This book really covers it all!
The Potter's Studio Clay and Glaze Handbook:
An Essential Guide to Choosing, Working, and Designing with Clay and Glaze in the Ceramic Studio
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Every potter home enthusiast to the art center doyenne needs practical guidance on choosing and using clays and glazes in his or her work. Mastering clays and glazes is a feat of both art and science, and navigating everyday issues in the pottery studio requires an understanding of both fields. With The Potter's Studio Clay and Glaze Handbook, the art and science of ceramics is explored with accessible authority and insight. Whether choosing a highfire clay or applying a high-impact engobe, any potter's craft will be enhanced and inspired by this book.
Ceramics instructor and consultant Jeff Zamek (Southampton, MA) 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. He has written articles for most major ceramics magazines, including Pottery Making Illustrated, Ceramics Monthly, and Ceramic Industry. Zamek is the author of What Every Potter Should Know and Safety in the Ceramics Studio.
So you want to get into clay, into it now but want to learn more, or not into working with clay but like to know about it, click on the images to read all about the different types of clay, from earthenware, stoneware, porcelain, raku,and salt/soda clay.
This was cool to learn about for me because I collect dishes and pottery so I liked learning about what it was made from.
This part about how to plan a business and make a business plan was really insightful. It could translate into any craft, not just pottery.
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Do you craft for business? Or are you just a "pleasure crafter"?
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i make cards, and my mom buys them. she was the hallmark queen before i started supplying her! of course, i make my own cards to send out. atc's, 3-d and most everything else, i do for pleasure.
Posted by: rush | June 11, 2009 at 10:03 AM
Thank you for highlighting The Potter's Studio Clay & Glaze Handbook. I have only done a few pottery/clay pieces but have been fascinated with the art form. I also found the business plan to be helpful and informative. This is one book I am going to seriously check out.
Posted by: Donna Moore | June 11, 2009 at 08:21 PM
Book sounds really helpful I craft for both business and pleasure. I love to create and give items away, but necessity requires me to try and sell what I can as well.
Posted by: BrendaLea | June 11, 2009 at 09:07 PM
At present I'm a student in Textile Design and learning skills to help me up-cycle clothing which I love and want to develop further. I also make jewellery and have been asked to make things on commission.
I am very happy to learn business and marketing skills as they can be applied across all sorts of areas of life.
Posted by: Suella | June 12, 2009 at 04:54 PM
I craft for both business and pleasure. I thank God every day to be able to make a living doing something I love.
Posted by: Eileen | June 13, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Pleasure crafter. I've never sold any of my work, its always been traded or given away as gifts or RAKs. I feel I just don't have the time to be a full time crafter but I have the time for hobbying it up!(Yes, I do make up my own words. LOL)
Hugs, Ashlyn
Posted by: Ashlyn | June 13, 2009 at 02:22 PM