Pinch Your Pottery

Author: Jacqui Atkin
Publisher: Quarry Books
ISBN: 158923975X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
Learn how to master one of the most ancient yet simple and appealing ceramics techniques. Taught with a modern approach by a master potter, this amazing collection of pinched projects is the perfect place to start your new ceramics hobby or to explore new ways to shape clay as a more experienced crafter. Pinching is a wonderfully direct method of interacting with clay that allows for making a range of forms and styles. Projects are simple and small and require only a few tools and your own hands. Begin a new adventure with fabulous pinched ceramics and learn everything from choosing clay and a style of decoration, to firing and beyond: Ranging from functional wares to purely decorative sculptural forms, each project is explained with step-by-step sequences and plenty of options for surface decoration. Fully cross-referenced throughout, there is a wealth of choice and styles to mix and match to make each project truly unique. A gallery of makers provides added inspiration and shows the potential of this underrated making method. This book proves that pinching is a way of working equal to all other methods and that it can produce items of refinement and sophistication.

Pinch Pottery

Author: Susan Halls
Publisher: Union Square & Company
ISBN: 9781454704133
Category : Pottery
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The technique is simple; the results are gorgeous! Susan Hallss stunningly refined, sophisticated, and modern projects range from a mug and vase to a teapot and triple herb planter. Beginning with the basic pinch pot, they move on to wider, taller, and composite forms, all with stunning options for color and surface decoration.

The Pot That Juan Built

Author: Nancy Andrews-Goebel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781600608483
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28

Book Description
A cumulative rhyme summarizes the life's work of renowned Mexican potter, Juan Quezada, with additional information that describes the process he uses to create his pots after the style of the Casas Grandes people. Simultaneous.

Finding One's Way with Clay

Author: Paulus Berensohn
Publisher: Clay Biscuit Books Incorporated
ISBN: 9780965777308
Category : Modeling
Languages : en
Pages : 163

Book Description

Easy Homemade Pottery

Author: Francesca Stone
Publisher: Page Street Publishing
ISBN: 1645671518
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 457

Book Description
Planters, Vases, Dishes and More, Without a Pottery Studio! You’ll be amazed by what you can create with polymer and air-dry clay. These affordable, easy-to-find clays present endless possibilities for artisan-quality home decor and gifts. Francesca Stone, creator of the decor blog Fall For DIY, presents simple step-by-step techniques for shaping and decorating clay with just a few household tools. All final pieces can be air-dried or baked in a standard home oven. Featuring a gorgeous, modern palette of natural colors, these projects are deceptively easy and effortlessly chic. Personalize your home with practical and beautiful items like the Terra-Cotta Jewelry Dish, Hanging Herb Garden Planter and Salt-and-Pepper Pinch Pot. Get creative with color and geometric shapes in home accents such as the Color-Block Photo Holder and Abstract Floral Block Platter. This book is the perfect primer to start making beautiful clay pieces at home and get that handmade ceramic look without the expenses and challenges of traditional pottery.

Handbuilt Ceramics

Author: Kathy Triplett
Publisher: Lark Books
ISBN: 9781579901844
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 168

Book Description
Written for the general reader with an interest in ceramics, Handbuilt Ceramics is a big, colorful, and complete how-to manual for shaping clay without a potter’s wheel. Features 8 projects, complete with materials lists, clear step-by-step instructions, and detailed “how-to” color photos.

Three Cups

Author: Tony Townsley
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 1400318572
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

Book Description
Teaching children how to save, spend, and be charitable can be as simple as 1, 2, 3. All parents want to teach their children good money habits from an early age. Many start by giving them an allowance. But it’s equally important to teach children a positive, generous attitude as they learn to use money responsibly. Filled with warm, memorable illustrations by award-winning painter, April Willy, Three Cups is the story of one family’s unique and effective method of teaching personal financial management—and how one boy reaped first the small, then the immeasurably great rewards of the lessons he learned. Families will be delighted with the heart-warming tale and want to integrate the three-cup system in their own children’s lives.

Handbuilt Tableware

Author: Kathy Triplett
Publisher: Lark Books (NC)
ISBN: 9781579904401
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
“The emphasis is on creativity and distinctiveness. This book is full of ideas.”—Library Journal. “Information-packed. It is extremely practical and clear in its presentation. The technical guidance is easy to follow [and] a gallery section is beautifully produced. An encouraging and motivating book.”—Ceramic Review. “Sure to ignite inspiration.”—International Ceramic Art Review.

Pottery Basics

Author: Jacqui Atkin
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780713673388
Category : Pottery
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
This book is a basic introduction to pottery. It covers everything the beginner needs to know to start making beautiful ceramics. Step-by-step photographs and clear instructionsguide you through the techniques for making, decorating, and firing pottery and twelve simple projects allow you to put your skills into practice. Chapters include an introduction to types of clay, basic modelling methods such as throwing, pinching, coiling and turning. Key techniques are taught for biscuit and glaze firing. Each progressive project develops a new skill, and then teaches you how to add texture and decorate your vessels using inlays, slips, sgraffito, feathering, burnishing and resist techniques.

Pinch Your Pottery

Author: Jacqui Atkin
Publisher: Quarry
ISBN: 1589239741
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
In Pinch Your Pottery, Jacqui Atkin, one of the UK's foremost ceramic teacher-writers, shows the range that this simple technique is able to achieve with a superb collection of step-by-step pinched projects.