concerned about safe and efficient studio operation, Pitelka pays diligent attention to safety practices. Professional potters, students, teachers even serious weekend potters will find this book is their single best resource for gaining, retaining, and expanding a solid understanding of clay.

Create beautiful pots by hand?using the time-honored techniques of coil, pinch, slab and others, with easy-to-follow instructions for every procedure, and 168 step-by-step photos. Net Wt. is 1.24 lbs.

Master the art of the pottery wheel, to throw bowls, vases, lamp bases, even sculptural instructions. Net Wt. is 1.14 lbs.