Description
Learn to design, form, throw, fire and glaze your own mugs, plates, bowls, serving dishes, vases, and more!
Expert ceramicist Melisa Dora teaches beginners everything they need to know to make exquisite ceramic tableware. Step-by-step instructions clearly outline the techniques for forming and building your pieces, throwing the clay, firing, and glazing.
- learn the best practices for using clay and different glazes-and even how to make your own glazes
- learn tomake ceramics "green" by showing how to reuse, recycle, and repurpose clay and glazes
- discover how to photograph, market, and sell your work
Once readers have mastered the techniques they can make mugs, plates, bowls, serving dishes, vases, and more. Melisa Dora makes it easy to design and create your own colorful pieces that will adorn your home and brighten your life. Her pieces are sold worldwide.
About the Author
Melisa Dora is a ceramics artist specializing in versatile and tactile hand-thrown tableware. She maintains a ceramics studio, working on a variety of tableware collections and freelance commissions. She teaches ceramic workshops and enjoys passing on her own passion for making beautiful objects by hand. Melisa lives in London, UK. https://www.melisadora.com
Reviews
nbsp;"This one-stop-shop for potters in the making hits all the marks."
-- Publishers Weekly
Book Information
ISBN 9780764364693
Author Melisa Dora
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Publisher Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Weight(grams) 816g
