100 Best Pottery Books of All Time

We've ranked the best pottery books using expert recommendations, sales data, and millions of reader ratings. At Shortform, we know books. Our book guides are the best in the world. Learn why.

The Complete Guide to High-Fire Glazes: Glazing Firing at Cone 10 book cover1

The Complete Guide to High-Fire Glazes: Glazing Firing at Cone 10

John Britt

5.0
With hundreds of recipes for some of the most popular and enduring high-fire glazes, this reference will prove a boon to ceramists who want to master this complex and versatile aspect of the art. Author John Britt, who served as Clay Coordinator at the respected Penland School of Crafts, has personally tested many of the recipes, and carefully reviews every one. He offers a thorough examination of
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Alternative Kilns Firing Techniques: Raku * Saggar * Pit * Barrel

James C. Watkins

4.7
Ceramicists searching for new ways to fire their creations now have a wealth of options. Authors James Watkins and Paul Wandless, along with a group of distinguished artisans, demonstrate in detail how to build low-cost, low-tech, yet high-quality kilns. The plans range from an easy, affordable, and versatile Raku Kiln to a unique wood-fueled Downdraft Stovepipe Barrel one. These clever devices ma
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250 Tips, Techniques, and Trade Secrets for Potters: The Indispensable Compendium of Essential Knowledge and Troubleshooting Tips

Jacqui Atkin

4.7
Both amateur and professional potters constantly seek time-saving tips, trade secrets, and new technical knowledge--which makes this handsomely illustrated book exactly what they're looking for! Author Jacqui Atkin describes the full range of available clays and their individual qualities, as well as necessary tools and equipment. She presents easy-to-follow directions for fashioning pottery, and
The Complete Guide to Mid-Range Glazes: Glazing and Firing at Cones 4-7 book cover4

The Complete Guide to Mid-Range Glazes: Glazing and Firing at Cones 4-7

John Britt

4.7
According to Ceramics Monthly, approximately 75% of potters glaze their pieces at mid-range temperatures—and this complete studio guide eliminates the guesswork from the popular process. Along with hundreds of recipes, it explores mixing, application, specific firing and cooling cycles, and all the factors that make glazes work. See how to boost colors with intense stains, washes, and underglazes;
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A Single Shard

Linda Sue Park

4.6
Tree-ear, an orphan, lives under a bridge in Ch’ulp’o, a potters’ village famed for delicate celadon ware. He has become fascinated with the potter’s craft; he wants nothing more than to watch master potter Min at work, and he dreams of making a pot of his own someday. When Min takes Tree-ear on as his helper, Tree-ear is elated–until he finds obstacles in his path: the backbreaking labor of diggi
The Japanese Pottery Handbook: Revised Edition book cover6

The Japanese Pottery Handbook: Revised Edition

Penny Simpson, Lucy Kitto, et al.

4.6
The Japanese Pottery Handbook, first published by Kodansha in 1979, has become a classic, beloved by anyone interested in pottery for its practical, step-by-step approach, and homespun charm. Now, thirty-five years since its publication, authors Penny Simpson and Lucy Kitto have refreshed their work, expanding and adding to the material, re-designing the pages, and re-drawing many of the delightfu
Complete Pottery Techniques: Design, Form, Throw, Decorate and More, with Workshops from Professional Makers book cover7

Complete Pottery Techniques: Design, Form, Throw, Decorate and More, with Workshops from Professional Makers

DK

4.6
Discover how to develop your pottery design skills and bring your ideas to life from start to finish.

Covering every technique from throwing pottery to firing, glazing to sgraffito, this pottery book is perfect for both hand-building beginners and potting pros.

Step-by-step photographs - some from the potter's perspective - show you exactly where to place your hands when throwing so you can mast
A Potter's Book book cover8

A Potter's Book

Bernard Leach

4.5
This now famous book was the first treatise to be written by a potter on the workshop traditions handed down by Koreans and Japanese from the greatest period of Chinese ceramics in the Sung dynasty. It deals with four types of pottery: Japanese raku, English slipware, stoneware and oriental porcelain. With its help, potters can learn how to adapt recipes for pigments and glazes, and designs of kil
Edmund de Waal portrait Recommended by Edmund de Waal.
Functional Pottery book cover9

Functional Pottery

Robin Hopper

4.5
Functional Pottery, the best-selling pottery reference first published in 1986, has been extensively revised and updated to include more than 250 color photos as well as hundreds of black and white photos and illustrations. Covering historical as well as contemporary pottery, this acclaimed and inspirational book presents both philosophical and practical experiences from the 43-year pottery-making
Mastering the Potter's Wheel: Techniques, Tips, and Tricks for Potters book cover10

Mastering the Potter's Wheel: Techniques, Tips, and Tricks for Potters

Ben Carter

4.5
Take your skills—and your work—to the next level.

Mastering the Potter's Wheel starts with an introduction to wheel-throwing, from centering to creating the basic forms. What pushes this book beyond the competition, however, are the techniques offered in the chapters that follow. From a variety of methods for throwing large objects such as pitchers and platters, to alterations, darting, and paddlin
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Handbuilt Pottery Techniques Revealed: The Secrets of Handbuilding Shown in Unique Cutaway Photography

