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This is a great exploration of how extruders, molds, and tile-making can be used as new avenues of artistic expression. Techniques are accessible to beginners but many may also be of interest to intermediate and advanced clay workers.



Pros

• Demonstrates creative usefulness of extruding, slum and hump molding, and tile-making.
• Very down-to-earth, clear how-to articles.
• Great ideas and insipration.

Cons

• May be redundant if you have back issues of "Ceramics Monthly" and "Pottery Making Illustrated."

Description

• Paperback, 8.5 by 11 inches, 135 pages, well-illustrated, edited by Anderson Turner.
• Compilation of 29 articles drawn from past issues of "Ceramics Monthly" and "Pottery Making Illustrated" magazines.
• Many articles give concrete how-to information while others offer artists' experiences.
• Audience includes beginning to advanced potters and ceramists.

Guide Review - "Extruder, Mold & Tile" Reviewed

Extruder, Mold & Tile: Forming Techniques is a compilation of articles drawn from past issues of Ceramics Monthly and Pottery Making Illustrated magazines. Editor Anderson Turner found some immanently usable, practical and inspirational articles for inclusion. This book certainly lives up to its name.

Articles range from the short, direct article on how to make a draw knife for easy beveling of clay slab edges, to the experiential-based articles speaking about individual people's explorations with these under-utilized and often under-appreciated techniques.

If you are interested in expanding your clay-working repertoire and you don't have back issues of "Ceramics Monthly" and "Pottery Making Illustrated", this book is well-worth adding to your clay library.