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This is the only introductory ceramics text available that combines a thorough appreciation of the aesthetics of ceramic art with extensive discussions of the history of ceramics as well as techniques for working in clay.

Charlotte F. Speight is the author of Make It in Clay (1997) and Images in Clay Sculpture (1983). She studied painting and ceramics in Paris, at the Yale School of Fine Arts, and at Cranbrook Academy of Art; she is also a graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute in sculpture. Her visual arts background also includes theater set and costume design, magazine art direction, and teaching art. In addition to writing in the arts, Speight has traveled widely, interviewing ceramic artists and lecturing on ceramics in the United States, Mexico, France, the Netherlands, Italy, and England. She is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics. John Toki is a member of the faculty at the California College of Arts and Crafts and co-author of Make It in Clay. He served as technical advisor to the European Ceramics Work Center, the Netherlands, and has worked in the ceramics industry for thirty-five years, currently as president of Leslie Ceramic Supply Company, Inc., in Berkeley, California. Toki also maintains a career in sculpture and has completed numerous public art commissions. He has exhibited at the California Museum in Oakland, California; The Contemporary Art Center in Cincinnati, Ohio; and at galleries in the United States and Europe. Toki has lectured in Turkey, Taiwan, and Canada and has visited artists' studios in Europe, Mexico, and Japan.

Preface	p. v
Shaping the Past	p. 1
An Introduction to Clay	p. 3
A Record of Humanity in Clay	p. 4
The Geologic Origins of Clay	p. 7
Types of Clay	p. 7
Early Ceramics Technology	p. 8
Evolving Techniques	p. 16
Early Western Asia and the Mediterranean	p. 17
Improved Ceramics Technology	p. 17
Glazes	p. 21
The Minoans	p. 23
Mycenae	p. 26
Greece	p. 27
The Etruscans	p. 35
Rome	p. 38
Asia	p. 41
Early Japan	p. 41
China	p. 44
Korea	p. 55
Japanese Old Tomb Period (c. A.D. 300-600)	p. 56
Western Asia	p. 61
Islamic Ceramics	p. 62
India	p. 64
Africa	p. 67
Nok (c. 500 B.C.-A.D. 200)	p. 68
Ife (c. A.D. 800-1400)	p. 70
Benin (c. A.D. 1250-1897)	p. 70
Ritual Ceramics	p. 71
Foreign Influences	p. 73
Early Techniques	p. 73
Contemporary Techniques	p. 75
Changing Crafts in Changing Times	p. 80
Indigenous America	p. 81
Mesoamerica	p. 83
The Isthmus Area	p. 89
South America	p. 91
North America	p. 93
Northern Indigenous Cultures	p. 99
Europe	p. 101
Spain	p. 103
Italy	p. 105
Northern Europe	p. 109
Britain	p. 115
Studio Pottery	p. 118
The United States	p. 121
Colonial Ceramics	p. 121
Architectural Ceramics	p. 128
U.S. Pottery in the 1920s-40s	p. 131
Sculpture in the 1920s-40s	p. 133
Worldwide Interaction	p. 135
East Meets West	p. 135
Twentieth-Century Art Influences	p. 137
Converging Influences	p. 139
Ceramics and the Art World	p. 147
Ceramics in Architecture	p. 148
The Vessel	p. 149
The Global Clay Community	p. 150
Shaping the Present	p. 151
The Artist's Vision	p. 153
The Creative Process	p. 153
Sources of Imagery	p. 157
Drawing	p. 167
Aesthetics and Technique	p. 170
Getting Started	p. 171
The Work Space	p. 171
Health and Safety	p. 173
Tools	p. 175
Working with Clay	p. 177
Types of Clay	p. 177
Formulated Clay Bodies	p. 179
Choosing a Clay Body	p. 179
Mixing Clay Bodies	p. 183
How to Mix Clay	p. 183
Handbuilding	p. 191
Working in Three Dimensions	p. 192
Sculpting Solid	p. 192
Pinching	p. 195
Building Hollow	p. 197
Coiling	p. 204
Slabs	p. 211
Keeping Your Work Damp	p. 220
Drying Your Work	p. 220
Drying Sculpture Before Firing	p. 221
Repairing Dry Work	p. 222
Mixed Media	p. 222
Postfiring Construction	p. 223
Adhesives	p. 230
Postfiring Reinforcement	p. 230
Throwing on the Wheel	p. 231
Form	p. 231
Wheel Forms	p. 232
Types of Wheels	p. 234
Contrast and Connect	p. 248
The Production Potter	p. 249
Making a Teapot	p. 276
Composite Pots	p. 281
Postfiring Construction	p. 281
Altered Wheel-Thrown Forms	p. 283
Working with Molds	p. 287
Hump Molds	p. 287
Press Molds	p. 289
Making Plaster Molds	p. 290
Slip Casting	p. 296
Making Tiles	p. 303
Texture, Color, and Glaze	p. 307
Unglazed Surfaces	p. 308
Precautions	p. 310
Color in Clay Bodies	p. 313
Underglazes	p. 323
Overglazes	p. 339
Glaze Tests	p. 344
Mixing Glazes	p. 348
Applying Glazes	p. 349
Ready to Fire	p. 353
Common Glaze Problems	p. 355
Postfiring Color	p. 357
Firing	p. 359
Starting to Fire	p. 360
Precautions	p. 366
The Firing Process	p. 366
Glaze Firing	p. 368
The Glaze Kiln	p. 370
Supporting and Firing Tiles	p. 374
Sculpture in the Kiln	p. 374
Wood Firing	p. 380
Salt-Vapor Firing	p. 383
Raku Firing	p. 388
Postfiring Smoking	p. 394
Pit Firing	p. 394
Installations, Large-scale and Architectural Works	p. 397
Installations	p. 398
Ceramics and Architecture	p. 401
The Commission Process	p. 407
Setting Up Your Studio	p. 415
Wheels	p. 417
Kilns	p. 417
Clay Processing Equipment	p. 422
Glazes in Your Studio	p. 423
Spray Booth	p. 424
Plaster in Your Studio	p. 425
Health and Safety	p. 425
Appendixes	p. 427
Clay and Glaze Recipes; Related Charts	p. 428
Clays and Glazes Formulated for Testing	p. 428
Glaze Additives in Relation to Suspension and Application	p. 441
Clay, Slip, and Glaze Recipes from Ceramists	p. 442
Percentage Charts: Clays, Frits, Feldspars, and Opacifiers	p. 454
Chemicals and Materials	p. 456
Colorants and Opacifiers	p. 460
Temperatures, Cones, Kiln Colors; Measurements	p. 462
Centigrade and Fahrenheit; Orton and Seger Cones	p. 462
Useful Measurements and Equivalents in U.S.A. and Metric Systems	p. 465
Calculating Glazes; Related Charts	p. 466
Changing the Flux in a Glaze	p. 466
Calculating Glazes Using Chemical Analysis	p. 467
Atomic Weights of Elements Used in Ceramics	p. 475
Molecular and Equivalent Weights	p. 476
Formulas of Some Feldspars	p. 478
Installation, Repair; Adhesives	p. 479
Types of Plasters and Their Uses	p. 479
Preplanning for Installation	p. 480
Repair, Adhesives, and Colorants	p. 481
Sources of Health Information, Materials, and Equipment	p. 483
Sources of Health and Safety Information	p. 483
Sources of Equipment and Materials	p. 485
Glossary	p. 489
Further Reading	p. 499
Index	p. 507
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Hands in Clay : An Introduction to Ceramics

Hands in Clay : An Introduction to Ceramics

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