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Studio Practices,
Techniques and Tips
Studio Practices, Techniques and
Tips is a collection of articles, suggestions, questions and answers from
the Ceramics Monthly archives. Potters share their knowledge on a full
range of topics including designing a studio, making and using tools and
equipment, photographing work, marketing and sales, kilns and firing. Also
the stories of problem solving, insightful solutions, and the individual
stories of challenges and successes. This is a must-have book for any
potter or clay artist setting a course for pursuing clay beyond the casual
past-time. (edited by Anderson Turner, paperback)
C-300-350
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Pottery
Making Techniques
A collection of articles from Pottery Making Illustrated
Magazine written by some of the best known contemporary ceramics artists
including Rosette Gault, Dannon Rudy, Steven Hill, Sumi von Dassow and
more. ”One of the best things about making pottery is that there are so
many ways to do it—handbuilding and throwing, decorating and glazing, as
well as firing with gas, grass or electric. With all these variables, it’s
no wonder that no two potters make the same work. In this collection of
pottery techniques, you’ll discover scores of great ideas, practical
information you can use and seeds of inspiration that you can nurture.
Pottery Making Techniques showcases more than thirty skilled artists who
provide instruction and insights to techniques they use on a regular
basis. They’ve learned from their mistakes, sorted out the good from the
bad, and streamlined methods that will work for you. Intermediate to
advanced techniques are presented in a well-illustrated, step-by-step
format that will provide years of inspiration. “ (edited by Anderson
Turner, paperback)
C-300-349
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Contemporary Ceramic Formulas
A comprehensive collection of
ceramic formulas that have been thoroughly researched and tested by author
and materials expert John Conrad. These formulas reflect the environmental
concerns of contemporary potters. Includes clay bodies, including
oven-ware and low-shrinkage clays and glazes such as leadless earthenware
glazes, once-fire glazes, stoneware glazes (many Cone 4-6) and crystal
glazes. Complete preparation, testing, application and formula adjustments
are detailed as well. John Conrad, Paperback, 165 Pages.
C-300-173
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The Potter's Studio Clay
and Glaze Handbook
Written by Jeff Zamek
Every potter, home enthusiast to the art center doyenne needs practical
guidance on choosing and using clays and glazes in his or her work.
Mastering clays and glazes is a feat of both art and science, and
navigating everyday issues in the pottery studio requires an understanding
of both fields. With The Potter's Studio Clay and Glaze Handbook, the art
and science of ceramics is explored with accessible authority and insight.
Whether choosing a highfire clay or applying a high-impact engobe, any
potter's craft will be enhanced and inspired by this book.
Ceramics instructor and consultant Jeff
Zamek (Southampton, MA) has lectured and led workshops for more than 30
years, and has developed clay body and glaze formulas for ceramics supply
companies throughout the United States. He has written articles for most
major ceramics magazines, including Pottery Making Illustrated, Ceramics
Monthly, and Ceramic Industry. Zamek is the author of What Every Potter
Should Know and Safety in the Ceramics Studio.
C-300-395
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GlazeMaster
Version 2.3 CD-ROM and User's Guide
GLAZEMASTER is a glaze and clay database and calculation program intended
for both beginning and advanced students of glaze chemistry. For beginners
it can serve as a convenient database to file and organize your recipe
collection while exposing you to the Seger unity formula and related
calculation to help you better understand your glazes. For more advanced
practitioners, it can be a powerful tool to help you design better glazes
or correct faults in existing ones. Users have found the program to be
very intuitive and easy to learn. It is also very flexible so you can
tailor many of the features to meet your specific needs. Some of those
features are:
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the ability to organize your recipes in any way you desire,
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multiple choices for the way you display information, and
3)
specifying the materials you keep in stock to speed recipe development.
User Guide (PDF File on CD with all
necessary files for both Windows and Macs)
It runs on both Windows (XP up to
and including 7) and Macintosh (OSX up to and including Lion) machines.
Upgrades to 3.0
are free to previous purchasers if downloaded from the masteringglazes.com
website.
C-330-003
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The
Potter’s Studio Handbook
This concise and complete handbook guides you through the process of
designing and equipping your own ceramic studio as well as teaching you
the techniques to create your own clay projects. The author teaches
hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques using full-color photographs,
diagrams and the reassuring voice of a veteran instructor. She illustrates
the steps for creating 16 beautiful, functional projects including
teapots, large vases and dinnerware. She also gives instruction on glazing
and loading and firing all types of ceramic kilns. This guide will remain
an invaluable resource to all clay artists, one that will stay in the
studio for years to come. (192 pages, 350 color photos/ 8”x10”x 1/2
” / hardcover), by Kristin Muller.
C-300-391
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Creative Ideas
for Clay Artists
Creative Ideas for
Clay Artists will help you uncover new ideas with its collection of 20
inspiring and informational articles on pottery, sculpture and finishing
techniques from some of the most talented ceramic artists working today.
