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The Spirit of Clay

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448 pages, hundreds of B&W photos.  8" x 11", paperback
Robert Peipenburg
A powerful instructional and spiritual guide to the world of ceramics.  Combines instruction, information and personal insight as it teaches the reader about clay, our effect on clay, and clay's effect of us.  Instructional sections on handbuilding, throwing, casting, sculpting, glazing, kiln building and firing.  Peipenburg shares with us his insight into the discovery and development of the human spirit in students as they learn and grow creatively.

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Ceramics: Ways of Creation

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1999, 288 pages, 250 color photos, 8.25"x10.25" paperback
Richard Zakin
Artists love to view the work of other artists and to contemplate the inspiration that drives the creative process.  Now noted ceramist Richard Zakin has brought the "ways of creation" to light through insightful stories of 36 ceramic artists who share the way they create their inventive and vital works.  Zakin has filled this volume with exciting color photos and compelling stories about the artists whose work is broadly representative of the many strands of contemporary ceramics.  By working closely with the artists, he enables readers to experience their explorations of ceramics and how they develop their highly individual methods and techniques.  Insight and inspiration from today's leading ceramic artists, and stunning color photos of contemporary works of ceramic art.  

Creative Ideas For Clay Artists
A Collection of Articles from Ceramics Monthly 

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Softcover, 110 pages, March 2001   114 color and 121 b&w photos
Ceramics Monthly
Looking for new ideas? This new addition to the Ceramics Monthly Handbooks series is a collection of articles from CM, featuring creative artists and ideas to challenge you and inspire your work. Pottery, sculpture, and finishing techniques are covered. This is a must-read for anyone involved in clay— whether looking for new ideas, new inspiration, or renewed creativity. You will find it here through these talented featured artists and their unique approaches to clay.  Divided into 3 sections: pottery, sculpture and finishing techniques, article topics include expanding the limits of pinch pottery, handbuilding with textured slabs, miniature reproductions, spraying paper-reinforced clay, using large latex molds, airbrushing, combining ceramic and photographic processes, Southwest pottery traditions and innovations.  

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