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Throwing Techniques

by Joaquim Chavarria
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Overview

After reviewing the preparation clay mixtures, kneading methods, plasticity, and shrinkage, the book demonstrates basic throwing exercises at the wheel, then shows how to create open bowls and plates, vertical and cylindrical pots, spherical and oval jars, and specially shaped cups and jugs.

About the Author, Joaquim Chavarria

Joaquim Chavarria, a professor of ceramics and sculpture at the Escuela Massana in Barcelona, Spain, is also the author of the best-selling The Big Book of Ceramics.

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Book Details

Published
May 1, 1999
Publisher
Watson-Guptill Publications
Pages
64
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780823005932

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