Pottery Form
Author:   Daniel Rhodes, Ph. ,  Richard Zakin ,  Richard Zakin
Publisher:   Dover Publications Inc.
Edition:   Green ed.
ISBN:  

9780486475905


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   31 December 2010
Format:   Paperback
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Pottery Form


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In this inspirational guide, a master ceramist offers practical information about pottery making along with insights into the craft's meaning, history, and spirit. Author Daniel Rhodes incorporates both traditional and innovative techniques in his approach. His subjects include basic forms for jars, vases, bowls, and pitchers; techniques for wedging and kneading, throwing, and making handles; wheel-made pieces; modeling, coiling, and slab building; as well as historical views, including extinct forms and pottery as image and symbol. Experienced potters and novices alike will appreciate this richly illustrated volume, which features more than 170 illustrations and photos.

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Author:   Daniel Rhodes, Ph. ,  Richard Zakin ,  Richard Zakin
Publisher:   Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint:   Dover Publications Inc.
Edition:   Green ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 19.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 27.60cm
Weight:   0.637kg
ISBN:  

9780486475905


ISBN 10:   0486475905
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   31 December 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction to the Dover Edition Preface 1. Form 2. Wedging & Kneading 3. Centering 4. Hollowing Out 5. The Cylinder 6. Form Characteristics of Wheel-Made Pottery 7. Cylindrical Forms 8. Tools for Throwing 9. Jars and Vases 10. Bottles 11. Trimming & Feet 12. Throwing Off the Hump & Duplicate Forms 13. Bowls 14. Pitchers 15. Handles 16. Plates 17. Large Pots 18. Pots with Lids 19. Cups, Tea Bowls, & Mugs 20. Teapots 21. Altering & Combining Thrown Forms 22. Hand Built Pottery 23. Forms Made By Compression & Draping 24. Some Extinct Pottery Forms 25. Clay & Glazes 26. Decoration 27. Approaches to Study 28. Pottery as Image & Symbol 29. Pottery & the Person Index

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Daniel Rhodes (1911-89) taught for 25 years at the New York State College of Ceramics, achieving worldwide fame as a potter and an expert on studio pottery. Best known for his ceramics, Rhodes was also a sculptor and a painter of WPA-commissioned post office murals.

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