Make It in Clay : A Beginner's Guide to Ceramics

by Charlotte F. Speight; John Toki

• ISBN13: 9781559346320
• ISBN10: 1559346329
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-04-01
• Publisher: MAYF

Summary

An excellent introductory guide to creating clay

Table of Contents

Preface	v
About Clay	1	(12)
Clay	2	(1)
The Formation of Clays	2	(1)
From Rock to Pot	3	(1)
Digging Natural Clay	4	(2)
Prepared Clay Bodies	6	(1)
The Ceramics Studio	6	(2)
Health and Safety Symbols	8	(1)
Health and Safety	9	(1)
Hands as Tools	9	(1)
Wedging the Clay	10	(2)
Key Terms	12	(1)
Creative Exercise	12	(1)
Notes/Sketches	12	(1)
Pinching and Coiling	13	(18)
History	14	(2)
Tools	16	(1)
Pinching	17	(1)
Pinching a Closed Form	18	(5)
Coiling	23	(1)
Making the Coils	23	(1)
Extruded Coils	24	(1)
Building with Coils	25	(4)
Keeping Work Damp	29	(1)
Drying Your Work	29	(1)
Key Terms	30	(1)
Creative Exercises	30	(1)
Notes/Sketches	30	(1)
Slabs and Tiles	31	(16)
Historical Uses of Slabs	32	(1)
New Ways with Slabs	33	(1)
Making Slabs	34	(2)
Building Hard-Edged Forms	36	(2)
Building a Treasure Box	38	(3)
Slab Vessels	41	(1)
Slab Sculpture	42	(1)
Tiles	43	(2)
Slab Wall Pieces	45	(1)
Key Terms	46	(1)
Creative Exercises	46	(1)
Notes/Sketches	46	(1)
Sculpture	47	(18)
History	48	(2)
Relief Sculpture	50	(1)
Sculpture-in-the-Round	50	(1)
New Images	51	(2)
Sketching and Clay	53	(1)
Tools	54	(1)
Armatures	55	(1)
Building Hollow	56	(4)
Building Solid	60	(3)
Mixed Media	63	(1)
Key Terms	64	(1)
Creative Exercises	64	(1)
Notes/Sketches	64	(1)
Molds	65	(12)
History	66	(2)
Hump Molds	68	(1)
Press Molds	69	(2)
Drape Molds	71	(1)
Slip Casting	72	(4)
Key Terms	76	(1)
Creative Exercises	76	(1)
Notes/Sketches	76	(1)
The Wheel	77	(30)
From Turntable to Wheel	77	(2)
History	79	(2)
Learning to Throw	81	(1)
Types of Wheels	81	(1)
Centering	82	(2)
Opening	84	(2)
Pulling Up the Wall	86	(2)
Throwing a Mug	88	(3)
Pulling a Handle	91	(2)
Form	93	(1)
Throwing a Vase	94	(2)
Throwing a Bowl	96	(4)
Trimming	100	(3)
Wheel-Thrown Forms	103	(2)
Altered Forms	105	(1)
Key Terms	106	(1)
Creative Exercises	106	(1)
Notes/Sketches	106	(1)
Surfaces	107	(30)
History	108	(3)
Texture	111	(1)
Burnishing	112	(2)
Engobe and Slip	114	(1)
Sgraffito	115	(4)
Terra Sigillata	119	(1)
Oxides and Stains	120	(1)
Underglazes	121	(1)
Decorative Underglaze Techniques	122	(2)
Glazes	124	(2)
Mixing and Testing Glazes	126	(1)
Applying Glaze	126	(2)
Dipping a Glaze	128	(2)
Pouring Glazes	130	(2)
Spraying Glazes	132	(1)
Surface Treatments	133	(1)
Resist Methods	134	(2)
Key Terms	136	(1)
Creative Exercises	136	(1)
Notes/Sketches	136	(1)
Firing	137	(19)
History	138	(1)
What Happens in the Fire	139	(2)
Bisque Firing	141	(2)
Monitoring the Kiln	143	(1)
Glaze Firing	144	(1)
Transformation	145	(2)
Oxidation and Reduction Atmospheres	147	(2)
Raku Firing	149	(6)
Your Future in Clay	155	(1)
Key Terms	155	(1)
Notes/Sketches	155	(1)
Glossary	156	(7)
Further Reading	163	(2)
Index	165