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ISBN13: 9798191924366
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 294
Weight: 1.51
Height: 0.62 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 294
Weight: 1.51
Height: 0.62 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Most pottery books hand you projects. This one hands you the physics.
Hand Building Techniques Handbook is a complete, ground-up guide to pinch, coil, and slab construction - the three techniques that let you build anything in clay without ever touching a wheel. Across 30 chapters, you'll move from raw clay and basic tools through advanced forming, joining, surface decoration, and firing, with the reasoning behind every technique explained clearly enough to apply on your own work, not just copy.
Hand Building Techniques Handbook is a complete, ground-up guide to pinch, coil, and slab construction - the three techniques that let you build anything in clay without ever touching a wheel. Across 30 chapters, you'll move from raw clay and basic tools through advanced forming, joining, surface decoration, and firing, with the reasoning behind every technique explained clearly enough to apply on your own work, not just copy.
Inside, you'll learn how to:
Hand building rewards patient, repeated practice - and having a single, thorough reference at your elbow while you learn shortens that road considerably. Whether you're picking up clay for the first time or filling gaps in self-taught technique, this handbook is built to be your studio companion from your first pinch pot to your most ambitious sculptural piece.Keep it on the shelf nearest your bench - not in a drawer.
- Master pinch, coil, and slab construction as a single connected skill set, not three unrelated techniques
- Understand the physics of moisture stages, shrinkage, and joint failure so you can diagnose problems instead of guessing
- Combine techniques within a single piece and move from vessels to sculptural forms with confidence
- Set up a safe, efficient studio workflow around wedging, tools, and clay preparation
- Take work through drying, bisque firing, glazing, and glaze firing without cracking or losing pieces
- Troubleshoot the most common handbuilding failures with a dedicated diagnostic chapter you'll return to for years
Hand building rewards patient, repeated practice - and having a single, thorough reference at your elbow while you learn shortens that road considerably. Whether you're picking up clay for the first time or filling gaps in self-taught technique, this handbook is built to be your studio companion from your first pinch pot to your most ambitious sculptural piece.Keep it on the shelf nearest your bench - not in a drawer.
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