The Complete Practical Potter

This practical, accessible approach to ceramics, with step-by-step instructions and photographs, introduces techniques that form the basic vocabulary for your work.

This practical, accessible approach to ceramics, with step-by-step instructions and photographs, introduces techniques that form the basic vocabulary for your work.

A comprehensive guide to ceramic with step-by-step projects and techniques.

The Practical Potter brings sound knowledge of the main ceramic methods to both the novice and the practicing maker wanting to enrich and extend their approach to design and technique. Each chapter features a rich array of step-by-step explanations, brought to life with examples of contemporary work.

This accessible book provides a sound practical knowledge of the main ceramic methods, ideal for both the novice and the practicing potter wanting to extend their technique. Following an introduction on choosing and preparing clay and setting up a workshop, the first section gives advice on inspiration and design. Comprehensive technique chapters follow on hand-building, making and using moulds, throwing, glazing and decoration, and kilns and firing. Over 25 step-by-step projects are brought to life with finished examples of contemporary work. These include a printed plate, a porcelain bowl and an undulating vase.

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Potter's Craft: A Practical Guide for the Studio and Workshop" by Charles Fergus Binns. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

A highly practical, accessible approach to creating bezutiful ceramics.