Coiling--hand-building by adding clay in layers--is a versatile way of making pots. An easily accessible method, it is often used as an introduction to pottery. It has also been used from prehistoric times to make functional and ritualistic objects, often of great beauty. Today, some of the most original studio potters use this technique to produce work of great authority and sophistication, in this revised, color edition of her original book, Betty Blanino looks at historical examples of coiled pottery and describes the ...
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Coiling--hand-building by adding clay in layers--is a versatile way of making pots. An easily accessible method, it is often used as an introduction to pottery. It has also been used from prehistoric times to make functional and ritualistic objects, often of great beauty. Today, some of the most original studio potters use this technique to produce work of great authority and sophistication, in this revised, color edition of her original book, Betty Blanino looks at historical examples of coiled pottery and describes the methods of contemporary and ethnic potters who build in this way; she discusses different approaches to making and decorating and considers the aesthetic qualities of the work.
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Fine. This is the "Revised Colour Edition" issued in 2003. Illustrated with 50 "new color photos" and black-and-white photographs. Pictorial cover. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. No names or marks in the text. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation in a heavy cardboard box. Fine condition. Selling Used and Rare books on line since April 1998 and from our bookstore in the heart of the Bluegrass since 1984.; Color and black-and-white iIllustrations; Square 8vo.; 144 pages.
