The Beginner’s Guide to Hand Building by Sunshine CobbJoin the home pottery revolution! Whether you have access to a communal studio or not, hand building projects can travel just about anywhere. Take your clay outside or work at the kitchen table, with instruction from best selling ceramics author Sunshine Cobb. In this book, youll find all the necessary fundamentals, including a thorough discussion of clay as well as helpful tips for keeping your body and mind in top shape. Then pick the path thats

T1 is our knife tool that is crafted to trim

you’ll find all the necessary fundamentals

as the name implies

and health and safety tips

This book was formerly published in hardcover as Ceramics for Beginners: Wheel Throwing

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TIP: SW-113 Speckled Plum is the base glaze

Whether you are a clay artist with limited experience in figurative sculpture or a figurative sculptor outside the world of ceramics looking for a straightforward fabrication strategy to create permanent compositions from clay

The rounded curve on Foot 5 allows you to support the overall shape of your piece while creating a pointed or a ridged foot

cream-colored glaze with white and gold mottling

Crystals soften and lighten

a citrus reamer