Jacqui Atkin

4.4
The brand-new edition of this very popular how-to book for potters is bigger and better than ever. It has gone up in page count from the first edition to accommodate additional projects with instructions for making them, and also features an expanded gallery of handsome color photos showing examples of finished pieces. Handbuilt Pottery Techniques Revealed focuses on projects that produce good-loo
Mastering Cone 6 Glazes: Improving Durability, Fit and Aesthetics book cover12

Mastering Cone 6 Glazes: Improving Durability, Fit and Aesthetics

John Hesselberth and Ron Roy

4.4
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Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave

Laban Carrick Hill, Bryan Collier

4.4
Dave was an extraordinary artist, poet, and potter living in South Carolina in the 1800s. He combined his superb artistry with deeply observant poetry, carved onto his pots, transcending the limitations he faced as a slave. In this inspiring and lyrical portrayal, National Book Award nominee Laban Carrick Hill's elegantly simple text and award-winning artist Bryan Collier's resplendent, earth-tone
A Potter's Workbook book cover14

A Potter's Workbook

Clary Illian, Charles Metzger

4.4
In A Potter's Workbook, renowned studio potter and teacher Clary Illian presents a textbook for the hand and the mind. Her aim is to provide a way to see, to make, and to think about the forms of wheel-thrown vessels; her information and inspiration explain both the mechanics of throwing and finishing pots made simply on the wheel and the principles of truth and beauty arising from that traditiona
Creative Pottery: Innovative Techniques and Experimental Designs in Thrown and Handbuilt Ceramics book cover15

Creative Pottery: Innovative Techniques and Experimental Designs in Thrown and Handbuilt Ceramics

Deb Schwartzkopf

4.4
Take your work to the next level! Join ceramic artist Deb Schwartzkopf for a journey that will help you grow as a functional potter, whether your background is in wheel-throwing or handbuilding.

Creative Pottery begins with a quick review of where you are in your own journey as a potter. If you need to brush up on the basics, help setting goals, or pointers on how to translate your inspiration int
Rock Art Handbook: Techniques and Projects for Painting, Coloring, and Transforming Stones book cover16

Rock Art Handbook: Techniques and Projects for Painting, Coloring, and Transforming Stones

Samantha Sarles

4.3
Discover all of the best techniques for creating amazing rock art! Brush painting isn't the only way to decorate a rock. Almost anything you do on paper or canvas, you can do on a rock. Rock Art Handbook will show you how, with more than 30 step-by-step tutorials featuring dot painting, marbling, embellishments, and much more. It's the perfect opportunity to use your favorite craft supplies, from
Simon Leach's Pottery Handbook book cover17

Simon Leach's Pottery Handbook

Simon Leach

4.3
At one time or another, every potter gets frustrated at the wheel. Whether struggling to center the clay or attach a handle with precision, potters of all levels crave advice and answers, and world-renowned ceramicist and YouTube sensation Simon Leach has plenty to give. In Simon Leach’s Pottery Handbook—a book-and-DVD package—he presents clear tutorials and loads of original instruction on all of
Mastering Sculpture: The Figure in Clay: A Guide to Capturing the Human Form for Ceramic Artists (Mastering Ceramics) book cover18

Mastering Sculpture: The Figure in Clay: A Guide to Capturing the Human Form for Ceramic Artists (Mastering Ceramics)

Cristina Córdova

4.3

Explore the human form in depth, from concept sketches and armatures to detailed instructions for constructing legs, torso, arms, hands, and head from clay. In Mastering Sculpture: The Figure in Clay, renowned sculptor and instructorCristina Córdova teaches everything you need to know to replicate the full human figure using clay. Start by developing meaningful sketches and reference points.Then l

Carve Your Clay: Techniques to Bring the Ceramics Surface to Life book cover19

Carve Your Clay: Techniques to Bring the Ceramics Surface to Life

Hilda Carr

4.3
Ceramic Sculpture: Making Faces: A Guide to Modeling the Head and Face with Clay book cover20

Ceramic Sculpture: Making Faces: A Guide to Modeling the Head and Face with Clay

Alex Irvine

4.3
Sculpting the human face presents a unique artistic challenge—but this richly illustrated guide thoroughly demystifies the process. Instructor Alex Irvine goes step-by-step, explaining everything from creating basic, rough outlines to surface refinements to finely detailed replicas. Photographs of models and sketches appear alongside the actual sculpture, and a gallery of contemporary work inspire
By My Hands: A Potter's Apprenticeship (A Memoir) book cover21

By My Hands: A Potter's Apprenticeship (A Memoir)

Florian Gadsby

4.3

The internet’s favorite potter opens up about his life and craft in this inspiring, stunningly photographed ode to the beauty of small things that brighten life's daily rituals.Florian Gadsby has devoted his life to pottery, refining his technique towards the point of perfection—and as his skill has grown, he has shared his work online, inspiring millions with his meditative videos of gorgeous pot

The Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight Into Beauty book cover22

The Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight Into Beauty

Bernard Leach

4.3
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Handbuilt, A Potter's Guide: Master timeless techniques, explore new forms, dig and process your own clay

Melissa Weiss

4.3
In Handbuilt, A Potter's Guide, pottery expert Melissa Weiss shows you the basics of crafting without a wheel, how to harvest and work wild clay, and using natural glazes.

