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Author Leach, Simon.

Title Simon Leach's pottery handbook / by Simon Leach with Bruce Dehnert.

Publication Info. New York : STC Craft/A Melanie Falick Book, 2013.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  738.14 LEA    Storage
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Non Fiction  738.1 LEACH    Check Shelf
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department  738.14 LEACH    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  738.14 LEACH    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  738.14 LEACH    Check Shelf
Description 239 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm + 2 videodiscs (sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)
Note "A comprehensive guide to throwing beautiful, functional pots"--Cover.
Bibliography Includes bibliographic references (pages 234-235) and index.
Summary "Ceramics education is something that is typically taught in a classroom studio, where a teacher first explains a series of intricate and subtle movements, and then demonstrates them for the students. The student then sits down at a potter's wheel and attempts to replicate the techniques, but often with less than perfect results. To help both beginner and more advanced potters overcome some of the most common frustrations, Simon Leach has picked up where most classes fall short, creating more than 800 homemade videos available on YouTube that clearly demonstrate core techniques. Lively, informative, and full of original tips and techniques, Simon's videos have lit the ceramics world on fire, becoming a must-see supplement to most potters' educations. But therein lies the hitch--most potters don't want to take a laptop into a ceramics studio, so they must watch the video before or after class and hope to remember the tip as they work. Simon Leach's Pottery Handbook is meant to overcome this obstacle, encapsulating all of Simon's basic techniques in one easy-to-carry book, from studio design and set-up to basic throwing techniques, to adding appendages, trimming, glazing and firing. Simon Leach's Pottery Handbook is perfectly suited for the studio, as it is portable, and the concealed wire-o binding will help the book lay flat and stand up. For each technique, detailed step-by-step photography captures the subtle, intricate movements that typically fly by too fast to be noticed in a video. Plus the book includes a DVD with many of Simon's YouTube videos; callouts throughout the book tell readers which video goes with each section, so they can both read and examine the technique in the book, and also watch the technique in real-time"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Pottery -- Technique.
Added Author Denhert, Bruce.
ISBN 9781617690228 spiral bound
1617690228 spiral bound
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