The Beginner's Guide to Hand Building: Functional and Sculptural Projects for the Home Potter [Paperback]

Join the home pottery revolution!

Whether you have access to a communal studio or not,hand building projects can travel just about anywhere. Take your clay outside orwork at the kitchen table, withinstruction from best-selling ceramics author Sunshine Cobb. In this book, you’ll find all thenecessary fundamentals, including a thorough discussion of clay as well as helpful tips forkeeping your body and mind in top shape. Then pick the path that’s right for you in the chapters that follow. 

Develop new skills and unlock your own creativity as you explore:

• Sculpturalprojects like miniature animals and plants.
• Functionalitems like scoops, a citrus reamer, and a coffee pour-over vessel.
• Mixed mediaprojects including a candlestick holder, mobile, and a soap dish.

All along the way,skill-buildingis front and center, withconversational instructions and tips to help you make pieces you’re proud to show off.Gallery workfrom some of today’s top artists are sure to inspire potters of all levels.What will you make first?

For beginners and those returning to ceramics, theEssential Ceramics Skills seriesfrom Quarry Books offer the fundamentals along with fresh, contemporary, and simple projects that build skills progressively.Sunshine Cobb, author ofMastering Hand Building, is a ceramic artist and instructor based in California, where she is currently a visiting professor at Sacramento State University. She has previously held adjunct or visiting professor roles at Sonoma State University, University of Pacific, and Utah State. She has experience with everything from eight-day anagama wood firings to slip casting ornaments, but she focuses her talent on functional ware, embracing the richness of earthenware and exploring the challenge of electric firing.&#lc+