Gay Zimmerman on mon 5 oct 98
The following are some places to check if you want to buy out-of-print books
over the Internet (please excuse me if this repeats recent messages):
Advanced Book Exchange
http://www.abebooks.com/
Bibliofind
http://www.bibliofind.com/
Interloc
http://www.interloc.com/
MX Bookfinder
http://www.mxbf.com/
There's a lot of overlap. For example, I checked the recently recommended
"Photographing your artwork" by Russell Hart. All four list the same copy from
the same source.
As a librarian, I'd also like to second the recent recommendations to ask for
books on interlibrary loan at your local public library if you want to preview
them.
Gay Zimmerman
gayz@mail.plymouth.edu
martin howard on mon 6 mar 00
We have been given a good address for pottery books in USA.
Would anyone like to propose a similar one in the UK?
Or a selection so that we do not need to travel far for a good browse.
Martin Howard
Webb's Cottage Pottery
Woolpits Road
Great Saling
BRAINTREE
Essex CM7 5DZ
01371 850 423
martin@webbscottage.co.uk
www.webbscottage.co.uk Should be ready for 2000 :-) or 2001
Russel Fouts on tue 7 mar 00
martin
>> We have been given a good address for pottery books in USA. Would anyone like
I go to London all the time for books. It's further for me coming from
Brussels then you from Essex.
Foyles is the best, large ceramics section on the 2nd floor towards the
back. They never take anything off the shelves so you find lots of out
of print books as well. The seem to have recently started buying good
quality 2nd hand books as well (or at least I've only just noticed).
Found a copy of Amaury St Gilles' survey of Japanese potteries from the
70's! PRICELESS at any cost. Saw a first edition(?) copy of Dan Rhodes'
Kiln book as well but didn't buy it.
Waterstones just moved into the old Simpson department store in
Piccidilly to create the next biggest, airiest and most pleasant
bookstore I've ever been in. Nice people too.
The Craft Potter's Association in Marshall st. is really the best source
for purely ceramic books. Picked up Nigel Wood's new book there.
Wonderful.
Just about any bookstore in London will have at least some pottery
books. Searching the old bookstores in Charing Cross Road could also
turn up some treasures.
Happy hunting.
Russel
--
Russel Fouts
Mes Potes et Mes Pots
Brussels,Belgium
Tel: +32 2 223 02 75
Val on sat 29 apr 00
Oh I am just too excited!!! I got $l00.00 in coupons from
Chapters...they had stopped sending them to me because they lost me
in the system...now I should own shares in that company...but anyway
when in asked why I wasn't getting any coupons....finally after going
in a couple of times to inquire...I was told how they had me down as
Jane Doe but that I would be receiving all of the coupons in a couple
of months....well they came the other day so tonight I went out and
bought the Complete Book of Pottery and a book on Handbuilding and it
has my idol Lana Wilson in it and also Linda Arbuckle......I just had
to share.....
Hugs this great Friday....I am off to enjoy reading my new books
since I am a beginner at this handbuilding stuff.....
Val Mann w.w.
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Kuno on sat 11 aug 01
Hello:
I'm interested to hear what books people have found helpful early in their
pottery careers.
I'm preparing to start a ceramics program and received a generous gift from
class members for whom I acted as technical assistant. They suggested I
purchase some books and I am interested in titles that people find helpful as
good general reference or primer books.
My course is focusing on cone 6 firing using electric kilns.
Thank You,
Anita
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Mert & Holly Kilpatrick on sun 12 aug 01
Anita,
This discussion has come up numerous times, and you might find it helpful to
look through past messages on this subject. If you look through the
archives at potters.org, where they are organized by subject, there is a
category called books ( http://www.potters.org/category018.htm ). You can
scroll down through it - all the recent ones are about Lisa's cookbook!) and
you will see threads about favorite books, if you could only have one book,
etc, etc. (Not to confuse any new listers, this is not the official Clayart
archives on the ACS site, which could also be helpful, but I am afraid that
if you searched it on "books" you might get a long long list.)
There are so many that it's hard to single out a short list, but one might
be Robin Hopper's "Functional Pottery", and as a reference, Hamer and Hamer
to answer those technical questions that come up. For handbuilding, Kathy
Tripplet has two excellent Lark Publishing books out, she really does a good
job. Also Robin Hopper's Ceramic Spectrum is a book one can go back to
again and again, on materials and glazing. For those who really want to
focus on glazes, Ian Currie's Revealing Glazes is great. Clary Illian's
workbook on throwing is also good, it has been mentioned just recently. I'm
sure others will have good suggestions.
Holly
> Hello:
> I'm interested to hear what books people have found helpful early in their
> pottery careers.
