Beginners Guide to Pottery and Ceramics: Everything you need to know to start making beautiful ceramics

Atkin, Jacqui

ISBN 10: 178221559X / ISBN 13: 9781782215592

Published by Search Press, 2017

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Synopsis:

Clay is an exciting material that has been used to make both practical and decorative items since prehistoric times. With this practical guidebook, learn all the skills you need to start creating your own beautiful ceramics.

Step-by-step photographs and clear instructions will guide you through the core techniques, including pinching and coiling and throwing and trimming. Discover inspirational projects as your skills progress, from simple coiled vases with painted decoration to marbled clay boxes with transparent glazes. Learn how to decorate and fire your clay vessels with myriad textures, using methods such as inlays, slips, sgraffito, feathering, burnishing and resist.

Following the impressive projects inside, you can put your new-found skills into practice and develop your creativity. 

About the Author:

Jacqui Atkin is a professional studio ceramicist, author and gallery owner living in rural Shropshire, England. Currently working as editorial consultant and project editor for ClayCraft magazine, she is one of the UK's foremost teacher-authors writing today. She is the author of Beginner's Guide to Pottery & Ceramics and Pottery You Can Use. She has amassed an impressive number of five-star reviews for her books on Amazon.

Visit her website www.jacquiatkin.com.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Beginners Guide to Pottery and Ceramics: ...
Publisher: Search Press
Publication Date: 2017
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Used; Very Good