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Throwing and Handbuilding: Forming Techniques
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Throwing and handbuilding are at
the core of all studio ceramics techniques. Through imagination and
experimentation, some of the most skilled artists and craftsmen can take
these basic techniques and often produce extremely creative works of art.
With practice and patience, the coil pot or tall narrow form can become
works of art suitable for galleries and collectors.
Handbuilding
& Throwing: Forming Techniques is a collection of carefully
selected feature articles from Ceramics
Monthly and Pottery Making
Illustrated, the two most widely read ceramics arts
publications in the world. Within each section of the book you’ll
discover challenging, complex and unusual techniques, oftentimes
extensively illustrated, by some of the foremost studio artists working
today. By mastering new techniques and discovering inspirational works of
contemporary masters, you’ll soon find yourself challenged to take new
directions in your work.
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Extruder, Mold and Tile: Forming Techniques
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Beyond the world of pinch and coil constructions and wheel-thrown pots
lies a vast array of opportunities for the ceramic artist. In Extruder,
Mold & Tile: Forming Techniques potters will discover a wealth
of information, techniques, and inspiration on topics that span the usual
to the unusual as well as the functional to the sculptural.
Molds have been used since nearly the dawn of ceramics beginning with the
making of pots inside baskets. The advent of the extruder centuries ago
has also served to benefit the artist in the many ways, facilitating work
that cannot be done easily, or at all, on the wheel or by hand. With
tilemaking, ceramic artists find the two-dimensional aspect of claywork
challenging and create astonishing works with both traditional and
nontraditional forming methods.
This collection of carefully selected feature articles from Ceramics
Monthly and Pottery Making Illustrated, the two most widely read ceramics
arts publications in the world, provides advice and inspiration from 26 of
the most knowledgeable and talented artists working in this exciting
medium. |
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Surface Decoration: Finishing Techniques
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When potters are ready to go beyond dipping,
pouring and brushing the sam e palette of glazes onto their work, they'll
find the alternatives to surface decoration offered here to be an
excellent jumping-off point. In this collection, thirty of the most
innovative and talented contemporary ceramic artists share the techniques
and processes that make their work unique and expressive.
Surface Decoration: Finishing Techniques
covers techniques at all stages of the ceramic process, including forming,
leather-hard, bisque and even after the final glaze firing. Artists
discuss their working styles and tools, some provide detailed step-by-step
instructions, while others discuss their successes and trials in broader
terms. You'll find information on glazes and glazing, recipes, embossing,
sgraffito, brushwork, printing, patinas, roulettes, stamping, decals,
stains, resists, slips, china painting, stencils, faux finishes, and more.
Whether you're a talented professional, an enthusiastic novice, or an
instructor looking for fresh course material, Surface
Decoration: Finishing Techniques offers the information,
instruction and inspiration you need to move in a new direction. |
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Raku, Pit and Barrel: Firing Techniques
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Raku, pit and barrel firing are
three of the most popular firing techniques in ceramics. Accessible to
anyone involved in this expressive medium, the unifying theme of these
three techniques is the ability to work directly with the fire to achieve
both quick and unique results not available with more conventional firing
techniques.
Raku, Pit & Barrel: Firing Techniques is a collection of
carefully selected feature articles from Ceramics Monthly and Pottery
Making Illustrated, the two most widely read ceramics arts
publications in the world. This handbook is divided into three sections
covering each of these popular topics. Within each section you’ll
discover some of the most beautiful work now being produced in this field,
as well as extensive how-to techniques and step-by-step instructions to
help you duplicate the processes in your own studio.
Explore the pages of Raku, Pit & Barrel: Firing Techniques and
discover the many special effects available to potters with these ancient
alternative firing methods. Experience the thrill of working with glowing
red-hot clay in a raku kiln, uncovering pieces from the hot coals of a pit
fire or peeling the aluminum foil off your latest experiment fired in a
barrel. |
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Practices, Techniques and Tips
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| 2003, Paperback, 144 pages |
A collection of articles,
suggestions, and Q&A from the Ceramics Monthly archives
published over the past 20+ years. Potters share their knowledge on a full
range of topics including designing a studio, making and using tools and
equipment, photographing work, marketing and sales, kilns and firing.
