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pottery: the technique of throwing by john colbeck

updated sat 4 sep 99

 

Rafael Molina on thu 2 sep 99

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Clayarters:

Does anyone know if =22Pottery: The Technique of Throwing=22 by John Colbeck=
is
still in print? I'm teaching a beginning wheel-throwing class this semester=
and
I want to add that title to =22Wheel-Thrown Ceramics=22 by Davis, =22Ceramic=
Form=22 by
Daniel Rhodes, and =22Functional Pottery=22 by Hopper.

Any other suggestions for titles is greatly appreciated. TIA.

Rafael

J. Carl Meigs on fri 3 sep 99


As a self-teacher, I found one of the most helpful books to be
"Throwing Pots" by Phil Rogers. Very well illustrated, it is
organized from basic projects to more complicated ones: Tea bowls to Jugs
to teapots.

Carl Meigs




At 12:20 PM 9/2/99 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>------------------
>Clayarters:
>
>Does anyone know if =22Pottery: The Technique of Throwing=22 by John Colbeck=
> is
>still in print? I'm teaching a beginning wheel-throwing class this semester=
> and
>I want to add that title to =22Wheel-Thrown Ceramics=22 by Davis, =22Ceramic=
> Form=22 by
>Daniel Rhodes, and =22Functional Pottery=22 by Hopper.
>
>Any other suggestions for titles is greatly appreciated. TIA.
>
>Rafael
>
>

Bill Aycock on fri 3 sep 99

I dont know if it is still print, but Steve Branfman (The Potters Shop)
should know.

I want to comment- if there is a book from which one can learn throwing
from the pictures, this is it. The steps, with cut-away showing thickness,
thickness changes, and what the hands are doing, are very good. I was
given a copy, as an "honorarium", for a demonstration at a local
university- it seemed funny, at the time- a "how-to" book for a
demonstration on "how-to", but after I studied it, I appreciated just how
good some people are at explaining.

Bill

At 12:20 PM 09/02/1999 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>------------------
>Clayarters:
>
>Does anyone know if "Pottery: The Technique of Throwing" by John Colbeck is
>still in print? I'm teaching a beginning wheel-throwing class this
semester and
>I want to add that title to "Wheel-Thrown Ceramics" by Davis, "Ceramic
Form" by
>Daniel Rhodes, and "Functional Pottery" by Hopper.
>
>Any other suggestions for titles is greatly appreciated. TIA.
>
>Rafael
>
>
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