Coloring Clay (Ceramics Handbooks) Paperback – November 20, 2007

Love this book!! As usual Jo Connell, the author, has produced another beautiful and exciting book. There are very few books on this subject and I highly recommend this one. It is very up to date and provides knowledge not found elsewhere. Ceramics Handbooks are ,by and large, always good, and this is no exception. I am so glad I found it. Even if you never actually color your clay you will be glad you read it. I suggest buying it even if you have many books on pottery . It is a source of inspiration and new ideas for any potter and serves as an excellent reference tool.

I bought the book either for school or as a reference. Its good. I can't believe they require a minimum amount of words. Crazy. They want an opinion and then ask for so many words. What are they nuts!

Would recommend to others and to ones library of books. Good book on combining clays to make patterns and designs.

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An excellent book to get you started on colouring clay. Mixing stains and oxides in clay, percentages and some basic techniques.Gives info you dont get from the polymer books.

I recommend Jo Connell's Coloring Clay to anyone who currently works with or is considering working with colored clay. It is an excellent survey of techniques and approaches utilized in this often overlooked area of ceramics. Following a brief review of historical uses of colored clay, such as Egyptian paste beads, encaustic tiles, and Wedgwood wares, Ms. Connell discusses how clay is colored, then provides images of vessels and sculptures from a number of contemporary studio artists (primarily British and American and at least one Australian). The images are usually accompanied by brief descriptions of processes the artists use, but don't expect "how-to" details. And to her further credit, Ms. Connell emphasizes testing and safety information. There are a few shortcomings, particularly for beginners to the field. Although she presents starting percentages for additions of several mineral oxides and carbonates (such as cobalt, iron, copper), she omits this valuable insight for commercial stains (for example, 4%-5% for most blues and greens). And she doesn't refer to specific commercial stains available in the U.S. (e.g. Mason, Cerdec, Blue Heron), although she does offer a short list of ceramic suppliers that sell these stains once you know what you want. While she refers in a short paragraph to the Japanese techniques of nerikomi and neriage, I wish she would have included images and process descriptions for some of the outstanding works by Japanese ceramists. I also would have liked more discussion on millefiore blocks and patterns. Still, Ms. Connell introduced me to interesting and novel approaches and has inspired me to explore some new directions for my own work.

I really like this book. I have used some of the techniques on my pottery. Really adds another dimension to clay.

the use artist's examples was a little much, but inspiring. more technical information would have been nice

The book arrived in a small package. I really wasn't expecting much but once I started reading it and looking at the examples I couldn't put it down! Good things... small packages. The only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is the format of the book. I think the editor could have put in a little more effort.Great photo examples, step-by-step instructions and good written instructions. I often find advice, not just insctruction, also of benifit.All around a good book.

Good book, learnt how to make colored clay and some interesting looking pottery has come of the things I have learnt.

Un short book with a lot information!

Falta mucha información, no es un libro donde explique fórmulas, es una aproxinación...esperaba mucho más de este libro. Poca información

excellent book delighted