A Potter's Workbook

A Potter's Workbook
by Clary Illian

A Potter's Workbook
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Author: Clary Illian
Photographer: Charles Metzger
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-07-14
ISBN: 0877456712
Number of pages: 124
Publisher: University Of Iowa Press

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Book Review: Great Book
Summary: 5 Stars

An excellent resource for the novice or the professional. Wonderful read, and great pictures.

Summary of A Potter's Workbook

In A Potter's Workbook, renowned studio potter and teacher Clary Illian presents a textbook for the hand and the mind. Her aim is to provide a way to see, to make, and to think about the forms of wheel-thrown vessels; her information and inspiration explain both the mechanics of throwing and finishing pots made simply on the wheel and the principles of truth and beauty arising from the traditional method.

Each chapter begins with a series of exercises that introduce the principles of good form and good forming for pitchers, bowls, cylinders, lids, handles, and every other conceivable functional shape. Focusing on utilitarian pottery created on the wheel, Illian explores sound, lively, and economically produced pottery forms that combine an invitation to mindful appreciation with ease of use. Charles Metzger's striking photographs, taken under ideal studio conditions, perfectly complement her vigorous text.

Clary Illian was an apprentice at the Leach Pottery in 1964 and 1965, where she helped produce a line of standard ware shapes; in this book she pays tribute to Bernard Leach as the creator of the modern studio pottery movement. A Potter's Workshop is designed to help students who are just learning to throw pots, potters who know how to throw but who feel the need for greater understanding, and skilled craftspeople who enjoy thinking about the objects they love.

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