Description
Product ID: | 9780760349755 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | CN |
Series: | Mastering Ceramics |
Title: | Mastering the Potter's Wheel |
Subtitle: | Techniques, Tips, and Tricks for Potters |
Authors: | Author: Ben Carter |
Page Count: | 208 |
Subjects: | Pottery, ceramics and glass crafts, Pottery, ceramics & glass crafts |
Description: | Select Guide Rating This book is the new gold standard for potters who use a potter's wheel. It's the first book in years that goes beyond the basics, offering next-level techniques for throwing. Take your skills—and your work—to the next level. Mastering the Potter's Wheel starts with an introduction to wheel-throwing, from centering to creating the basic forms. What pushes this book beyond the competition, however, are the techniques offered in the chapters that follow. From a variety of methods for throwing large objects such as pitchers and platters, to alterations, darting, and paddling, this book offers potters a world of possibilities. With galleries featuring today's top working artists, including Kyle Carpenter, Sam Chung, Chandra DeBuse, Julia Galloway, Martha Grover, Ayumie Horie, Forrest Lesch-Middleton, Kristen Kieffer, Kathy King, Matt Long, Alex Matisse, Lorna Meaden, Doug Peltzman, Mackenzie Smith, Shawn Spangler, and many more, you'll also find page after page of inspiration. The Mastering Ceramics series is for artists who never stop learning. With compelling projects, expert insight, step-by-step photos, and galleries of work from today’s top artists, these books are the perfect studio companions. Also available from the series: Mastering Hand Building and Mastering Kilns and Firing. |
Imprint Name: | Voyageur Press |
Publisher Name: | Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2016-06-01 |