The Potter's Complete Studio Handbook : An Essential Guide to Choosing, Working, and Designing with Clay and Glaze in the Ceramic Studio

Pottery making and wheel throwing is a timeless craft, ideal for beginner crafters and artisans who don't mind getting their hands dirty. The Potter's Complete Studio Handbook is the perfect guide for all levels to enjoy and master the art of pottery. The book is a compilation of the best features from The Potter's Studio Handbook and The Potter's Studio Clay and Glaze Handbook, hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques with comprehensive instruction for clays and glazes. You'll learn expert tips and tricks for selecting and preparing your clay, constructing slab projects, throwing and centering clay on the wheel and firing your project to perfection. Included are 16 beautiful and functional projects with stepby-step photos using techniques that can be done at home, more than 40 formulas for unique clays and glazes with instructions on how to use them, and much more!

Kristin Muller has been a ceramic artist for 20 years. Currently the education director for Brookfield Craft Center in Brookfield, Connecticut, she has been teaching ceramics there for more than 13 years. Kristin has attended countless seminars and workshops with leading potters and clay artists and has an MFA from Hood College. She has a studio and wood-fired Anagama kiln in eastern Pennsylvania. As ceramics instructor and consultant, Jeff Zamek has lectured and led workshops for more than 30 years, and has developed clay body and glaze formulas for ceramics supply companies throughout the United States. As a freelance writer, he has contributed articles to most major ceramics magazines, and he is the author of What Every Potter Should Know and Safety in the Ceramics Studio, both published by Krause.