Handbuilt, A Potter'S Guide: Master Timeless Techniques, Explore New Forms, Dig And Process Your Own Clay

Handbuilt, A Potter'S Guide: Master Timeless Techniques, Explore New Forms, Dig And Process Your Own Clay

In Handbuilt, A Potter's Guide, pottery expert Melissa Weiss shows you the basics of crafting without a wheel, how to harvest and work wild clay, and using natural glazes. Handbuilt pottery is the perfect way for new potters to dive into this unique medium because it doesn't require access to a potter's wheel. In?andbuilt, A Potter's Guide, Melissa Weiss takes?n organic approach to harvesting and?orking with local clays, and even?hows you how tomix your own glazes to?se on functional pottery for?se at home. Students of pottery the world over have traveled to North Carolina to attend Weiss's classes. Now you don't have to! In this book,?elissa provides you with a solid course onslab and pinch-pot techniques that allow beginning students to master the basics and progress through finished wares. Looking to go a little deeper? Melissa also offers?er unique knowledge ofhow to dig and process local clays for use in pottery, and for the techniques she has developed forcreating unique glazes with ash, salt, and other dry materials. Melissa will alsointroduce you talented contemporary potters,?ho will share their work, tips, advice, and techniques. Learn the basics of handbuilding and more with this engaging guide.About the AuthorMelissa Weiss is an Asheville, North Carolina potter and a true handmade maker. Each pot she makes contains clay that?he digs up on her?and in Arkansas. From there, she drives the clay back to her studio in Asheville where she cleans it and incorporates it into her clay bodies. Melissa?akes a variety of ash and celadon glazes and fires her pots in a gas reduction kiln. Melissa teaches classes in handbuilding at intervals throughout the year, including at the famous Penland Art School and the North Carolina Pottery Center. She also operates an 8,000 square foot art cooperative called Southside Studios that houses studio space for twenty potters. Melissa ?articipates in shows in Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and exhibits her work in galleries from New York City, to Fayetteville Arkansas.