The Practical Potter: A Step By Step Handbook [Hardcover]

Josie Warshaw (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2001

A highly accessible approach to creating beautiful ceramics, with fully illustrated techniques and a range of beautiful step by step projects!

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Hermes House (2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1843092069
• ISBN-13: 978-1843092063
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #670,878 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beginning classroom text, September 9, 2004

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Midnight Potter (Anchorage, AK United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Practical Potter: A Step by Step Handbook (Paperback)

This book features excellent photos that display methods and techniques used in today's clay realm. The basics are shown for a wide variety of projects that will inspire and keep the beginning or intermediate clay artists creating for some time. Closeup photos show finger positions that work to create wheel thrown projects. This book is a general overview text that would fit well into a beginning classroom for potters. The step by step photos are the gem of this book. I recommend this book to my students dispite the following drawbacks: Due to the large variety of topics, space does not permit in-depth detail discussions on all of the topics. But that's okay. Artist's acquire that as they progress. The durability of the paperback edition is questionable if it is to be transported in and out of a studio classroom. A pyrometric cone chart is not included, but would be helpful. Overall, it's a great book for beginners and inspiring for intermediate levels.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a good beginners book, June 17, 2009

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Salvatore Rimi "Sam" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Practical Potter; A Step-by-step Handbook (Paperback)

This is a great book for beginner potters that like step by step instructions along with pictures for projects on the wheel or hand built. It explains glazes, slips, kilns, surface decoration, making plaster molds, etc. An overall good book to have in your library.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Pottery Guide, June 24, 2008

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J & J (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Practical Potter; A Step-by-step Handbook (Paperback)

If you have no other this is the ceramics guide to keep for reference and ideas. Basic glazing techniques and clay building procedures are explained in layman's terms.