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Throwing and Handbuilding
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Edited by Anderson Turner
Throwing and handbuilding are at the core of all studio ceramics techniques. Through imagination and experimentation, some of the most skilled artists and craftsmen can take these basic techniques and often produce extremely creative works of art. With practice and patience, the coil pot or tall narrow form can become works of art suitable for galleries and collectors.
Throwing & Handbuilding: Forming Techniques is a collection of carefully selected feature articles from Ceramics Monthly and Pottery Making Illustrated, the two most widely read ceramics arts publications in the world. Within each section of the book you’ll discover challenging, complex and unusual techniques, oftentimes extensively illustrated, by some of the foremost studio artists working today. By mastering new techniques and discovering inspirational works of contemporary masters, you’ll soon find yourself challenged to take new directions in your work.
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REVIEW FOR
Throwing & Handbuilding: Forming Techniques
"It happens to most folks, I suppose. I was working and thinking about clay a lot, but then I came to the point where I wondered, "Now what?" It was frustrating for me, but then I got lucky and came across a book that got my creative juices flowing again. Throwing & Handbuilding: Forming Techniques is an excellent resource for any studio because this book covers an amazingly broad range of techniques. The variety of work left me inspired. The step-by-step instructions accompanied by photographs of the processes make the projects easy to understand. I’m ready to get back into the studio and try something new."
Submitted by Rikki G. (Ohio)
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FEATURE CHAPTERS
Throwing & Handbuilding: Forming Techniques
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Making Large Jars
Karen Terpstra came rather late to ceramics and her work focused on handbuilding. When she decided she needed larger surfaces to work on, she turned to using flat coils and began creating forms that defied gravity and would normally collapse if wheel thrown. One big advantage with her method is that you can change directions rather drastically by allowing the flat coils to become leather hard and you can also apply her technique to a variety of sculptural forms.
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 Throwing Large Plates and Platters
Ceramic platters are some of the most functionally useful forms you can make, and they provide wonderful surfaces for artistic expression and creativity. However, creating large platters presents many challenges in the throwing, finishing and firing stages that require a few different techniques than making bowls or cylinders. Sam Hoffman demonstrates every single step in the making of these magnificent forms, from centering large amounts of clay to trimming the piece to a perfect finish, in 42 step-by-step photos.
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 Throwing Tall Narrow Forms
Annie Robbins loves tall and narrow forms and tried hard to get something that rose above 18 to 20 inches above the wheelhead. Then a few years ago, she sprained her right wrist and thumb in a car accident and didn't work for a while in order to give her hand a rest. Fearing the worst, she went to a hand specialist and broke into tears. He explained that hand injuries were sometimes worse for artists because we use our hands to express ourselves, and he encouraged me to "find a new way" and inspired me to challenge myself. Baffled, Annie set about to find a solution and here she reveals her secrets on how to make forms up to three feet high!
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Throwing & Handbuilding: Forming Techniques
Up in Canada Bruce Cochrane throws and handbuilds 20+ inch long serving dishes.
Teapot Gems are dazzling compact thrown and altered forms that sparkle in the hand.
Staying Trim leads you through the basic challenges of throwing with porcelain.
Rebecca Coffman brings a rhythm to the clay process with her expressive teapots.
Ewer Bizarre has Annie Chrietzberg showing you attitude with thrown and handbuilt construction.
Altered Shapes become the basis for a variety of pieces.
No Measure Lids take lid making up a notch.
Taming the Dragon adds a mythical detail to your large garden pots.
Pulling Long Handles makes an impressive statement.
Making Tall Amphoras lets you max out the height of your kiln.
Asymmetrical Handbuilding reveals the magic of plywood forms and Surform tools.
Making Large Sculptures with Small Kilns lets you think outside the kiln.
Handbuilding with Slabs, Cones and Cylinders gives you the building blocks your imagination craves.
A Slice of Paradise is what you get when you rearrange a block of clay.
Turning to Ancient Wisdom inspires you to explore ancient forms.
Challenging Beauty takes the basic pinch and coil method to a strange level.
Fractals Wrapped in Clay makes patterns intriguing (especially after you look up “fractal” in the dictionary).
Pitcher Perfect is what you’ll get with this soft slab construction method.
An Illusion of Motion makes the creative wheels turn.
The Circumnavigation of Form confirms the value of subdued elegance.
Melding Form and Function elevates functional ware to pure art.
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