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With this essential guide from one of the UK's leading contemporary studio potters, learn how to throw clay on the wheel.
While a potter shaping clay on the wheel is both the iconic and familiar image we associate with ceramics, the skill is notoriously hard to learn. Using step-by-step photos and illustrations, Rebecca Proctor shows you how to master the potter's wheel.
With an emphasis on craftsmanship, Throwing Clay demonstrates the specific techniques required to make a range of elegant modern tableware – mugs, jugs and plates as well as vases and more complex forms such as teapots. In addition, Proctor shares her insights on the art and practice of pottery and conducts interviews with other contemporary makers from around the world.
Including a combination of projects and gorgeous inspirational photographs, Throwing Clay is the ultimate guide for complete beginners and advanced ceramicists alike.
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Table of Contents
1 What makes a maker?
2 In praise of the domestic
3 On workshops
4 Clay
5 Striving for beauty
THROWING
1 Centring
2 Bowls
3 Cylinders
4 Curves
5 Flat out
6 Jars with lids
7 Teapots
TAKING CARE
of pots, the environment and yourself
INTERVIEWS from Malo Atelier, Julianne Ahn, Sara Delesie and more
ENDNOTES
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
FURTHER READING
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Product details
| Published | 26 Feb 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 192 |
| ISBN | 9781789943559 |
| Imprint | Herbert Press |
| Series | New Ceramics |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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