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The Great Pottery Throw Down: 20 Projects to Create at Home - Hardcover
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The Great Pottery Throw Down: 20 Projects to Create at Home - Hardcover
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by The Great Pottery Throw Down (Author)
The Great Pottery Throw Down is the official tie-in to the popular HBO show.
The Great Pottery Throw Down book is a practical and beautiful guide to creating in clay at home. Accompanying budding potters on their creative journey, this book teaches the basics of both handbuilding and throwing techniques before taking you through 20 projects inspired by the show's challenges. The projects are aimed to build on your skills as you work through them starting with an egg cup or mug and working up to a jug or teapot. Covering a range of topics from setting up your space and choosing the right clay to the basics of using a wheel and the three core hand-building techniques (slab building, coiling and pinching) - this is an essential guide to pottery. The projects include spoon rest, vase, dinner plate, nesting bowls, plant pot, teacup, animal figurine, salad bowl, and more. Once you have mastered the basics, finesse your creations with expert tips on decorating, glazing, and firing your projects. Discover the joy of the iconic Great Pottery Throw Down in your own home and open yourself up to a world of ceramic possibility.Author Biography
The Great Pottery Throw Down is a HBO reality show. Siobh?n McSweeney hosts the show, as 12 talented home potters are challenged to create beautiful and clever ceramics, under the scrutiny of judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller, for the title of Best Amateur Potter.
Jacqui Atkin has been working with ceramics for more than 30 years, has written many books on the subject and is a professional member of the Craft Potters Association. She appeared as a guest judge in series 7 of The Great Pottery Throw Down.
Number of Pages: 176
Dimensions: 0.9 x 10.1 x 8.2 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: April 22, 2025
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