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Author Birks, Tony.

Title The complete potter's companion / Tony Birks ; special photography, Peter Kinnear
Published London : Conran Octopus, 1993

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Description 192 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Contents Introduction: Earth, fire and water -- Preparinjg the clay -- The magic of the wheel: Starting work on the wheel -- Opening up -- Shapes on the wheel -- Thrown pots -- Lids, lips, handles, spouts and composite pots -- Teapots -- turning, finishing and fettling -- Composite pots -- Pots by hand: Coils and coiling -- Coiled pots -- Slab pottery -- slab pots -- Pinching and combined hand-building techniques -- Pinched pots -- A little mechanical assistance -- Moulded pottery and mould making -- Slip casting -- Coats of many colors: What's in a glaze -- Dipping and pouring -- Decorating pots 1 -- Recipes, results and remedies -- Decoration by design: Multi-coloured clays -- Mixed-clay pots -- Decorating the raw pot -- Decorating pots 2 -- Decorating biscuit and glazed pots -- Fire and space: Kilns and kiln firing -- Raku and sagar firing -- The home potter
Summary An introduction to the techniques, equipment, and materials of pottery making includes advice on shaping, turning, finishing, glazing, and firing pottery
Analysis Decorative arts Pottery
Notes "Based on 'The potter's companion', first published in 1974 and revised in 1982"--T.p. verso
Includes index
Bibliography Includes index
Subject Pottery craft.
Pottery.
Author Birks, Tony, 1937- Potter's companion
Kinnear, Peter, 1822-1913.
ISBN 1850294313
Other Titles Potter's companion