The Potter's Bible

An essential guide for beginner and advanced potters, featuring step-by-step photographs to guide you through a comprehensive range of techniques. Begin making beautiful ceramics, even if you've never attempted pottery before, following detailed information about: - Essential tools and studio equipment - Different types and constituencies of clay—including earthenware, stoneware, porcelain, and raku - Forming methods—including pinching, coiling, slabbing, press molding, throwing, and trimming - Adding texture and patterns—with techniques such as sgraffito, stamping, inlaying, and burnishing - Painting and printing—using slip, banding and combing, resists, and underglazes - Glazes and post-firing techniques—including salt and soda glazes, lusters, and metal leaf - Essential technical resources—such as glaze recipes, types of kilns and firings, and health and safety tips With its combination of practical advice, exciting images, inspirational ideas, and a glossary, this book is a must-have for all potters at any stage of their career.