Take the mystery out of throwing clay with this classic guide now back in print! Novice and advanced potters can learn and improve their throwing techniques to create perfectly symmetrical, basic ceramic forms. Step-by-step instructions accompanied by more than 270 black-and-white photographs clearly illustrate how to throw cylindrical and open shapes, as well as specialized and advanced throwing of specific forms, such as teapots and pitchers. Woody and photographer Steven Smolker show readers:
Containing additional appendixes on clays, glazes, kilns, and firing, and an excellent glossary of terms, this is the essential guide for any potter with a desire to learn and develop his or her own signature style.
“One of the clearest and best-illustrated books on pottery for the beginner.”—ALA Booklist
“The text is optimistic, determinedly nontechnical, and warm in tone. Steven Smolker has illustrated the book with photographs so real you can almost feel the clay ooze between your fingers.”—San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle
“This is a treatise on throwing, as thorough and straightforward as a trade-school technical manual. Few ceramic textbooks give more than a passing explanation of throwing, and never before has anyone attempted to present a whole book on wheel techniques with such attention to detail. This is a remarkable book; its text and photographs give a meticulously detailed exposition of procedures—the many and varied steps that make up the mechanics of throwing. This book does not replace the teacher; it is a brilliantly executed adjunct, especially helpful for those who have made some start at throwing on the wheel.”—Craft Horizons
