Pottery Making Techniques

Editor: Anderson Turner

At last! Some of the most requested technique-related articles and materials from Pottery Making Illustrated. Pottery Making Techniques, edited by Anderson Turner, provides you with some of the most popular out-of-print techniques published in Pottery Making Illustrated since the first issue was published as a supplement to Ceramics Monthly in 1997. You’ll find dozens of techniques, tips and projects on wheel throwing, handbuilding, finishing and firing–all presented in an easy-to-understand, step-by-step format.

• Carved Teapots by Jim Connell
• Wheel Throwing: Low-Stress Centering by Ginny Marsh
• Getting It Together by Dannon Rhudy
• Throwing Sticks: Tools of the Trade by Ivor Lewis
• Using a Throwing Stick by Ivor Lewis
• An Approach to Bottles by Cory Roth
• How to Make Outstanding Bats by George Juliano with Elizabeth Hudgins
• Building Large Forms by Michelle McCurdy
• The Lazy Way: Throwing a Jar and Lid in One Piece by Sumi von Dassow
• Cut-off Wire Bow by Don Adamaitis
• Throwing Long-Neck Bottles by Annie Robbins
• Hand Tools Made From Scraps by Lili Krakowski
• Trimming: Method, Technique, Mind's Eye by Sumi von Dassow
• Pulling Handles by Steven Hill

• A Show Story by MaryLou Higgins
• A Collaboration of Painter and Potter by Susan Chappelear
• Handbuilding with Slabs and Cones and Cylinders by Scott Dooley
• Making a Bumper-Jack Extruder by David Hendley
• Homemade Two-Part Extruder Dies by David Hendley
• Industrial Workers Cups: The Intersection of Industry, Hard Times and Clay by Richard Burkett
• Bumper-Jack Extruder The Sequel by Mary Kate Sullivan
• Building with Nails by Hanna Lore Hombordy
• Rolling, Rolling, Rolling by Andi Fasimpaur
• Paper Clay A Primer by Rosette Gault
• Creating Forms with Hump Molds by Harriet Gamble
• The Budget Potter Slab Guide by Sylvia Shirley
• Combining Found Objects with Clay by Todd Shanafelt
• Make a Split-Leg Potter's Apron by Barbara Coultry

• Airbrushing an Abstract Expression by Douglas Kenney
• Unlocking the Sectrets of Crystalline Glazes by George Juliano with Elizabeth Hudgins
• Measure for Measure by Lili Krakowski
• Glazing Tips and Techniques by Sumi von Dassow
• All Polished Up by Sumi von Dassow
• Slip Painting by Tamar Laderman
• Firing with Paper Saggars by Dannon Rhudy
• Kiln Wash by Bill Jones
• Building a Domed Cylinder Kiln by Don Adamaitis
• The Degrees of Kiln Firing

Potter’s Wheel Projects

Editor: Thomas Sellers

The projects in this handbook provide step-by-step instructions on a variety of throwing techniques. Published in 1968, the book is published in black and white and contains projects that appeared in Ceramics Monthly during the 1960's. Though dated, there are many techniques and projects for the beginner and intermediate that can inspire. Quantity is limited and this book will no longer be available when supply is gone.

1. Creatures Made on the Wheel by David W. Laughlin
2. Making Off-Center Shapes by F. Carlton Ball
3. Cluster Pots by Frank A. Colson
4. A Yunnan Cooker by Leon Moburg
5. A Pottery Bird Feeder by Anne Appleton Clarke
6. A Pottery Wren House by Anne Appleton Clarke
7. The Combination Pot by Donald Cyr
8. Wind Bells by Frank A. Colson
9. Lilliputian Pottery by Thomas Sellers
10. Tall Pots from Short Kilns by Richard Peeler
11. Teapots by Angelo C. Garzio
12. Pouring Spouts by Angelo C. Garzio
13. Pull Your Handles by Angelo C. Garzio
14. Lids Should Fit by Angelo C. Garzio
15. Ceramic Lamps by Kenneth S. McElroy
16. Rounding Out A Squared Pot by Roger Bonham
17. Decorative Rims by Thomas Sellers
18. Wheel-Thrown Animal Sculpture by Irene Kettner
19. Ceramic Horns by F. Carlton Ball

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