pottery

Dozens of techniques, tips and projects on wheel throwing, handbuilding, finishing and firing.

Examines aspects of teapot theory and design, features a step-by-step guide to making a classic teapot, from throwing the body to glazing and finishing, talks with potters about their influences and sources of inspiration, profiles twenty-five teapot potters, and includes a photographic gallery of teapots.

Chronicles the history of pottery around the world from the earliest civilizations of the Near East to the Arts and Crafts movement of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and includes discussion of the development of ceramics as a form of personal expression.

Traces the history of ceramics, discussing how the painting of ceramic surfaces has figured into the art world throughout history.

Describes the shapes, designs and manufacture of ancient pottery and explains how archaeologists use ancient fragmants to learn about the past.

Concise instructions and over 300 illustrations explain how to work with clay, the potter's wheel, molds, and kilns. Includes firing information.

Though two boys are paying attention to her, a seventeen-year-old in East Liverpool, Ohio, is painfully shy until she discovers in herself the eye, hand, and heart of a potter.

Profiles five hundred bowls that represent the bowl's enduring form, volume, surface, texture, and color and demonstrate how the bowl is being reinterpreted and reinvented every day.

A color photo-filled guide to pottery, containing details on types of ware, raw materials, kilns and firings, and tools and equipment, and step-by-step instructions for forming techniques and decorating processes.