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Title: Glazing Techniques (Ceramics Class) by Joaquim Chavarria, Watson Guptill Publications ISBN: 0-8230-0592-5 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: May, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.86 (7 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: this book is horrible
Comment: Around my studio we had a copy of this book that no one would take and everyone laughed at. The work shown in the book is terrible- i mean really really bad art- dated and just ugly. The glazes are dated too- some even using lead (a poison that should only be used if you really know what you are doing). The only plus i can say for this book is that it has luster recipes -something i've never seen anywhere else(it's made of frit and bismouth subnitrate or something) all in all BUY A DIFFERENT BOOK! there are much better ones out there or start getting magazines (ceramics monthly and claytimes) that always have lots of glaze recipes and articles.
Rating: 2
Summary: Interesting and technical, but not much help for beginners
Comment: I purchased throwing techniques and decorating techniques from the same author and found both books to be wonderful. My skill level went far beyond what I could currently do in a matter of weeks using the techniques listed in the book. However, this book failed to impress me. The illustrations were nice, and it provides good detail for making and applying your own glazes, but unless you own your own set of kilns and have a workshop, this book is best to be borrowed from a friend or checked out from the library.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent jumping off point starter book...
Comment: This and the authors book Decorating Techniques are two books I wouldn't be without even after decades of working with clay and making mostly Raku bowls. I love the photos and text and encourage would be clay workers to get both books. This is not a book for the timid or someone who needs grade school instructions. But if you have a sense of adventure and want a good starting or jumping off point then buy both books.
There is as the author shares, something so wonderful about working with clay and seeing something go from a slab of clay to something with form and then colour(s). And then seeing what we have created with our own hands grace our environment. Raw clay that takes form and now holds food, drink, flowers or air.
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Title: Decorating Techniques (Ceramics Class) by Joaquim Chavarria ISBN: 0823005941 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: 15 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Throwing Techniques (Ceramics Class) by Joaquim Chavarria, Watson Guptill Publications ISBN: 0823005933 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Hand-Building Techniques (Ceramics Class) by Joaquim Chavarria, Watson Guptill Publications ISBN: 0823005917 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Complete Potter's Companion, The by Tony Birks ISBN: 0821224956 Publisher: Bulfinch Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: The Potter's Guide to Ceramic Surfaces by Jo Connell ISBN: 0873493591 Publisher: Krause Publications Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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