Pottery: A Complete Guide to Techniques for the Beginner (Ceramics Handbooks)

This guide introduces the beginner to wheel-made pottery and the full range of hand-building, slip-casting, extrusion and raku techniques, with an extended section on glazing and decoration. History, cultural backgrounds and uses of pottery from different ages and continents are given full explanations, and material and their qualities are covered in step-by-step detail. This new revised edition contains more illustrations of modern work and an extension of the text. The author is an experienced teacher in all aspects of the craft."