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Hand Building Techniques (Ceramics Class)
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Manufacturer: Watson-Guptill
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This volume begins with the modeling of cubes, cones, spheres, and other basic volumes. Students then learn coiling, pinching, using strips, slabs, and lumps and how to apply them to bowls, bottles, cups, boxes, and sculpture, with information on kilns, firing, and finishing processes included.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 738.142
EAN: 9780823005918
ISBN: 0823005917
Label: Watson-Guptill
Manufacturer: Watson-Guptill
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 64
Publication Date: 1999-05-01
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Release Date: 1999-05-01
Studio: Watson-Guptill
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:
Excellent Hand Building Resource -
I teach beginning high school students ceramics. I have used this book repeatedly in classroom discussions about technique. The photos are excellent as are the step-by-step instructions. Recently, I had a student ask me if she could do a project in the book. With only two questions from me and two simple modifications, she completed the project in under 2 hours.
Chavarria covers the basic hand building techniques (coil, slab and pinch pot) including some variations on them such as creating a solid piece, cutting it in half and then scooping out the interior. Some of the projects will require quite a bit of time, patience and experimentation. Some are a little bizarre, too.
So, if you're looking for a book that shows you how to make a simple cup or bowl, this book is NOT for you. This book DOES cover the TECHNIQUES needed to create a mug or bowl, BUT you will need to extrapolate the information from other projects in the book.
Give it a try. I bought the book for 15 bucks at an art educators conference and it was well worth it.
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GEAT REFERENCE -
Great reference for a beginner or enperienced ceramic lover. Lots on hands-on pictures to help you.
Not What I Expected -
I was looking for new techniques. I didn't like what was shown. More organic than I like.
Not detailed enough, too abstract -
This is a great book for ideas for unusual and creative items to build. Is is NOT a great book for techniques for the average beginner. There is not enough detail as to the actual techiniques. It is a better book for an experienced artisan than for beginners.
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If you can dream it, you can make it -
Opens the door to endless possabilities, limitied only by the mind. With a few basic procedures of building, anything is possable.
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