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 an
Amazing Glaze: Techniques, Recipes, Finishing, and Firing book cover24

Amazing Glaze: Techniques, Recipes, Finishing, and Firing

Gabriel Kline

4.3
In Amazing Glaze, you will learn to love glazing with a variety of techniques, sure-fire recipes, and inspiring work from some of today's top ceramic artists.

Whether you look forward to glazing your work or are guilty of saying "I hate glazing!" Amazing Glaze is for you. Join author and Odyssey Clayworks founder Gabriel Kline on a journey that makes glazing less intimidating and more fun. Start
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Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni

Allan Hayes, John Blom, et al.

4.3
When this book first appeared in 1996, it was "Pottery 101," a basic introduction to the subject. It served as an art book, a history book, and a reference book, but also fun to read, beautiful to look at, and filled with good humor and good sense. After twenty years of faithful service, it's been expanded and brought up-to-date with photographs of more than 1,600 pots from more than 1,600 years.
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Making Pottery You Can Use: Plates That Stack - Lids That Fit - Spouts That Pour - Handles That Stay on

Jacqui Atkin

4.3
Create cups, mugs, bowls, and more pieces that are perfect for you!


Everyone who owns a beloved mug that has just the right handle, an agreeably "deep" cereal bowl, or a plate that fits perfectly in the dishwasher knows that once you've found these pieces, you wish you had more of them. In Making Pottery You Can Use, you'll learn how to create the pieces that will work best for you. Each element o
500 Bowls: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Design book cover27

500 Bowls: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Design

Suzanne J.E. Tourtillott

4.3
Five hundred inspiring variations on the simple, functional bowl will fire any potter's imagination. Displayed on each page are bowls that reinvent and reinterpret the form, and use techniques from across the globe and through the centuries. More importantly, every piece, such as Kate Maury's wheel-thrown porcelain, Stephen F. Fabrico's slab-built bowl with handles, and Ruchika Madan's stoneware F
The Complete Guide to Low-Fire Glazes for Potters and Sculptors: Techniques, Recipes, and Inspiration for Low-Temperature Firing with Big Results (Mastering Ceramics) book cover28

The Complete Guide to Low-Fire Glazes for Potters and Sculptors: Techniques, Recipes, and Inspiration for Low-Temperature Firing with Big Results (Mastering Ceramics)

Ben Carter

4.3

Explore the creative possibilities of this incredibly versatile range of glazes with this comprehensive guide for ceramic artists of all levels.Unlock the world of low-fire glazes with The Complete Guide to Low-Fire Glazes for Potters and Sculptors. Potter, podcaster, and author of Mastering the Potter’s Wheel, Ben Carter, challenges the belief that serious artists work exclusively with high-tempe

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The Potter's Book of Glaze Recipes

Emmanuel Cooper

4.3
Emmanuel Cooper's classic guide to making glazes is now available in a thoroughly revised new edition. Cooper provides potters with an introductory section on glaze materials, coloring, mixing, and the application of glazes, as well as information on health and safety issues. This essential guide also features over 400 recipes ranging from opaque, matte, and transparent glazes to crystalline and b
Terra Sigillata: Contemporary Techniques book cover30

Terra Sigillata: Contemporary Techniques

Rhonda Willers

4.3
The Ceramics Bible Revised Edition book cover31

The Ceramics Bible Revised Edition

Louisa Taylor

4.2

Building on the success of the original volume, this revised edition of The Ceramics Bible features new techniques, terms, images, and artist profiles—as well as the tried-and-true step-by-step instruction and comprehensiveness that students, instructors, artists, and collectors have all come to appreciate.Since its debut in September 2011, The Ceramics Bible has been the go-to guide for anyone in

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500 Cups: Ceramic Explorations of Utility and Grace

Suzanne J.E. Tourtillott

4.2
In the hands of an expert ceramist, the once-simple cup can become an extraordinary work of art--as these 500 magnificent examples so beautifully prove. The exciting pieces come from an international array of artists, each with a unique perspective. The stylishly varied collection has a little bit of everything: the cups range from handbuilt to wheel-thrown, practical to sculptural, round to squar
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The Encyclopedia of Pottery Techniques

Peter Cosentino, Ian Howes

4.2
This guide to all the major pottery techniques contains practical advice on how to put them into action. It provides guidance on selecting and using materials and equipment, step-by-step illustrations and examples of finished work.
Thrown: A Modern Potter's Guide to Working with Clay on the Wheel book cover34

Thrown: A Modern Potter's Guide to Working with Clay on the Wheel

Lilly Maetzig

4.2

Thrown is a beginner's guide to making ceramics using a pottery wheel. Beginning with the basics, this book will teach you how to create a collection of 20 stylish homewares from construction to completion with a professional finish including decoration, glazing and firing techniques. From dinner plates, pasta bowls, coffee mugs to decorative vases, a rippled lampshade and more, each project is mi