> I'm preparing to start a ceramics program and received a generous gift
from
> class members for whom I acted as technical assistant. They suggested I
> purchase some books and I am interested in titles that people find helpful
as
> good general reference or primer books.
> My course is focusing on cone 6 firing using electric kilns.
> Thank You,
> Anita
Yvon LeDouget on sun 12 aug 01
The "Bible" for me : Daniel Rhodes 's book "clay and glazes for the potter"
translated in french by F. Soubeyran in 1974.
Yvon
Ababi on sun 12 aug 01
Hi!
My most favorite ^6 books
Lana Wilson's Hand Book ( has a longer name)
Val Cushing's Hand Book
Glazes Cone six of Michael Bailey. A great school!
The two E books of Tony Hansen
Insight and Matrix
ClayArt
Ababi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kuno"
To:
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 04:35
Subject: pottery books
> Hello:
> I'm interested to hear what books people have found helpful early in their
> pottery careers.
> I'm preparing to start a ceramics program and received a generous gift
from
> class members for whom I acted as technical assistant. They suggested I
> purchase some books and I am interested in titles that people find helpful
as
> good general reference or primer books.
> My course is focusing on cone 6 firing using electric kilns.
> Thank You,
> Anita
> --
>
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Howard Scoggins on sun 12 aug 01
Don Davis: Wheel Thrown Ceramics (and the two videos!)
Giorgini's Handmade Tiles (and videos!)
Hamer & Hamer
Hands in Clay
My personal favorites. Never had a class as such. All (?) my experience =
has been on the fly and self imposed. Clay art is not a book but in many =
ways better. Never open it without coming away with something. Hundreds =
of teachers here, all giving something back. Clayart is really a =
religious experience for the receptive (:-].
Howard S.
Sandra Talarico on sun 12 aug 01
Anita,
The most useful book I've ever read is
Functional Pottery : Form and Aesthetic in Pots
of Purpose by Robin Hopper. I've owned this book for
about 15 years and I still refer to it.
Sandy Talarico
Kathy McDonald on mon 13 aug 01
Yvon,,,,
2 books i would highly recommend:
G Nelson Ceramics
R Zakin Electric Kiln Ceramics
Kathy (who isn't sure she has the titles exactly correct,,,
but is too lazy at 6 am to run to the other room to check)
http://www.willowtreepottery.com
Rick Hugel on mon 13 aug 01
What a stroke of luck! I have a couple of French speaking students whose
English isn't quite up to reading this book in it's original language.
Could you pass on to me the particulars of the French edition; French
title, publisher, address. I would really appreciate it! Directly, if you
like, but maybe someone else would also be interested too - I don't know.
>The "Bible" for me : Daniel Rhodes 's book "clay and glazes for the potter"
>translated in french by F. Soubeyran in 1974.
>Yvon
>
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Brooke Fine on thu 5 feb 04
Overstock.com has a number of pottery books at very reasonable prices
including 500
teapots and and 500 bowls at 14.39 each .. No connection
to the bussiness.
Brooke Fine
http://www.eshop.msn.com/eshopframe.aspx?merchId=2771&catId=2109&u=http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?cid=33233&PAGE=PRODUCT&PROD_ID=192227&fp=F
Brooke Fine on thu 5 feb 04
Overstock.com has a number of pottery books at very reasonable prices
including 500
teapots and and 500 bowls at 14.39 each . I think shipping for one item
is 1.40. No connection
to the bussiness.
Brooke Fine
http://www.eshop.msn.com/eshopframe.aspx?merchId=2771&catId=2109&u=http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?cid=33233&PAGE=PRODUCT&PROD_ID=192227&fp=F
Susan Davis on mon 24 may 04
--- Susan Davis
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WoW!!! What a response to the pottery books that I have for sale. It will take me a day to write and list the book list. I will post it on Clayart so you can see what I have, and if you are interested you can contact me. I can't reply to all 500 of you so I will do it that way.
Thank you for your interest.
Susan Davis
sidavis on sun 8 oct 06
I have been a potter for 30 years and am now retiring. I have several books for sale. If you are interested I will send list and prices. Happy potting.
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John Hesselberth on sat 13 nov 10
I've just listed a dozen mostly-out-of-print pottery books on ebay--I =3D
need to make room for more. A sample of the titles are:
Shino
Ceramics of the World
Pioneer Studio Pottery
The Professional Potter
The easiest way I've found to see them all is to search for one of the =3D
above. Then in the Seller box in the upper left click on 'See other =3D
items'. Take a look.
Regards,
John
John Hesselberth
http://www.masteringglazes.com
http://www.frogpondpottery.com
"I love everything that's old: old friends, old times, old manners, old =3D
books, old wines." Oliver Goldsmith, "She Stoops to Conquer" (1773)
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