The Workshop Guide to Ceramics

Duncan Hooson, Anthony Quinn

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Thames & Hudson Ltd
01 March 2012

Art & Architecture; Ceramics: artworks

This comprehensive workshop reference for ceramicists brings together a vast range of skills, techniques and technical data in one volume to provide an essential look-it-up resource for weekend crafters, students and professionals.

Techniques are explored thematically to help the process of discovery that takes place in the workshop, supported by detailed descriptions and step-by-step photography. This allows the maker to evolve ideas in a natural way, with techniques building upon each other. All techniques are examined closely for relevance to practice and quality of finish.

The practical processes of running a workshop are discussed alongside the more complex techniques of making unique work. An extensive guide covers forming techniques, from pinch, coil, slab and wheel to mould-making, slip casting and extrusion, while detailed sections explore slip decoration, embossing and glazing, glaze recipes and applications.

Examples of how to set up a studio, good workshop practices, tool usage and recycling of materials act as a foundation to creating a strong environment to carry out your work. The book also includes a comprehensive guide to firing and kilns.

This book is the must-have workship guide for anyone working with ceramics, from weekend crafters, night school or college students through to practising ceramicists seeking a one-stop reference on techniques and processes.

By: Duncan Hooson, Anthony Quinn
Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 215mm,
Weight: 1.360kg
ISBN: 9780500516218
ISBN 10: 0500516219
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 March 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction • Materials, Processes and Tools • Forming Techniques • Surface Decoration (Pre-firing) • Firing • Glazes • Surface Decoration (Post-glaze) • Design • Professional Practice

Anthony Quinn has a successful design consultancy, working across a range of materials such as ceramics, glass, wood and metal. His client base includes Wedgwood, Debenhams, Leeds Pottery, Design Ideas and British Airways. Duncan Hooson is a practicing ceramicist employing a wide range of ceramic techniques and scale, from high-relief murals to domestic and sculptural forms for internal or exterior locations.

Reviews for The Workshop Guide to Ceramics

'This is quite the guide … a very helpful book for those doing ceramics. The illustrations are wonderful. The instructions are clear and to the point' - Reference Reviews