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The Potter's Bible: An Essential Illustrated Reference for both Beginner and Advanced Potters

Marylin Scott

4.2
An essential illustrated reference for both beginner and advanced potters, these step-by-step photographic sequences guide you through a comprehensive range of shaping, firing and decorating techniques, so you can begin making wonderful ceramics even if you've never attempted pottery before. Learn about essential tools and equipment, different types and constituencies of clay, methods of productio
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The Children's Book

A. S. Byatt

4.2
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize


A spellbinding novel, at once sweeping and intimate, from the Booker Prize–winning author of Possession, that spans the Victorian era through the World War I years, and centers around a famous children’s book author and the passions, betrayals, and secrets that tear apart the people she loves.

When Olive Wellwood’s oldest son discovers a runaway named Philip sket
Morten Kringelbach portrait Recommended by Morten Kringelbach.
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The Easy Keto Meal Prep: 800 Easy and Delicious Recipes - 21- Day Meal Plan - Lose Up to 20 Pounds in 3 Weeks

Aphanie Kalton

4.2
2020-2021This's The Easy Keto Meal Prep Cookbook For Beginners with 800 Delicious meals.

Starting a new diet is often tough. But here that won't be a problem with our 21 day meal plan. You will now exactly what you need to eat along your days. No stresses!

If you're constantly on the rush and don't want to spend hours in the kitchen preparing food then the Freestyle point system is exactly what you
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Centering in Pottery, Poetry, and the Person

Mary Caroline Richards

4.2
A flowing collection of poetry that is also a guide for life.
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500 Animals in Clay: Contemporary Expressions of the Animal Form

Lark Books

4.2
No other volume has ever presented such a diverse and captivating collection of contemporary animal-themed ceramics. Juried by distinguished artist and educator Joe Bova, this magnificent gallery includes pieces from an international group of artists; the beautifully crafted works range from the representational to the abstract, from artful realism to provocative surrealism (including animal-human
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High-fire Glazes (Ceramic Arts Handbook)

Edited by Sherman Hall and Sherman Hall

4.2
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The Potter's Complete Book of Clay and Glazes: A Comprehensive Guide to Formulating, Mixing, Applying and Firing Clay Bodies and Glazes

James Chappell

4.2
This reference book is designed for professional and amateur potters as well as for pottery students. Approximately 1250 formulas are presented in a form which is free of lengthy descriptions or technical jargon. This book is a revised edition and includes new chapters on fritted glazes and vitrified pottery for lower-temperature firing. There are 250 new recipes and 500 recipes that have been rec
The Art of Stone Painting: 30 Designs to Spark Your Creativity book cover42

The Art of Stone Painting: 30 Designs to Spark Your Creativity

F. Sehnaz Bac

4.2
"A helpful guide for creating mini masterpieces." — Looking for a Good Book
"A fantastic book!" — The Classy Chics
"This is a gorgeous book and I found so much inspiration reading through it." — The Gingerbread House
Transform ordinary stones into colorful works of art with this easy-to-follow guide. Popular stone artist F. Sehnaz Bac, a seasoned archaeologist who markets her painted Sassi dell’Adria
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Wheel-Thrown Pottery (DIY)

Bill van Gilder

4.2
Anyone who has ever imagined plunging bare hands into cool, moist clay and shaping it into a vase, platter, or tile can now experience the pleasure of pottery. Lifelong potter Bill van Gilder has a bounty of time-tested advice on all the basics, and a plethora of fantastic techniques. That means novices will enjoy the advantages of a master teacher guiding them through each stage of the process—wh
The Polymer Clay Techniques Book book cover44

The Polymer Clay Techniques Book

Sue Heaser

4.2
Discover the wealth of creative possibilities that versatile and colorful polymer clay has to offer.

Here are all the techniques you need to create oven-clay projects: buttons, beads, jewelry, figurines, boxes, mosaics, and frames.

The book begins with some basic techniques to get you started, including rolling, baking, and gluing. It then moves on to marbling effects, simulating textiles, making fr
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The Art of Enameling: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration

Linda Darty

4.2
With this lavish introduction to the centuries-old art of enameling, even beginners can effortlessly create imaginative designs. Written with clarity and passion by a leader in the field, it covers all the popular techniques, the fundamentals of setting up a studio, and 14 fabulous projects. The various styles range from traditional cloisonné, champlevé, and plique-à-jour to experimental technique
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Beginner's Guide to Pottery & Ceramics: Everything You Need to Know to Start Making Beautiful Ceramics

Jacqui Atkin

4.2
Clay is an exciting material that has been used to make both practical and decorative items since prehistoric times. With this practical guidebook, learn all the skills you need to start creating your own beautiful ceramics.

