Dan Saultman on mon 8 sep 97
HI Group,
I've been away from teaching for a long while but start again soon.
Can you suggest one book that could serve as a general textbook,
dictionary etc. that students could use for years to come?
Thanks for your ideas.
Dan Saultman
Vince Pitelka on tue 9 sep 97
At 09:39 AM 9/8/97 -0400, you wrote:
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>HI Group,
>I've been away from teaching for a long while but start again soon.
>Can you suggest one book that could serve as a general textbook,
>dictionary etc. that students could use for years to come?
>Thanks for your ideas.
>Dan Saultman
My favorite is Charlotte Speight's HANDS IN CLAY, but I also still like the
old standby, Glen Nelson's CERAMICS. I know that there is a very recent
edition of HANDS IN CLAY out, and I believe that there is also a recent
edition of CERAMICS. Contact Steve Branfman at The Potters Shop in Needham
Heights, MA, or email him at . He will know the scoop
on these books, and his prices are always good.
- Vince
Vince Pitelka - vpitelka@DeKalb.net
Home 615/597-5376, work 615/597-6801, fax 615/597-6803
Appalachian Center for Crafts
1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166
B A HARPER on wed 10 sep 97
I bought a copy of Susan Peterson's THE CRAFT AND ART OF CLAY a few
years ago and have since had to buy other books for texts, one of
them being Glen Nelson's CERAMICS. As a student I've gotten much
more use out of the Susan Peterson book- it's a great all around book-
and gets more technical with glazes than most that I've seen. Great
pictures and lots of step by step. There is a section towards the
back on different artists and their techniques, and another on all of
the major ceramic collections in museums around the world. It's
probably $10-$15 more than the Nelson book, but with all of the color
pictures you get it's worth it. Good for your own collection too!
Rick Sherman on thu 11 sep 97
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HI Group,
I've been away from teaching for a long while but start again soon.
Can you suggest one book that could serve as a general textbook,
dictionary etc. that students could use for years to come?
Thanks for your ideas.
Dan Saultman
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I have been thinking about this question and reading the responses. My
first book was by Binns and second by John Kenney. My professor made
us all buy Paremlee's Ceramic Glaze. My friend Sandra Johnstone and I
tried to list the three books we would take with us if we had to live
on a deserted isle with only wheel, kiln and clay. I picked: Pioneer
Potter by Cardew, Leach's Potters Book, and then was torn between
Wildenhain's Pottery: Form and Expression and Sander's The World of
Japanese Ceramics.
As both students and teachesr, we concluded no one book did it all.
One solution is that students, rather than purchasing one text, make a
small contribution to a book fund to build a library within the
department. One or more copies of a variety of text can be shared and
discussed. My wife, also a teacher, suggests asking potter friend to
donate books they have read and no longer want to keep. (Highly
unusual!). The purpose is to offer the students a variety of concepts
and approaches to clay. Just as on Clayart, we can find conflicting
point of view among authors.
RS
Erikyu on fri 12 sep 97
Hi,
I am new to this forum and am loving it!
For a beginer I think the best book is " The Complete Potters's Companion"
by Tony Birks. It has all of the basics plus introduces more
expressionistic methods. I also use "Clay and Glazes for the Potter" by
Daniel Rhodes as more of a text book for glaze experiments.
Other books I recommend:
The Unknown Craftsman,a Japanese insight into Beauty (Soetsu Yanagi)
The World of Japanese Ceramics (Herbert H. Sanders)
The Road Through Miyama (Leila Philip)
Wood-Fired Stoneware And Porcelain (Jack Troy)
Thanks to all for interesting reading between work and pots
I will post plans for a PVC pipe/car jack extruder I made when I have time
to digitize it .
Eric Haggin (aka Erikyu)
Concord, CA
east@ccnet.com
p.s. Mel, Thanks for your great postings
Yakimono ya
Nendo iru
Kama no koe
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