Whether you're looking for new designs, new inspiration or renewed
creativity, you'll find it in Creative Ideas for Clay Artists, making it a
must-read for anyone involved in clay.
(112 pages, 10” x 8” x 1/4” Soft cover, 100+
color/b&w images) (Edited by Anderson Turner)
C-300-382
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The
Complete Guide to High-Fire Glazes - Paperback
This is a truly
complete guide with hundreds of recipes and photographs of test tiles and
finished pieces. John Britt begins with a detailed examination of glaze
materials, chemistry and tools. Then he reviews each recipe and guides you
through all aspects of mixing, applying and firing procedures for both
fuel and electric kilns. The book contains specific information on each
type of glaze including copper, iron, Shino, salt/soda, crystalline and
more. (184 pages/300+color photos/ 11 ¼” x 9 ¾”
paperback)
C-300-122
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The
Art & Craft of Ceramics: Techniques, Projects,
Inspiration
A comprehensive guide to the most important aspects of ceramics, starting
with the basics and progressing to more advanced concepts. Hand building,
wheel throwing, mold production and glazing are all clearly described and
presented in a series of photographs. Six projects are outlined--
including a one-of-a-kind earthenware pot and a modern wall sculpture.
Complete with a gallery of work from renowned modern ceramists, this
volume presents the infinite artistic possibilities of the craft. (160
pages/400+ color photos/ 9 ¼” x 12” hardcover)
C-300-244
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The Complete Potter: The
Complete Reference to Tools, Materials, and
Techniques for All Potters and Ceramicists
This definitive guide takes you
through all the processes from clay to kiln, from designing your pieces to
making, decorating and firing them.
This book is clearly laid out and packed
with factual information that every creative ceramicist will want to have
on hand. It includes descriptions of the very latest materials and how to
us them effectively in your work.
Step-by step instructions for traditional
methods and new products, such as paper clay, are combined with examples
of work by some of the world's top ceramicists, including details on how
they achieve their results. (7.5" X 10.5" X 3/4" Softcover)
224 Pages with over 500 full color photos, by Steve Mattison.
C-300-359
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The Potter's Encyclopedia
of Color, Form and Decoration
Ceramic vessels come in an enormous variety of shapes, colors, and
decorative finishes-a fact that contributes to the appeal and excitement
of pottery as a medium, while presenting the potter with a bewildering
number of choices. This book gives the potter an exhaustive reference for
the vast range of shapes, colors, and decorative techniques that are
available.
This book details over 600 ceramic shapes
and forms, extensively illustrated with inspirational photographs,
elevation and sectional drawings, and comprehensive explanations to
combine creatively and practically. This volume illustrates more than 700
individual glazes, with detailed explanation of their properties, scope,
and limits, and provides complete instructions for creating them. It also
covers the full range of decorative techniques available to the potter,
including glaze, underglaze, on-glaze, and clay methods. (8" X
10" X 3/4" Hardcover) 160 pages by Neal French.
C-300-346
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The Penland Book of
Ceramics - Master Classes in Ceramic Techniques
A wealth of ideas and works from top ceramists including Cynthia Bringle,
Joe Bova, Nick Joerling, and Sergei Isopov, who have taught at the
prestigious Penland School of Crafts make this book an indispensable
resource. Ten talented artists, well known and respected for the
particular techniques they have mastered, demonstrate their methods in a
series of instructive photographs. They also discuss their interest and
affinity with different influences and methods, and present work by other
artists whose work they admire. (8-3/4" X 11-1/4" X 7/8"
Hardcover) 208 Pages with over 400 full color photographs
C-300-323
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Stoneware
Stoneware is a hard, strong, and vitrified ware, usually fired above 2192
Degrees F, which allows the body and glaze to mature at the same time and
form an integrated layer. During firing, the organic matter found in clay
is burned away, the color changes, and a layer of glass is fused to the
surface. The quality of the glaze owes much to the establishment of this
layer, and it is therefore the glaze quality that determines a ware's
acceptance as stoneware. Such firing can achieve qualities and finishes
that appeal to many potters; however, firing clay at such high
temperatures imposes demands on the clay and glazes and kilns.
In Stoneware, Richard Dewar discusses the
various considerations that need to be taken into accounts when working at
higher temperatures and shows a myriad of techniques and glazes that can
be used to achieve excellent results. Including the work of Sandy Brown,
Will Levi Marshall, Robin Welch, John Calver, and other internationally
known artists, this handbook is only one available on this increasingly
popular subject. (9" X 6" X 3/8" Softcover) (128 Pages with
over 200 color photos, by Richard Dewar)
C-300-311
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Making a Living
as an Artist
This book is a collection of the best articles from Art
Calendar Magazine on how a practicing artist can navigate through the
challenging world of the art marketplace. This is a book of very practical
information written for beginning and advanced artists of any medium.
