Wheel-thrown ceramics : altering, trimming, adding, finishing / Don Davis.
By: Davis, Don
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BookPublisher: Asheville, N.C. : [New York] : Lark Books ; Distributed in the USA, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Asia by Random House, c1998Description: 160 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 1579900526.Subject(s): Pottery craftDDC classification: 738.1
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 738.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00051562 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Finally there's a book that combines complete instructions for throwing clay on a potter's wheel with stunning color photos of every step of the process. Packed with comprehensive instructions for beginners, invaluable tips for experts, and a running gallery of international contemporary work for collectors, this will certainly become the basic book in the field.
Includes index.
CIT Module ARTS 7035 - Supplementary reading.
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Booklist Review
For years, ceramics instruction was considered best accomplished in a studio environment, supplemented by tomes on various specialty techniques, such as glazes. And for years, publishers and authors followed that unwritten law, producing texts that acted as gallery showcases and reference handbooks. No longer. North Carolina ceramicist Davis has written one of the first step-by-step illustrated introductions to wheel-thrown pottery, highlighted by 11 projects ranging in complexity from a simple spoon vase to a double-walled bowl. Nor is his the sole technique portrayed; he invites other professionals to share the limelight. Each design includes notes on surface treatment and firing, possible problems and solutions, and a colorful gallery of similar ceramics from artists across the country. Prefatory chapters feature essential tools and materials, an overview of surface treatments, and a section on "beginning to throw." --Barbara JacobsAuthor notes provided by Syndetics
Before beginning his career as an author of true crime books, Don Davis worked for 30 years as a UPI correspondent on various assignments, including the Vietnam War and the White House beat.His works since have covered major crimes of the 1990s. They include Bad Blood: The Shocking True Story Behind the Menendez Killings (1994) and The Milwaukee Murders: Nightmare in Apartment 213: The True Story (1991) about the Jeffrey Dahmer case.
Davis's other works include his first novel, Appointment With the Squire (1997), about World War II, and another novel, The Gris-Gris Man (1997), a story about voodoo killings in New Orleans.
In addition to being a writer and reporter, Davis was an instructor of journalism at Boston University in 1979, and a lecturer at the U.S. Navel War College in 1983.
(Bowker Author Biography)