will edwards on fri 20 oct 00
Clayarters,
I put into our budget a small amount this year for educational books and
videos. I suppose we will have less than a 1000.00 dollars total and we s=
till
haven't bought the VCR/TV.
Also we have very little to pick from when it comes to books on glazes an=
d
clay work in our local book stores.
Would you be kind enough to let me know which books and videos are sacred=
in
our world of clay right now and which ones would be the best selection fo=
r a
small clay library?
We do raku and hand-building as well as wheel throwing and a lot of glaze=
work. I am told we do need Hamner (?) Also I own several glaze calculatio=
ns
programs but it appears we might be able to buy the latest one out. Any h=
elp
on this is appreciated. =
Since I work most awakening hours at the center and spend the balance beh=
ind
my wheel in my own studio I haven't had a chance to keep up with anything=
at
all in the last six months other than glaze changes and kids. My child is=
lucky, She gets to go to work with me in both places or other-wise she
wouldn't see me very often.
To those of you that have asked about Veronika from Austria. She is doing=
great and her mom is here for a 3 week visit from Germany. She is 80 y.o.=
and
looks 50. Veronika is a great talent and we are in fact lucky to have her=
=2E Its
also funny to see a little German woman trying her best to speak to
Southerners. I told her our english wasn't much better than her's. They r=
oll
their R's in many cases and we leave them out. (Alabama) but lawd please =
hold
onto 'dem Alabama jokes this week.
William Edwards
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Bill Patterson on sat 21 oct 00
It's Hamer, Frank and Janet: The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and
Techniques, ISBN 0-7136-3337-9. It's the best general reference I've ever
seen.
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From: will edwards
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Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 9:47 PM
Subject: Educational Videos and Books
Clayarters,
I put into our budget a small amount this year for educational books and
videos. I suppose we will have less than a 1000.00 dollars total and we
still
haven't bought the VCR/TV.
Also we have very little to pick from when it comes to books on glazes and
clay work in our local book stores.
Would you be kind enough to let me know which books and videos are sacred in
our world of clay right now and which ones would be the best selection for a
small clay library?
We do raku and hand-building as well as wheel throwing and a lot of glaze
work. I am told we do need Hamner (?) Also I own several glaze calculations
programs but it appears we might be able to buy the latest one out. Any help
on this is appreciated.
Since I work most awakening hours at the center and spend the balance behind
my wheel in my own studio I haven't had a chance to keep up with anything at
all in the last six months other than glaze changes and kids. My child is
lucky, She gets to go to work with me in both places or other-wise she
wouldn't see me very often.
To those of you that have asked about Veronika from Austria. She is doing
great and her mom is here for a 3 week visit from Germany. She is 80 y.o.
and
looks 50. Veronika is a great talent and we are in fact lucky to have her.
Its
also funny to see a little German woman trying her best to speak to
Southerners. I told her our english wasn't much better than her's. They roll
their R's in many cases and we leave them out. (Alabama) but lawd please
hold
onto 'dem Alabama jokes this week.
William Edwards
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Linfield College on sat 21 oct 00
>....> be kind enough to let me know which books and videos are sacred in
> our world of clay right now and which ones would be the best....
>They roll
> their R's in many cases and we leave them out. (Alabama) but lawd please hold
> onto 'dem Alabama jokes this week.
>
> William Edwards......
There are many good videos & books available. I would certainly recommend
Hamer & Hamer as a general resource, helpful in many, many ways. If you do
a lot of raku, then perhaps a raku book, too - there are several available.
It might be helpful to you to get a catalog from The Potter's Shop, to look
at available books & tapes. Often there are good ones on sale.
As to videos, if you are thinking of how-to types: - Nils Lou has a series
of three that are out, and very good.
Robin Hopper has several, and there are many, many others. There has been
an offer of some tapes made some time back by Richard and Marj Peeler, and
they are VERY inexpensive. I have not seen them yet, but expect to do so
soon. They would undoubtedly be very useful to you.
You can look in CM, too, and see what is available there. And check with
your materials supplier, many carry books.
And, er - shouldn't that be " 'dis week"?
regards
Dannon Rhudy
Cindy Strnad on sat 21 oct 00
Hi, William.
Okay, are you in Germany or Alabama? If Alabama, I suggest you get your
books from The Potters Shop. I can't seem to locate their brochure at the
moment, but someone on-line should be able to supply that information. No
need to make do with what you can pick up in the local shops.
Are you firing electric? If so, I would definitely recommend Zakin's
"Electric Kiln Ceramics". For Raku, Steven Branfman's book is good. He's
on-line sometimes, and may get back to you with the particulars as to both
the Potters Shop, and his book.
Cindy Strnad
Earthen Vessels Pottery
RR 1, Box 51
Custer, SD 57730
USA
earthenv@gwtc.net
http://www.earthenvesselssd.com
Sharon31 on sat 21 oct 00
The books I write in this list, are these ones, that except being good, I
could read them without running too many times to the dictionary. I follow
the list from Axner:
http://www.pottery-books.com/cgi-local/axner/loadpage.cgi?user_id=13101200&f
ile=contents.htm
The Artist's Complete Health and Safety Guide, Monona Rossol
TheBest of New Ceramic Art,
Ceramic Projects/C.M.
Ceramic Windchimes/Conrad, John W. This small book teaches everything about
decoration, through windchimes.
Ceramics: Shapes and Surfaces Handouts for Potters
Ceramics: Shapes and Surfaces Handouts for Potters \Lana Wilson, book and
video.
Decorating Pottery\.Ball, F. Carlton
Extruded Ceramics\Diana Pancioli
TheExtruder Book,\Baird, Daryl E.
Glaze Projects\Behrens, Richard
Great Ideas For Potters I
2500 suggestions submitted to Ceramics Monthly magazine
Great Ideas for Potters II
New collection of suggestions from Ceramics Monthly readers classified on
forming processes, decorating, glazing, firing and tools
Hand-Formed Ceramics: Creating Form and Surface\ Zakin.A very good book!
Handbuilt Ceramics\Triplett, Kathy. I bought this book lately as a new
opinion.Zakin does better shoeing ideas of some artist while Triplett shoes
more of what she knows best, it is good too.
The Magic of Fire 1 and 2 \Hansen. This explains how I can tell you from
Israel what P.V. clay is and I never felt it in my hands
Surface Decoration for Low-Fire Ceramics\Peters, Lynn Not my test of
working, but was very easy to read
The Potter's Directory of Shape and Form, French, Neal. Good pictures
minimal text.
Raku Firing and Reduction\Piepenburg, Robert.
All these will cost you money
If you go to my home page , http://www.milkywayceramics.com/links.htm.
You wil find many links to education start with: Miscellaneous than
Publications
the Toolbox for specific ceramic topics and so on.(thank you Faye!)
There are some more books, but you said that you had only 10000$ !
Ababi Sharon
sharon@shoval.org.il
http://www.milkywayceramics.com/cgallery/asharon.htm
http://www.israelceramics.org/index.html
www.photoisland.com
ID: sharon@shoval.org.il
Password: local potter
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