Handbuilt, A Potter's Guide

Name: Handbuilt, A Potter's Guide
Brand: Penguin Random House Distribution
SKU: 9781631595981
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Master timeless techniques, explore new forms, dig and process your own clay

By Melissa Weiss

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Handbuilt, A Potter's Guide by Melissa Weiss is a comprehensive resource for those interested in the art of hand-built pottery. The book provides detailed techniques and methods, focusing on creating unique, personal ceramic pieces without the use of a wheel. Through step-by-step guidance, it offers insights into material selection, shaping, and finishing processes, making it an ideal guide for both beginners and experienced potters looking to explore the handmade aspect of ceramics.
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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in exploring the art of pottery with a focus on handbuilding techniques. Offering insights and guidance from a skilled potter, it might appeal to both beginners eager to learn and experienced artists looking to refine their craft in a meaningful, hands-on way.

Handbuilt, A Potter's Guide

Learn how to make pottery without a wheel, dig and process local clays, and make natural glazes.

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Handbuilt pottery is the perfect way for new potters to dive into this unique medium because it doesn't require access to a potter's wheel. In Handbuilt, A Potter's Guide, Melissa Weiss takes an organic approach to harvesting and working with local clays, and even shows you how to mix your own glazes to use on functional pottery for use at home.

Students of pottery the world over have travelled all over the US to attend Weiss's classes. Now you don't have to! In this book, Melissa provides you with a solid course on slab and pinch-pot techniques that allow beginning students to master the basics and progress through finished wares.

Looking to go a little deeper? Melissa also offers her unique knowledge of how to dig and process local clays for use in pottery, and for the techniques she has developed for creating unique glazes with ash, salt, and other dry materials.

Learn the basics of handbuilding and more with this engaging guide.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781631595981

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 22 November 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: Rockport Publishers Inc.

Illustration: 300 color photos

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 160

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Arts & Culture Arts and Crafts Melissa Weiss Non-Fiction Penguin Books

About the Author

Melissa Weiss is an Asheville, North Carolina potter and a true handmade maker. Each pot she makes contains clay that she digs up on her land in Arkansas. From there, she drives the clay back to her studio in Asheville where she cleans it and incorporates it into her clay bodies. Melissa makes a variety of ash and celadon glazes and fires her pots in a gas reduction kiln. Melissa teaches classes in handbuilding at intervals throughout the year, including at the famous Penland Art School and the North Carolina Pottery Center. She also operates an 8,000 square foot art cooperative called Southside Studios that houses studio space for twenty potters. Melissa participates in shows in Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and exhibits her work in galleries from New York City, to Fayetteville Arkansas.