Beginner's guide to pottery & ceramics : everything you need to know to start making beautiful ceramics /
by Atkin, Jacqui.
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BookPublisher: Kent : Search Press, 2017Description: 128 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm.ISBN: 9781782215592 (pbk.) :; 178221559X (pbk.) :.Classification number: 738.14 ATKUniform titles: Pottery basics.Subject(s): Pottery craft | Art and Design | Art and DesignSummary: Clay is an exciting material that has been used to make both practical and decorative items since prehistoric times. With this practical guidebook, readers can learn all the skills they need to start creating their own beautiful ceramics. Step-by-step photographs and clear instructions will guide readers through the core techniques, including pinching and coiling and throwing and trimming. Inspirational projects are discovered as the reader progresses, from simple coiled vases with painted decoration to marbled clay boxes with transparent glazes.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Paperback | Formby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 738.14 ATK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002944250X |
"A Quarto book"--Title page verso.
Originally published: as Pottery basics. London: A. & C. Black, 2005.
Includes index.
Clay is an exciting material that has been used to make both practical and decorative items since prehistoric times. With this practical guidebook, readers can learn all the skills they need to start creating their own beautiful ceramics. Step-by-step photographs and clear instructions will guide readers through the core techniques, including pinching and coiling and throwing and trimming. Inspirational projects are discovered as the reader progresses, from simple coiled vases with painted decoration to marbled clay boxes with transparent glazes.
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