This classic studio handbook offers complete coverage of the art and technology of ceramics and includes over
376 illustrations in a photo-essay format that gives step-by-step instructions for hand building and wheel techniques.
Benefits:
The authors emphasize safety precautions.
Topical coverage includes more information on advanced forming techniques.
Coverage is included of the history of ceramics and technical aspects of ceramics.
NEW! CERAMICS features an enhanced illustration program with over double the number of illustrations from the
previous edition. Three-fourths of the illustrations are new to this edition.
NEW! A new four-color insert with 64 color images has been added to the new edition. Each image is complete
with captions containing quotes from the artists about ceramics and the particular piece.
Table of Contents
1. Clay.
2. Early Ceramic History.
3. Later Ceramic History.
4. Recent Ceramics: The Twentieth Century.
5. Clay in the Studio.
6. Hand-Building Techniques.
7. Wheel Techniques.
8. Surface and Glazing.
9. Glazes: Formulation and Types.
10. Glazes: Calculations and Chemicals.
11. Kilns and Firing.