Step-by-step photographs and clear instructions will guide you through the core techniques, including pinching and coiling and throwing and trimming. Discover inspirational pro
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Dry Glazes

Jeremy Jernegan

4.1
Dry glazes, also known as matte glazes, provide ceramic artists with an alternative to conventional glossy and transparent finishes. Potters such as Lucie Rie and Hans Coper frequently used matte and opaque coatings in their work. Contemporary sculptors employ dry glazes to add texture and depth to the surface of their pieces. Still, little information has been published on matte glaze techniques
Wild Clay: Creating ceramics and glazes from natural and found resources book cover48

Wild Clay: Creating ceramics and glazes from natural and found resources

Matt Levy, Takuro Shibata, Hitomi Shibata

4.1

The ultimate illustrated guide for sourcing, processing and using wild clay.Potters around the world are taking to the local landscape to dig their own wild clay, discover its unique properties, and apply it to their craft. This guide is the ideal starting point for anyone – from novices, improvers and experts to educators and students – who wants to forge a closer bond between their art and their

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Utsuwa Katachi: Japanese Ceramics And Forms (English and Multilingual Edition)

Tomoo Shoken

4.1
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The Craft and Art of Clay

Susan Peterson

4.1
The Craft and Art of Clay, by leading ceramics teacher Susan Peterson, is the most comprehensive available guide to modern ceramics, packed with step-by-step illustrations of ceramic techniques to guide the beginner as well as inspirational ceramic pieces from contemporary potters from around the world. This completely revised fourth edition contains more than 150 new illustrations and includes pr
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The Many Faces of Mata Ortiz

SUSAN LOWELL, Jorge Quintana, Walter Parks, W. Ross Humphreys, Robin Stancliff, James Hills

4.1
"Thin as Bone China, painted with exquisite precision, the best Mata Ortiz pots . . . seem to float above a shelf like ceramic balloons, " writes Susan Lowell in The Many Faces of Mata Ortiz, which captures the beauty and magic of this emerging, indigenous art form.The Many Faces of Mata Ortiz introduces ceramic collectors to the remarkable village artists of Mata Ortiz in northern Chihuahua, Mexi
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George Ohr, Art Potter: The Apostle of Individuality

Jr. Ellison, Robert A.

4.1
George Ohr (1857-1918) was the most revolutionary art potter of his time. Working in the relative isolation of Biloxi, Mississippi, around the turn of the century, he transformed symmetrical wheel-thrown pots into unprecedented abstract configurations, nearly half a century before the nonrepresentational ideas of the Abstract Expressionists took hold. As an artist, Ohr's goal was to make no two pi
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After the Ice: A Global Human History, 20,000-5000 BC

Steven Mithen

4.1
20,000 B.C., the peak of the last ice age--the atmosphere is heavy with dust, deserts, and glaciers span vast regions, and people, if they survive at all, exist in small, mobile groups, facing the threat of extinction.

But these people live on the brink of seismic change--10,000 years of climate shifts culminating in abrupt global warming that will usher in a fundamentally changed human world. Afte
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A Selection of Designs Inspired by Iznik and Delft Pottery in Cross Stitch

Durene Jones

4.1
Inspired by the great diversity of Iznik and Delft pottery, this book brings to you a selection of bright, modern designs. The patterns in this book are varied in both their size and complexity, from small designs for tags, pincushions, and cards to more involved designs for pictures and other display items. Many are simple, quick to stitch, and usable in multiple ways. An individual small design
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Bonnie Fitzgerald's Guide to Mosaic Techniques: The Go-To Source for In-Depth Instructions and Creative Design Ideas

Bonnie Fitzgerald

4.1
This complete resource of mosaic techniques and design ideas is sure to become your go-to reference. With clear step-by-step sequences, mosaic artist Bonnie Fitzgerald shows how to draw up an idea, cut and arrange tiles, and lay designs successfully. All tools, materials, and equipment are clearly explained, and you'll find helpful hints on setting up a comfortable workspace, as well as essential
Science for Potters book cover56

Science for Potters

Linda Bloomfield

4.1
Clay: Easy air-dry clay projects to make at home book cover57

Clay: Easy air-dry clay projects to make at home

Sarah Reeves

4.1

With 20 stunning projects, find inspiration and creative air-dry clay crafting ideas to make for yourself, your home, or family and friends. Create beautiful clay pieces for your home using minimal materials. Have you always wanted to try your hand at pottery? With air-dry clay, you can learn how to create gorgeous items without the need for a kiln or expensive equipment. All you need is clay, a f

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Clay and Glazes for the Potter

Daniel Rhodes

4.1
2015 Reprint of 1957 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Profusely Illustrated, with photos by the author. A book for the potter, student, teacher, designer, collector or industrial ceramist who wishes to know more about the materials of the craft of pottery, and the ways in which the many varied colors and textures in ceramics can be
The Ceramics Bible: The Complete Guide to Materials and Techniques (Ceramics Book, Ceramics Tools Book, Ceramics Kit Book) book cover59

The Ceramics Bible: The Complete Guide to Materials and Techniques (Ceramics Book, Ceramics Tools Book, Ceramics Kit Book)

Louisa Taylor

4.1
Ceramicists have been plying their art and craft for thousands of years, and never more prolifically than today. The Ceramics Bible is the most comprehensive and up-to-date volume on the subject. Brimming with more than 700 full-color photos and illustrations, this is the new definitive guide for serious ceramics practitioners. Inside are step-by-step instructions on molding, firing, and glazing t
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Pottery by American Indian Women: The Legacy of Generations

