Publisher's Synopsis
A back-to-basics approach to throwing, covering the essential and
fundamental principles. Looking at each movement in depth in the
beginning stages, examining the way the clay moves and the pressures
needed to control it.
This
book will cover all the crucial parts of learning to throw for
beginners, centring the clay, making a cylinder, developing shapes from
the basic cylinder form (i.e. jugs, bowls etc.), and the importance of
design and proportion in forms. The book uses lots of very clear
photographs in step-by-step sequences using arrows to show exactly how
the clay is moving and controlled so that the beginner gets a full
understanding of the process.
Finally, there will be a section
examining the work of specific potters, looking at how they have
developed their work, along with a critique of their use of form and
decoration.
