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Müller, Kristin.

The potter's studio handbook : a start-to-finish guide to hand-built and wheel-thrown ceramics / Kristin Müller.

Beverly, Mass. : Quarry Books, ©2007.

192 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.

A guide to pottery making and wheel throwing, including basic information about clay, pottery wheels, kilns, and sculpting techniques.

Back yard series

Backyard series.

Pottery craft -- Vocational guidance -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Pottery craft -- Equipment and supplies -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Artists' studios -- Design and construction -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Pottery craft -- Marketing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Artists' studios -- Design and construction.

Pottery craft -- Equipment and supplies.

Handbooks and manuals.

Handbooks and manuals.

Includes bibliographical references (page 184) and index.

Foreword / Brother Iain Highet -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Studio requirements and properties of clay -- 1. Your studio -- Workspace considerations -- Physical requirements for setting up a studio -- Planning the placement of tools and equipment -- 2. Tools and equipment -- Essential equipment -- Tools for hand building -- Tools for wheel work -- 3. Clay -- Types of clay -- Choosing a clay supplier -- States of clay -- Conversion of clay through fire -- Ceramic temperatures -- 4. Preliminary clay techniques -- Managing clay consistency -- Wedging -- Shrinking and drying -- Keeping the studio clean -- Reclaiming and recycling clay -- 5. Hand building -- Pinch pots -- Stamping clay -- Slab construction -- Cutting and joining slabs -- Slump and hump molds -- Coil building -- 6. Throwing on the potter's wheel -- Setting up the wheel and stool -- Potter's wheel dynamics -- Developing skills through repetition -- Pottery forms -- Basic wheel techniques -- Troubleshooting common throwing problems -- 7. Decorative and finishing techniques -- Choosing glazes -- Glaze chemistry made easy -- Safety precautions -- Mixing glazes -- Preparing ware for glazing -- 8. Ceramic kilns and firing work -- Types of kiln firing -- Pyrometric cones -- 9. How to fire an electric kiln -- Choosing and preparing your electric kiln -- Bisque firing -- Loading green ware for bisque firing -- Loading glaze ware for glaze firing -- Keeping a kiln log and a glaze journal -- Common flaws in glazes -- Cooling the kiln -- Unloading the kiln -- pt. 2. A step-by-step guide to hand-building and pottery wheel projects -- 10. Hand-building projects -- Slab plates -- Whimsical teapot -- Coiled and paddled jar -- 11. Beginning wheel projects -- Faceted utensil holder -- Bottles and vases -- Pitchers -- Batter bowl with handle -- Set of mugs -- Throwing bowl forms -- Shaping a constant curve and using a throwing rib -- Principles of trimming -- Trimming multiple forms -- Guide to trimming clay -- 12. Intermediate wheel projects -- Plates and platters -- Trimming a plate -- Chip and dip dish -- Casserole with lid and handles -- Teapot with lid, spout, and handle -- Two-part vase -- Sources of inspiration -- Conclusion -- Resources -- Glossary -- Index -- Acknowledgments -- About the author.

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2007016693

9781592533732

1592533736

9780785833161

0785833161

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