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| The Craft and Art of Clay | 
 enlarge | Author: Susan Peterson
Publisher: Overlook Hardcover
Category: Book
List Price: $65.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 528637
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 4 Sub
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.9
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8.8 x 1.4
ISBN: 1585674761
Dewey Decimal Number: 738
EAN: 9781585674763
ASIN: 1585674761
Publication Date: October 2003
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Product Description
The Craft and Art of Clay, by leading ceramics teacher Susan Peterson, is the most comprehensive available guide to modern ceramics, packed with step-by-step illustrations of ceramic techniques to guide the beginner as well as inspirational ceramic pieces from contemporary potters from around the world. This completely revised fourth edition contains more than 150 new illustrations and includes profiles of key ceramists who have influenced the field, new material on marketing ceramics on the internet, and added coverage of paperclays, using gold, and alternative glazes. This is the one book no ceramist, whether novice or expert, can do without.
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Gorgeous art book September 26, 2008
I got this as a text for a college ceramics course, but it is far more than an ordinary text book. Not only is it informative on a variety of ceramic styles and techniques, but features lovely color illustrations of ceramics from a variety of times, places and artistic traditions. It is as much a coffee table book as a text.
The Craft and Art of Clay book February 19, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is an excellent reference for different levels of clay/ceramics work. It is a beautiful "coffee table book" as well.
It came in perfect condition.
Very Informative March 20, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am really enjoying this book. It is full of information and covers just about every aspect of ceramics you can think of. I am teaching a youth ceramics class this summer and am looking forward to having this as a reference!
Excellent Text for Potters of All Skill Levels March 9, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you are just learning, or are stuck in a rut, this book is a great reference for potters of all skill levels.
Very Comprehensive Survey of Ceramics Techniques & Materials June 10, 2005
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
This is a large book chock full of information, and provides an in-depth survey of ceramics. There are many photographs about techniques and many illustrations of beautiful artistic ceramics pieces. Also it contains lots of technical information, tables, etc.
Since other reviews have covered the merits of this book quite well, I'll mention a few issues:
First, there are lots of sample photos of different clay bodies under different firings and different glaze colors and combinations, etc., but they are all *way too small* to really see the characteristics of each sample. Also sometimes there is a series of photos, e.g. throwing a pot, building a kiln, and when they are all arranged on the page, each one is too small (and many are b&w, from previous editions?) Otherwise the book is very well illustrated with a wide variety of work.
The glaze discussion does not cover the properties of glaze bases and coloring oxides much at all, which is something I would expect in a book of this comprehensiveness. It does spent some time on commercial fritted stains and Mayco glazes, which other books don't, and can be useful to some, especially for low-temp work. But if you really want to get into glazes, this is not the book.
For many advanced topics, she has just a mention that leaves me hungry for more. E.g. lusters she briefly mentions using and making, but Rhodes has a much more thorough discussion of making lusters. Paperclay is mentioned briefly but not enough to really tell me how to make it or use it. For many of the topics in the book, more detailed discussions are possible and likely available elsewhere. However she has assembled lots of brief mentions of different and experimental work that you might not encounter in other ceramics survey books, so it is useful for knowing what else I want to look into.
[This review pertains to the 4th edition, 2003.]
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