The Practical Potter : a step-by-step handbook : a comprehensive guide to ceramics with step-by-step projects and techniques / Josie Warshaw ; with throwing chapter by Richard Phethean ; photography by Stephen Brayne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Warshaw, Josie.

Contributor:

Phethean, Richard, contributor.

Brayne, Stephen, photographer.

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pottery craft.

Pottery--Technique.

Pottery.

Ceramic sculpture.

Design.

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm

Distribution:

London : Imprint of Anness Publishing Ltd.,

Other Title:

Practical Potter a step-by-step handbook

Place of Publication:

London, England : Hermes House, 2003.

Contents:

Introduction

Ceramics: A Brief History

Clay: The Fundamental Ingredient

Health and Safety

Workshop Layout

Design: Planning, Inspiration

Handbuilding: Equipment, Techniques, Projects

Making and Using Moulds: Equipment, Techniques, Projects

Throwing: Equipment, Techniques, Projects

Glaze and Decoration: Equipment, Techniques, Projects

Kilns and Firing: Equipment, Techniques, Project

Chemical Formulae

Selling Work.

Notes:

Previously published under title: The Complete Practical Potter.

"Publisher: Joanna Lorenz. Project editor: Emma Clegg. Consultant advisor: John Forde. US advisor: Nancy Selvage. Copy editor: Samantha Ward Dutton. Projects copy editor: Gail Dixon-Smith. Reader: Joy Wotton. Designer: Celia Clay. Jacket design: Arielle Morris. Photographer: Stephen Brayne. Stylist: Diana Civil. Picture researcher: Pernilla Pearce. Illustrator: Robert Highton. Production: Wendy Lawson."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (page 253) and index.

Local Notes:

Running Press Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.

ISBN:

0681783273

9780681783270

OCLC:

974393382