Mastering Hand Building

Join esteemed ceramic artist and instructor Sunshine Cobb for an inspiring exploration of hand building, from foundational skills to next-level techniques. In Mastering Hand Building, discover a robust array of options for constructing both simple and complex clay forms without a potter’s wheel. Richly illustrated with color photography, this comprehensive volume includes: Essential techniques in hand building , covering pinch pots, coil building, and slab building Advanced techniques and tips for ing templates and replicating pieces, lidded vessels, using molds, a variety of decorative techniques, and other avenues of exploration An overview of kilns and firing schedules , plus slip and glaze recipes Slab-building and molding templates for creating plates, bowls, cups, and boxes Artist features and inspirational galleries , including work from today’s top working artists, such as Bryan Hopkins, Lindsay Oesterritter, Liz Zlot Summerfield, Bandana Pottery, Shoko Teruyama, Courtney Martin,Chung, Deborah Schwartzkopf, and many more Take your hand-building skills—and your artwork—to the next level with Mastering Hand Building. The Mastering Ceramics series is for artists who never stop learning. With compelling projects, expert insight, step-by-step photos, and galleries of work from today’s top artists, these books are the perfect studio companions. Also available from the series: Mastering the Potter’s Wheel, Mastering Kilns and Firing, and Amazing Glaze.