Pinch your pottery : the art & craft of making pinch pots : 35 beautiful projects to hand-form from clay / Jacqui Atkin ; photographer, Phil Wilkins.
Material type: TextPublisher: Beverly, MA : Quarry Books, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 176 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781589239746
- 1589239741
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | NonFiction | 738.14 A873 | Available | 33111009787611 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Learn how to master one of the most ancient yet simple and appealing ceramics techniques. Taught with a modern approach by a master potter, this amazing collection of pinched projects is the perfect place to start your new ceramics hobby or to explore new ways to shape clay as a more experienced crafter.
Pinching is a wonderfully direct method of interacting with clay that allows for making a range of forms and styles. Projects are simple and small and require only a few tools and your own hands . Begin a new adventure with fabulous pinched ceramics and learn everything from choosing clay and a style of decoration, to firing and beyond:
Includes index.
"Pinching is a wonderfully direct method of interacting with clay, capable of making a myriad of forms, usually small, and requiring the minimum of tools. With this superb collection of pinched projects, Jacqui Atkin, a widely respected ceramics teacher and author, shows what this simple technique is able to achieve. Each project is explained with step-by-step sequences and plenty of options for surface decoration and glazing techniques. There's something to suit all making preferences, from the functional to the purely decorative, including imaginative sculptural works."-From back cover.