Advanced Pottery - Rilegato

Bloomfield, Linda

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0709087721 ISBN 13: 9780709087724

Casa editrice: Crowood Pr, 2011

Riassunto

With examples from leading potters around the world, a practical guide to the latest techniques for potters, teachers, students, and anyone interested in working with clays and glazes

 

Describing and illustrating the latest pottery techniques, particularly for making large or complex pots, this book shows work from a cross-section of different studio potters and the materials, tools, and methods they use. It focuses on advanced techniques, including throwing on the wheel, hand building, coiling, slabbing, making and using molds, and altering thrown work. Clays and glazes are explained in detail, highlighting the many different colors obtainable and giving recipes and methods for creating and modifying glazes. Firing techniques are also covered and instructions for building a fast-fire kiln are included.

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Informazioni sugli autori

Linda Bloomfield originally trained as a materials scientist and worked as a scientific researcher. She now runs her own studio pottery business and sells her thrown tableware through shops and galleries internationally. She writes regularly for Ceramic Review.

Linda Bloomfield BSc, PhD, originally trained as a materials scientist and worked as a scientific researcher at NEC in Japan and Imperial College in London. She now runs her own studio pottery business and sells her thrown tableware through shops and galleries across the UK and internationally. She is interested in glaze research and is currently writing a book on science for potters. She is married with three children and lives in London.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Crowood Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0709087721
• ISBN 13: 9780709087724
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 192
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile