Practical pottery : a complete guide to getting started in making beautiful & functional bowls, plates, vases, & more on the wheel
(2025)

Nonfiction

Book

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NEW HOBBIES

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New & Popular Hobbies NEW HOBBIES Due: 2/13/2026

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PUBLISHED
Atglen, PA : Schiffer Craft, 2025
©2025
DESCRIPTION

188 pages : color illustrations, color photographs ; 29 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780764369384, 0764369385 :, 0764369385, 9780764369384
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Preface -- An overview of the process -- Visualize what you want to throw -- Choosing clay -- An overview of tools and accessories -- Kneading clay -- Centering the clay -- Throw a cup -- Throw a bowl -- Throw a plate -- Throw a pitcher -- Throw a vase -- Attaching a handle -- Trimming -- Adding your signature -- Choosing colors and underglazes -- Drying clay -- Firing clay for the first time -- Choosing glaze and glazing clay -- Firing clay the second time -- About the authors

An accessible step-by-step guide to creating beautiful pottery cups, bowls, vases, and more on the wheel. Beginning potters will learn to make plates, bowls, vases, and other fine, useful items on the wheel with this accessible guide. This book is an informative and practical handbook for anyone who wants to try their hand at clay and experience the joy of creating fine, useful things by hand.--

In English, translated from Danish

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