Books

Sunshine Cobb Develop new skills and unlock your own creativity as you explore: • Sculptural projects like miniature animals and plants. • Function...

James C Watkins and Paul Ceramicists searching for new ways to fire their creations now have a wealth of options. Authors James Watkins and Paul Wa...

In Mastering Sculpture: The Figure in Clay, renowned sculptor and instructor Cristina Córdova teaches everything you need to know to replicate the ...

Learn the key techniques, tips, and tricks for pit, barrel, raku, and wood firing.

By: John BrittA ccording to Ceramics Monthly, approximately 75% of potters glaze their pieces at mid-range temperatures-and this complete studio gu...

This powerful and insightful work offers a bold celebration of the innovative, brilliant artists reclaiming the idea of ‘women’s work’. 

In Terra Sigillata: Contemporary Techniques, Rhonda Willers provides an historical overview, as well as technical information on how to make, mix, ...

From pinch pots to coiled boxes to soft slab tableware, mastering hand building is a lifelong pursuit. In this book, Sunshine Cobb covers all the f...

The recipes and foundational techniques of Amazing Glaze are just the beginning. Learn about layering with slip and underglaze, work with resists, ...

  For potters, mold making is invaluable because it allows them to slip-cast identical multiples of their work—and this newly revised, full-color e...

Pinching is a wonderfully direct method of interacting with clay that allows for making a range of forms and styles. Projects are simple and sm...

  Matt Levy, Takuro Shibata, and Hitomi Shibata The ultimate illustrated guide for sourcing, processing and using wild clay.Potters around t...

Author's Frank and Janet Hamer The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques 6th edition

Melissa WeissIn Handbuilt, A Potter's Guide, pottery expert Melissa Weiss shows you the basics of crafting without a wheel, how to harvest and wor...

Take your skills—and your work—to the next level.

JOHN BRITT Glazing and Firing at Cone 10With hundreds of recipes for some of the most popular and enduring high-fire glazes, this reference will pr...

By Donald A. Clark and Chotsani Elaine Dean The first book to honor the contributions, presence, and experiences of Black artists who are part of t...

A fresh and entertaining perspective on materials science involving the craftspeople who have built their careers around working with materials suc...

BONNIE KEMSKE  Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer mixed with a precious metal, usually gold, silver or pla...

Carve Your Clay takes you through creative techniques that produce amazing, dynamic results, including inlay, piercing, sgraffito, etching, relief ...

In her own charming, spirited, and readable style, Beatrice Wood tells us the story of her unorthodox life and her influence on 20th-century art. R...

What motivates and inspires the finest porcelain artists working today? Forty internationally celebrated masters reveal their secrets, explaining j...

n Jars, Vases, Boxes, and Baskets, you'll find 19 step-by-step projects that demonstrate the wide range of possibilities open to artists interested...

Marissa Huber and Heather Kirtland Balance motherhood and creative pursuits! Women and new mothers are constantly encountering the message that th...