Handbuilding (Ceramics Handbook)

by Michael Hardy

Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press (2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0-8122-1755-1
Dimensions: 9.2" x 6.1" x 0.4"
Shipping Weight: 0.74 lbs.

In this book, Michael Hardy looks at the traditional handbuilding methods—pinching, coiling, slab building, and pressmolding—and explains how to do them. For many years these methods were eclipsed by throwing on a potter's wheel, which came to dominate as a making method. However, in the past 30 years handbuilding has once again become a preferred technique among ceramic artists. These artists are engaged in exploring the creative possibilities that handbuilding offers, experimenting fully with and combining techniques in an effort to achieve their artistic vision. The results have brought forth some of the most exciting ceramics today.

Part of the Ceramics Handbook series: conceived as an introduction to various topics and techniques relating to the use of clay. Aimed at the student or the practiced ceramicist experimenting in a new area.