Susan Peterson, National Museum of Women in the Arts(U. S.), Heard Museum

4.1
This book provides a personal look at the three generations of American Indian women who made (and are still making) traditional pottery.
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The Complete Pebble Mosaic Handbook

Maggy Howarth

4.1
""This book is indeed complete with every aspect of design material selection, installation and care considered... Appropriate as a coffee table book and an instructive text; beginner and pro alike will not be disappointed." " -- B and B, Washington State Nursery and Landscape Association

Maggy Howarth is one of the world's foremost pebble mosaic experts, known for the innovative traditional and co
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Gilded Vessel: The Lustrous Art and Life of Beatrice Wood

Garth Clark, Beatrice Wood

4.1
A celebration of the artistry of legendary potter Beatrice Wood. Glorious pictures reveal the iridescent beauty of Wood's pottery, while commentary documents the luster of her 105 years of life.
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300+ Mosaic Tips, Techniques, Templates and Trade Secrets

Bonnie Fitzgerald

4.1
With information gleaned from years of working for and studying with professional mosaic artists from around the world, this comprehensive guide provides essential information for creating beautiful mosaics that survive the elements and stand the test of time. Offering hundreds of valuable design and construction tips, diagrams, simple step-by-step directions, and photographs, the book explains ho
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500 Raku: Bold Explorations of a Dynamic Ceramics Technique

Ray Hemachandra, Jim Romberg

4.1
Raku is an ancient ceramics technique enjoying a modern-day renaissance. This groundbreaking new entry in the highly successful 500 series demonstrates the vitality and invention of today's raku ceramics. Objects including cups, plates, bowls, vases, and statuary contribute to this international gallery of work juried by Jim Romberg, one of the leading practitioners and teachers of raku in the wor
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Glazes Cone 6: 1240 C / 2264 F

Michael Bailey

4.1
Traditionally potters fired their work either at low temperatures, as for earthenware, or at the high temperature that stoneware requires. However, a growing number of potters, particularly those who use electric kilns, are firing to a middle-range temperature, of which cone 6 is typical. Using middle range temperatures saves fuel and expense, reduces wear on electric elements, and yet allows the
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Deadly Little Voices (Touch, #4)

Laurie Faria Stolarz

4.1

High school junior Camelia thought her powers of psychometry only gave her the ability to sense the future through touch. But now she’s started to hear voices. Mean voices. Berating her, telling her how ugly she is, and that she’d be better off dead. It’s a troubling development that has Camelia terrified for her mental stability, especially since her deranged aunt with a suicidal history just mov
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Uncommon Clay (Deborah Knott Mysteries, #8)

Margaret Maron

4.1
In the red clay country of Seagrove, North Carolina, Judge Deborah Knott oversees the distribution of property in the bitter divorce between two members of the Nordan clan, a dynasty of skilled potters long cursed by suicide and scandal. After a gruesome act of violence suddenly strikes the homestead, Judge Knott must stop a killer who will stop at nothing to continue a dark history of family secr
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The Art of Crystalline Glazing: Basic Techniques

Jon Price

4.1
This title has how-to exercises which cover every aspect of creating crystalline glazes with 55 recipes and a firing schedule for each. There is also a discussion of low-fire glazes, frit making, the fundamentals of secondary crystals and troubleshooting tips to help prevent or correct problems.
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500 Plates & Chargers: Innovative Expressions of Function & Style

Lark

4.1
Plates and chargers can serve as more than just places to put your food: they can be glorious art to show off on a table, sideboard, or hutch. These 500 spectacular pieces chosen by esteemed juror Linda Arbuckle range from the utilitarian yet beautifully glazed plate to dramatically decorated work, and they’re crafted from a remarkable variety of materials—including pristine porcelain and bold ear
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Graphic Clay: Ceramic Surfaces Printed Image Transfer Techniques

Jason Bige Burnett

4.1
For studio artists, production potters, students, educators, and hobbyists who love working with clay, this project-driven guide is an unmatched teaching tool and a fount of information and inspiration. Focusing on various surface processes, and encompassing skills ranging from letterpress and printmaking to drawing and painting, it offers a wealth of techniques for transferring images onto clay v
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Miller's Antique Marks

Judith Miller

4.1
Whether you are buying at auction, flea market or antiques shop, this is the book you need to identify and date what you find. More than 6,000 marks are organized for quick, at-a-glance reference with full-colour sections on silver, bronze figures, ceramics, glass, costume jewelry and toys and dolls.
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The Potter's Studio Handbook: A start-to-finish guide to hand-built and wheel-thrown ceramics

Kristin Muller

4.1
Pottery making and wheel throwing is a timeless craft, perfect for beginner crafters and artisans who don't mind getting their hands dirty. Even if you haven't touched clay since your childhood art class, let The Potter's Studio Handbook guide you through the process of designing and equipping your own ceramic studio, teaching you techniques that will have you generating clay projects in no time.
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Handmade Tile: Design, Create, and Install Custom Tiles

Forrest Lesch-Middelton

4.1
Handmade Tile is a contemporary guide for ceramic artists and anyone interested in custom tile installations—from making, designing, and decorating to designing your space and installation.