Woven through the fabric of this book are also the stories of problem
solving, insightful solutions, and the individual stories of challenges
and successes. This is a must-have book for any potter of clay artist
setting a course for pursuing clay beyond the casual past-time.
 | A 21st Century Potter by Janet Buskirk
| Finding Your Niche by Brad Sondahl
| Making a Living in the 90s by Ray Bub
| Learning Through Apprenticeship by Alisa Carroll
| The Marketing Dance by Richard Selfridge
| Attention to Detail by Tony and Sheila Clennell
| Red Star Studios by Paula Sibrack Marian
| Selecting and Designing a Studio by Ric Swenson
| A Garden Exhibition by Alice Heystek
| Photographing Ceramics Black & White by Glenn
Rand and William Blanchard
| Photographing Ceramics Color by Glenn Rand
| Photographing Ceramics Revisited by Glenn Rand
| Attaining Merchant Status by Mark E. Battersby
| Pack With Care by Debra Burke
| Writing an Artist’s Statement by Ariane Goodwin
| Is It Covered by Mark E. Battersby
| Questions to Ask a Gallery by Karen Shelly-Genther
| Customers: How to Get Them by Constance Hallinan
Lagan
| Profiting Under the Right Label by Mark E. Battersby
| Going for the Gold by Garth Clark
| Build a $75 Electric Wheel by Jolyon Hofsted |
| A $50 Ball Mill by Onis Cogburn
| Modifying a Cement Mixer for Mixing Clay by Susan
Nykiel and Ray Bub
| A Dry Clay Mixer by Brian VanNostrand
| The $1200 Studio by Lili Krakowski
| The Versatile Extruder by William Shinn
| An Environmentally Safe Spray Booth by Bill Campbell
| A Low Cost Spray Booth by Lawrence Blazey
| A Utilitarian Spray Booth by Carol and Jim Gross
| Bamboo Tools by Mel Malinowski
| The Brush as Art by Pete Helzer
| Glaze Dipping: Tubs and Tongs by Bennett Welsh
| Mining with the Potter in Mind by David Hendley
| The Perfect Clay Body? by Jeff Zamek
| Clay Body Absorption and Shrinkage by Jeff Zamek
| Q&A/Suggestions
| Salt and Refractory Coatings by Mel Jacobson |
| Insulating Existing Kilns by Regis Brodie
| What Size Burners? How Much Gas by Robert D. Schmitz
| The Mysterious Hole by Marc Ward
| A Castable Venturi Burner by W. Lowell Baker
| The Oxygen Probe: A Potter’s Tool by Nils Lou
| Firing with Waste Oil and Water by Ali Sheriff
| Firing with Vegetable Oil by John Britt
| George Wright by Janet Buskirk
| Lessons from a City Kiln by Marc Leuthold
| A Fast-Firing Test Kiln by Rick Childs
| Kazegama by Steve Davis
| A Double-Chambered Kiln by Penelope Fleming
| Building a Modular Kiln by Bob McWilliams
| A Doorless Fiber Kiln by Hank Murrow |
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 | Creative
Ideas For Clay Artists
A Collection of Articles from Ceramics Monthly
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| Softcover, 110 pages, March 2001 114
color and 121 b&w photos |
| Ceramics Monthly |
| Looking for new ideas? This new addition to the Ceramics
Monthly Handbooks series is a collection of articles from CM,
featuring creative artists and ideas to challenge you and inspire your
work. Pottery, sculpture, and finishing techniques are covered. This is a must-read
for anyone involved in clay— whether looking for new ideas, new
inspiration, or renewed creativity. You will find it here through these
talented featured artists and their unique approaches to clay.