There are expert chapters on such subjects as: Negotiating contracts, how
to deal with creative blocks, the complex world of taxes, how to manage a
studio, the importance of insuring art work and how to do it, how to use a
portfolio book to the best advantage, making national and international
gallery connections, public relations and news releases, how to develop an
effective direct mail program, licensing artwork and other legal issues,
and organizations serving artists. In other words, just about everything.
(6" X 9" X 3/4" Softcover) (270 Pages, 22 Chapters, The
Editors of Art Calendar)
C-300-198
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Clay, A Studio
Handbook
Whatever your involvement with clay and the clay arts, this book belongs
in your library or studio. An all encompassing volume, this book covers
topics ranging from materials, studio safety, making and improvising
tools, equipment, firing theory and much more. It will serve as an
excellent reference book and will provide many valuable tips. Teachers
will find this to be an excellent textbook for students of all levels. (11
¼” X 8 ½” X 1” 368 Pages Hardcover) Vince Pitelka
C-300-205
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Ceramics, Mastering
the Craft - 2nd Edition
This classic text has over
300 color photographs, with an excellent blend of technical and aesthetic
aspects of ceramics. The book explains an extensive variety of processes
and also displays finished work. Potters will find information on clay and
glazes, kilns, and a wealth of glaze and claybody recipes. ( 8 ¼” X
11” X ½” Soft cover) (255 Pages) (Richard Zakin, Forward by Val
Cushing)
C-300-33
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The Craft and Art of Clay
NEW!
3rd Edition of this
classic handbook and reference source by renown potter and author Susan
Peterson is a “must have” for ceramists, educators and collectors
alike. More color photos plus new information on practical techniques,
aesthetic issues and safety concerns bring this Edition “up to date”
with contemporary ceramics. An excellent overview, instructional text and
inspirational source in one book. (416 Pp/560 Color +138 B&W Illus/
8½”x11”/ Hardcover) (Susan Peterson)
C-300-39
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Clays & Glazes In
Studio Ceramics
NEW!
Ceramic materials (Clay and Glaze) are complex at best and bewildering at
worst - even to those who have worked in the medium for years. David Scott
has created a very lucid book combining a wealth of reference material
with clearly written, absorbing text that keeps the reader focused on the
important information at hand. Potters at all levels will find this book
accessible, interesting and informative - a welcome addition to their
personal reference library. To develop confidence and independence in ones
art requires understanding of one’s materials: this book is designed to
assist artists at all levels to gain that understanding. (192 Pp/ 180
Color Photos/ 8½”x11”/ HC) (David Scott)
C-300-184
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Advanced
Ceramic Manual
A comprehensive manual covering the technical information most used by
studio potters. Written in a concise, precise, yet easy-to-read style with
an abundance of charts, formulas, lists, equivalents and how-to-do-it
procedures, this book may easily replace 15 to 20 different reference
books. It is a “one-stop” source for advice, techniques and procedures
related to clays, feldspars, colorants, fluxes, stains, frits and other
ceramic materials. (287 Pp/ 101 B&W Photos/ 8½”x11“/ Paper) (John
Conrad)
C-300-172
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Ceramic Technology
for Potters & Sculptors
A comprehensive yet accessible manual that demonstrates the technology
involved in making and firing ceramics. Divided into 3 Parts: Back-ground
Sciences/ Workshop Practice/ and Raw Materials (Clay Bodies, Slips &
Casting Slips, and Glaze & Color), this book covers the whole process
from start to finish. Included are short, optional “Advanced Sections”
organized in such a way that the text reads consecutively whether they are
included or omitted. A valuable resource for studio potters, sculptors and
anyone involved in ceramics. (407 Pages/ 43 Color & 93 B&W Photos
/6”x9¼” /Paper) (Y.H. Cuff)
C-300-50
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Electric
Kiln Ceramics - 3rd Edition
An exhaustive review of materials and techniques developed exclusively for
oxidation firing. Noted artist and author Richard Zakin demonstrates how
to create works with a greater versatility of color and texture than you
ever imagined- from an electric kiln. Suitable clays, glazes, techniques
and procedures are illustrated with hundreds of photos and clear, easy to
read text. Updated health and safety information has been included. (304
Pp/ 16 Color Pp+2BO B&W Illus/ 7”x10”/ Hardcover) (Richard Zakin)
C-300-354
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The Kiln
Book - 3rd Edition
The 3rd Edition of this classic work is a comprehensive guide to the
construction, maintenance and repair of both electric and fuel-burning
kilns. Full of information on building methods, efficient design,
refractories, brick laying, arches, flues, burners, firing & safety
systems, elements and electrical wiring; everything you need to know to
build almost any type of kiln is in this book. Includes hundreds of
diagrams, charts and illustrations as well as plans for the construction
of various gas & electric kilns. A must have for the serious potter.
(291 Pp/ B&W Illus. throughout/ 8¼”x10 7/8” / Hardcover)
(Frederick Olsen)
C-300-78
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