No matter how many years of experience you have as a ceramic artist or how many home-improvement projects you've tackled, nothing prepares you for the unique world of ceramic tile. From concept and design, thro
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The Pottery Gardener: Flowers and Hens at the Emma Bridgewater Factory

Arthur Parkinson

4.1
The Emma Bridgewater factory in Stoke-on-Trent is a mecca for lovers of its iconic pottery, known for its designs featuring florals and farmyard animals. Today, it is a thriving visitor attraction; but tucked within is a walled garden bursting with nectar-rich, jazzy-toned flowers and hen houses of rare-breed chickens. In this beautiful book, the site’s gardener, florist and poultry keeper Arthur
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The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques

Frank Hamer, Janet Hamer

4.1
Now available in its fifth edition, The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques presents a comprehensive survey of all aspects of making ceramics for craft potters and ceramic artists. With its sound, practical explanations of ceramic processes, this indispensable reference book has gained a reputation as "the potter's bible." Professional potters, beginners, students, and collectors will
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Lehner's Encyclopedia of Us Marks on Pottery, Porcelain Clay

Lois Lehner

4.1
Lehners Encyclopedia of U.S. Marks on Pottery holds over 1,900 companies with over 8,000 marks, logos, and symbols divided equally among the old folk potters, studio potters, dinnerware manufacturers, distributors, and decorators fill this massive hardbound encyclopedia. No values. 8.5 X 11. 1998 values.
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The Beginner's Guide to Hand Building: Functional and Sculptural Projects for the Home Potter (Essential Ceramics Skills, 2)

Sunshine Cobb

4.1

Join the home pottery revolution! Whether you have access to a communal studio or not, hand building projects can travel just about anywhere. Take your clay outside or work at the kitchen table, with instruction from best-selling ceramics author Sunshine Cobb. In this book, you’ll find all the necessary fundamentals, including a thorough discussion of clay as well as helpful tips for keeping your

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The Encyclopedia of American Art Tiles: Region 6 Southern California

Norman Karlson

4.1
Over 4500 images appear in this beautiful and comprehensive, four-volume set. This massive compilation reveals the great diversity and intrinsic beauty of art tiles produced across the length and breadth of the United States from the late nineteenth through the twentieth centuries. Tile installations of great beauty include panels, individual tiles, and inserts adorning building facades, interiors
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Nerikomi: The Art of Colored Clay

Thomas Hoadley

4.1

A fully illustrated examination of the use of color in clay, outlining its history and exploring the styles and techniques of the leading modern makers.Nerikomi is the use of colored clay to build a piece's decoration into its very fabric before forming and firing. A variety of techniques including stacking, slicing and stretching the clays results in a multicolored loaf, highly patterned slices f

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500 Pitchers: Contemporary Expressions of a Classic Form

Lark

4.1
Presents a collection of ceramic pitchers. This work offers 500 images that include almost everything from handbuilt to wheel-thrown, practical to sculptural, round to square.
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Surface Design for Ceramics

Maureen Mills

4.1
For ceramists of any level, surface design is an essential skill for creating beautiful work. And this comprehensive and invaluable studio reference captures all the popular techniques available for embellishing clay. A wealth of practical information and detailed images lead you through every phase of the process—from the wet and leather-hard stages (faceting, carving, burnishing) through bisque
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Kovels' New Dictionary of Marks: Pottery and Porcelain 1850 to Present

Ralph Kovel, Terry Kovel

4.1
You may be the owner of a valuable piece of porcelain or pottery, but the cryptic symbol on the underside of the piece may be your only clue to its value. Kovels' New Dictionary of Marks: 1850 to the Present will help you identify your pieces.

Kovels' New Dictionary of Marks provides the quickest and easiest way for professional and amateur collectors to identify more than 3,500 American, European,
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Hypertufa Containers: Creating and Planting an Alpine Trough Garden

Lori Chips

4.1
“A complete guide to designing, making and planting hypertufa troughs.”—North American Rock Garden Society

Hypertufa containers—also known as troughs—are rustic, striking, versatile, and perfect for small, Alpine plants. A mix of cement, perlite, peat, and water, they are simple and affordable to make at home. In Hypertufa Containers, Lori Chips details everything you need to know to make your own
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500 Tiles: An Inspiring Collection of International Work

Lark Books

4.0

From press-molded pieces to carved works showcasing spectacular surface treatments, these magnificent tiles will inspire beginners and professionals, as well as collectors and enthusiasts. Some of the larger handcrafted displays here were made to decorate public and private spaces; others use single tiles to interpret nature, tell a story, or make a bold cultural observation. As always in this acc

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Handbuilt Ceramics: Pinching * Coiling * Extruding * Molding * Slip Casting * Slab Work

Kathy Triplett

4.0
Written for the general reader with an interest in ceramics, Handbuilt Ceramics is a big, colorful, and complete how-to manual for shaping clay without a potter’s wheel. Features 8 projects, complete with materials lists, clear step-by-step instructions, and detailed “how-to” color photos.
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How to Make Clay Characters

