Pottery Form

A master ceramist and internationally known teacher offers practical information about pottery making as well as insights into the craft's meaning, history, and spirit. Featuring more than 170 photographs, this volume describes and depicts basic forms and their creation using the potter's wheel as well as by modeling, coiling, and slab building.

Daniel Rhodes (1911-89) taught for 25 years at the New York State College of Ceramics, achieving worldwide fame as a potter and an expert on studio pottery. Best known for his ceramics, Rhodes was also a sculptor and a painter of WPA-commissioned post office murals.

Introduction to the Dover EditionPreface1. Form2. Wedging & Kneading3. Centering4. Hollowing Out5. The Cylinder6. Form Characteristics of Wheel-Made Pottery7. Cylindrical Forms8. Tools for Throwing9. Jars and Vases10. Bottles11. Trimming & Feet12. Throwing Off the Hump & Duplicate Forms13. Bowls14. Pitchers15. Handles16. Plates17. Large Pots18. Pots with Lids19. Cups, Tea Bowls, & Mugs20. Teapots21. Altering & Combining Thrown Forms22. Hand Built Pottery23. Forms Made By Compression & Draping24. Some Extinct Pottery Forms25. Clay & Glazes26. Decoration27. Approaches to Study28. Pottery as Image & Symbol29. Pottery & the PersonIndex