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Ceramic Design Course: Principles, Practice, and Techniques: A Complete Course for Ceramicists

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This book is a great resource for ceramic artists who are interested in improving their design process. It would also be helpful for beginning industrial design students.

I would caution potential purchasers that this is not a 'how to make pottery book'. If you are looking for a book on how to make your own pottery this is not what you are looking for. If you are looking to better understand and design your work including integrating form, shape and color. Than I am sure you will get a lot out of this book.

I actually was not looking for this book, but instead stumbled upon it, because I had given up on thinking that such a book existed: a book that combined both contemporary design principles and technical skills for contemporary ceramics.

As a university teacher I have been surprised at the number of technical books available for ceramics (that remain mainly unchanged over the years) and yet literally no books that address design, while the contemporary world of ceramic design is exploding right now. I love this book and am now going to require it now for beginning ceramics students. Excellent material on brainstorming and sketching too. Oh, and really gorgeous photos and illustrations.

Thank you!

This book is a real eye opener for those working in clay. It provides information about design that any potter should know as they learn to throw or do handbuilding. Many aspects about useful objects are outlined with methods of doing thoughtful designs. It is unlike any books providing instructions in the techniques of assembling objects of clay. And, for that reason belongs on a lot of potter's book shelves.

An interesting book for getting general ideas about ceramic design, but lacks strong discussion about design principles. It covers a fair range of what you can do with clay, but I think the discussion is superficial. I expected much more.

Great book on design concepts and relating them to ceramics. Really helped my creative thinking process.

This book has proven to be useful & informative. Shared the book with my pottery instructor & he liked it as well.
I'm a visual learner & the book provided great photographs that amplified the text. Great addition to my "potter's library".

I use this book in my basic ceramic class and wheel as well. It is a great book about basic understanding and approach to making ceramic

it was a gift and they were very happy and will have many hours of reading pleasure from the gift

Same old Ceramic book. they all are a bit disappointing it's never as good as a class.