Maureen Carlson

4.0
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The Complete Potter

Steve Mattison

4.0
From designing pieces to making, decorating and firing them, this book guides you from clay to kiln. Step-by-step instructions for traditional methods and new products such as paper-clay and print-on-clay accompany examples of work by ceramicists and details of how they achieve their results.
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500 Figures in Clay: Ceramic Artists Celebrate the Human Form

Lark Books

4.0
It’s an absolutely unequalled photographic gallery: no other book has ever presented such a varied, captivating collection of contemporary ceramics based on the human form. The works range from representational to abstract, from artful realism to provocative surrealism, and many of them come from leaders in the field such as Judy Fox, Kurt Weiser, and Andy Nasisse. Kay Yourist has produced female
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The Ceramic Spectrum

Robin Hopper

4.0
Book annotation not available for this title.
Title: The Ceramic Spectrum
Author: Hopper, Robin
Publisher: Amer Ceramic Society
Publication Date: 2008/12/01
Number of Pages: 256
Binding Type: PAPERBACK
Library of Congress:
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The Potter's Bible

Marilyn Scott

4.0
This is a highly illustrated reference for beginner potters, covering all the basics they would need to do a wide range of ceramics. The book is filled with step-by-step photographic sequences which take the reader through all the basic shaping, firing and decorating techniques they would need to know. The book is in the useful wiro binding format so that the book can be laid flat so that readers
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When Clay Sings

Byrd Baylor, Tom Bahti

4.0
Pieces of broken pots are scattered over the desert hillsides of the Southwest. The Indians there treat them with respect -- "Every piece of clay is a piece of someone's life," they say. And the children try to imagine those lives that took place in the desert they think of as their own.
Clay has its own small voice, and sings. Its song has lasted for thousands of years. And Byrd Baylor's prose-po
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The Encyclopedia of Mosaic Techniques: A Step-by-Step Visual Dictionary with an Inspirational Gallery of Finished works

Emma Biggs

4.0
The Encyclopedia of Mosaic Techniques shares the ancient methods for creating decorative artwork with mosaic tiles. This visual directory helps you transform your pottery, furniture, walls, and floors with fabulous creative mosaics. Learn foolproof techniques for getting colours to work together to create dynamic designs. It needn't be expensive: find out how to work with improvised mosaic tiles,
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Etched in Clay: The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet

Andrea Cheng

4.0
Sometime around 1815, an enslaved young man named Dave was brought to Edgefield, South Carolina, the center of a pottery-producing area known for the alkaline glazes used on the stoneware. Dave was taught how to turn pots and jars on a pottery wheel by one of his first owners. As Dave's talent flourished, he created pieces of great beauty and often massive size. He also somehow learned to read and
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Ceramics for Beginners: Wheel Throwing

Emily Reason

4.0
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Pots in the Kitchen

Josie Walter

4.0
Pots in the Kitchen traces the development of handmade pots used for cooking in Britain from the beginning of the 20th century. Clay pots from Morocco, South America, Spain, and India, casseroles, baking dishes, together with many humble pots such as cutlery drainers, colanders, and lemon squeezers are all celebrated in this book as never before. With special features illustrating potters at work,
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Zen And The Art Of Pottery

Kenneth R. Beittel

4.0
Pottery is an art of essentials: earth, water, and fire, guided by the human element of spirit. Zen is also concerned with the basics: the training of the mind and body, the ultimate craftsmanship of the soul. Zen and the Art of Pottery explores the links between pottery and Zen, between art, life, and spirit.

This unique book is at once a celebration of pottery, the art and its traditions, and
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The Arcanum: The Extraordinary True Story

Janet Gleeson

4.0
The #1 bestseller in England tells the story of the obsessive pursuit of the secret formula to 18th-century Europe's most precious commodity -- fine porcelain.
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The Potter's Complete Studio Handbook: The Essential, Start-to-Finish Guide for Ceramic Artists

Kristin Muller, Jeff Zamek

4.0
Pottery making and wheel throwing is a timeless craft, perfect for beginner crafters and artisans who don't mind getting their hands dirty. The Potter's Complete Studio Handbook is the perfect guide for all levels to enjoy and master the art of pottery. The book is a compilation of the best features from The Potter's Studio Handbook and The Potter's Studio Clay and Glaze Handbook, bringing the bes
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Inside Japanese Ceramics: Primer of Materials, Techniques, and Traditions

Richard L. Wilson

4.0
This practical and supremely useful manual is the first comprehensive, hands-on introduction to Japanese ceramics. The Japanese ceramics tradition is without compare in its technical and stylistic diversity, its expressive content, and the level of appreciation it enjoys, both in Japan and around the world. Inside Japanese Ceramics focuses on tools, materials, and procedures, and how all of these
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Fairies, Gnomes & Trolls: Create a Fantasy World in Polymer Clay

Maureen Carlson

4.0
Featuring 15 step-by-step projects for creating clay fairies, gnomes, trolls, and other enchanting figures, this beautiful instructional book shows readershow to create an entire fantasy land.