Divided into 3 sections: pottery, sculpture and finishing techniques,
article topics include expanding the limits of pinch pottery, handbuilding
with textured slabs, miniature reproductions, spraying paper-reinforced
clay, using large latex molds, airbrushing, combining ceramic and photographic
processes, Southwest pottery traditions and innovations.
In Pursuit of Form by Kristin Doner
Ordering Chaos by Dannon Rhudy
Jane Graber by Phyllis Blair Clark
Outside In Bowls by Sara Friedlander
Shuji Ikeda by James Irwin
Sandcasting Ceramics by Kari Brovold Hagen
Spraying Paper-Reinforced Clay by W. Lowell Baker
Janis Mars Wunderlich by Anderson Turner
Ex Post Factory by Vince Pitelka
Lifesprings Michael Garnes' Kinetic Ceramic Coils
Still-Life Vignettes by Anna Callouri Holcombe
Bead Making by Barnard Jones
Flexible Molds for Ceramics by Nan Smith
Imaret by David Proeber
Never Be Afraid of Play by Elaine Alt
Airbrushing on Clay by Hanna Lore Hombordy
Fast Fossils, Carbon-Film Transfer on Saggar-Fired Porcelain by Dick
Lehman
Fire and Light, Combining Ceramic and Photographic Processes by Linda
McRae
Brian VanNostrand by Phyllis Blair Clark
Lasting Impressions by Collin D. Rosebrook
The Spirit to Learn, the Spirit to Teach by Norbert Turek |
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Firing: Journeys and Techniques
A Collection of Articles from Ceramics Monthly
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more than just a source of heat for a kiln, it is a process. Wood firing
can provide a link for ceramic artists to their surroundings and to
pottery¹s beginnings thousands of years ago. This new handbook shares the
experiences of individual potters who have sought to reconnect with a
basic technology in our hi-tech society and who want to explore and master
all the possible variables that this technique provides for the creative
process. This book describes some of the technical, safety, and physical
challenges of wood firing through first-hand accounts and interviews with
potters. These are their personal stories, and in telling them, they share
their lessons learned and much of their technical knowledge.
It Is, After All, About the Wood, Right? by Dick Lehman
It's All One Meditation by Gil Stengel
Wood-Fire Apologia by Jane Herold
Magic and Ash by Barbara Campbell-Allen
A Journey with Fire by Robert Long
A New Collaboration by Dale Huffman
Larry Davidson by Lyn Kidder
Brian VanNostrand by Phyllis Blair Clark
Cary Hulin by Phyllis Blair Clark
Joy Brown by Rich Pomerantz
Shiho Kanazaki: Extending the Tradition by Dick Lehman
Wood Firing in Maryland by Hollis L. Engley
Nanban by Isamu Mizoguchi
A Noborigama in the Colorado Mountains by Shelley Schreiber
In My Own Backyard by George (Kim) Ellington
Beyond the Light of the Sun and the Moon by Dick Lehman
An Urban Wood Kiln by Sam Clarkson
The Kiln That Consumed Elkton by Howard Kiefer with Deborah Lipman
Following Anagama Tradition by Estelle and Bruce Martin
The Incredible Hog Chain Groundhog by W. Lowell Baker
Digging a Hillside Kiln by Bryson VanNostrand
A Wood Kiln for the Lone Potter by David Swanson
Horn Island Kiln by W. Lowell Baker
A Kiln for All Reasons by Barbara Johnson
Clear Air by Gil Stengel
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| Advanced Raku Techniques
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| Softcover, 144 pages June 2004 |
| Articles from Ceramics Monthly. |
| This book is the latest in the Ceramic
Monthly Handbook series. It contains all the best materials on raku
published from 1974 to the present. Along with feature articles on
techniques and artist profiles, you'll find a comprehensive selection of
suggestions from readers along with thoroughly researched answers to
readers questions concerning all aspects of the raku process. The book
includes techniques by accomplished raku artists, glaze recipes, and many
photos of finished work. |
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