Creative Pottery

Innovative Techniques and Experimental Designs in Thrown and Handbuilt Ceramics

Deb Schwartzkopf (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

2020
Quarry Books (Verlag)
978-1-63159-825-8 (ISBN)

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With Creative Pottery, master new techniques as you learn how to make innovative functional forms, from teapots and juicers to serving trays and cake-stands. Hand-builders and wheel-throwers welcome!

Take your work to the next level! In Creative Pottery, join ceramic artist Deb Schwartzkopf and grow as a functional potter, whether your background is in wheel-throwing or handbuilding.

Start off with a quick review of where you are in your own journey as a potter. If you need to brush up on the basics, help setting goals, or pointers on how to translate your inspiration into your work, you’ve come to the right place. The rest of the book is a self-guided journey in which you can choose the techniques and projects that interest you:

Go beyond the basics and learn how to throw or handbuild a bottomless cylinder. Then explore seams and alterations for projects like an oval serving tray, altered cylinder vase, and dessert boat.
Learn about small changes that make a big impact, making an asymmetrical slab plate, throwing plates, and creating a cake stand.
Master bisque molds and use them to open a new world of possibilities. Make spoons, a goblet, a butter dish, and more.
Add complexity for stunning forms, including a pitcher, juicer, teapot, and oil pourer.

With compelling galleries, artist features, and guided questions for growth throughout, this is a book for potters ready to learn new skills and unlock their creativity.

Deb Schwartzkopf is a studio potter, instructor, and active community member of Seattle, Washington. She has taught at Ohio University, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, University of Washington, and University of Georgia’s study abroad program in Cortona. She was named Ceramics Monthly and Ceramic Arts Daily's 2019 Artist of the Year, one of the most visible awards in the field. Deb has worked as an artist in residence nationally and internationally at the Archie Bray Foundation (MT), Mudflat Studios (MA), The Clay Studio (PA), Pottery Northwest (WA), Watershed (ME), Sanbao in Jingdezhen, China, and the Residency for Ceramics in Berlin, Germany. Since 2002, Deb has also taught widely at top ceramics centers including Penland School of Craft, Gaya Ceramics Center (Indonesia), and IARE (France). Her artwork is included in collections such as the Kamm Teapot Foundation, San Angelo Museum, and the WA State Arts Collection, among others. She has been included in numerous publications including Ceramic Monthly, Pottery Making Illustrated, and Studio Potter Magazine; has contributed to Red Clay Rambler Podcasts; is an active founding member of Objective Clay; has served as the Director of the Washington Clay Arts Association; and is currently a board member at Pottery Northwest. In 2013, Deb founded and launched what is now Rat City Studios, a community pottery studio where she offers adult classes, studio memberships, and opportunities for emerging artists: ratcitystudios.com.

Foreword by Josh DeWeese
Introduction

CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED
The Journey of a Potter
Tools Used in This Book
Featured Artist: Robbie Lobell
Techniques Used in This Book
Making and Using Templates
Olivia Tani, On Process
Tips for Successful Seams
Beginning Alterations

CHAPTER 2: GROWING AS A POTTER
Find a Fresh Viewpoint
Steve Godfrey, On Self-Critique
Finding and Using Inspiration
Defining Influences
Bottomless Cylinder
Oval Serving Tray
Altered Cylinder Vase
Large Vase
V-Shaped Bowl or Cone
Featured Artist: Jen Allen
Dessert Boat

CHAPTER 3: SMALL CHANGES FOR BIG IMPACT
Asymmetrical Slab Plate
Featured Artist: Taylor Sijan
Throwing a Plate
Trimming and Tap Centering
Altering Plate Shapes
Featured Artist: Sue Tirrell
Cake Stand
Decorative Edges

CHAPTER 4: EXPLORING BISQUE MOLDS
Bisque Molds
Small Spoons
Bud Vases
Throwing a Closed Form
The Cup
Goblet
Featured Artist: Hayne Bayless
Square-Footed Bowl
Butter Dish

CHAPTER 5: ADDING COMPLEXITY
Coiling an Asymmetrical Mold
Pitcher
Featured Artist: Zak Helenske
Juicer
Teapot
Marty Fielding, On Process
Oil Pourer

Templates
Resources
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	02.01.2020
Zusatzinfo	color photos
Sprache	englisch
Maße	203 x 254 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten
ISBN-10	1-63159-825-2 / 1631598252
ISBN-13	978-1-63159-825-8 / 9781631598258
Zustand	Neuware