Carve Your Clay: Techniques to Bring the Ceramics Surface to Life
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- Author：Hilda Carr
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Summary
Learn how to apply interesting and inspired surface techniques to your ceramic work through 20 step-by-step projects。
Carve Your Clay takes you through creative techniques that produce amazing， dynamic results， including inlay， piercing， sgraffito， etching， relief carving， wire cutting， and more。 Gain new skills as you complete 20 projects featuring author Hilda Carr's signature style， each with clear step-by-step photography and easy-to-follow instruction to achieve beautiful results。
This comprehensive book includes an easy guide on how to create basic forms， as well as glazing and firing techniques。 Whether you are new to ceramics or are a more experienced potter looking to explore new surface design techniques， Carve Your Clay will educate and inspire you。
Carve Your Clay takes you through creative techniques that produce amazing， dynamic results， including inlay， piercing， sgraffito， etching， relief carving， wire cutting， and more。 Gain new skills as you complete 20 projects featuring author Hilda Carr's signature style， each with clear step-by-step photography and easy-to-follow instruction to achieve beautiful results。
This comprehensive book includes an easy guide on how to create basic forms， as well as glazing and firing techniques。 Whether you are new to ceramics or are a more experienced potter looking to explore new surface design techniques， Carve Your Clay will educate and inspire you。
Reviews
Jerome J。
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Excellent ideas
Melanie
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I really appreciated the ease of reading and understanding the concepts of this book。 Even as a beginner potter， I was able to see by the illustrations that the very unique pieces are actually doable for me。 Typically it can be very discouraging to look at pottery books that show intricate pieces way beyond my abilities。 Hilda seems to keep the reader in mind and chooses pieces that I can’t wait to attempt！ Easy read， lots of illustrations， and projects I can’t wait to try！
Tina Williams
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One of the best books for projects with thorough directions。 I wish it had glaze recipes for the colors the author suggests。
Annie
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Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader。 Carve Your Clay is a collection of surface enhancement tutorials for clay projects。 Due out 18th August 2020 from Quarto on their Quarry imprint， it's 144 pages and will be available in hardcover format。This is a well presented and perfectly accessible tutorial for working patterns and surface embellishments into a base object。 The tutorials are very well illustrated and include step by step process photos。 The objects are a mixture of decorati Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader。 Carve Your Clay is a collection of surface enhancement tutorials for clay projects。 Due out 18th August 2020 from Quarto on their Quarry imprint， it's 144 pages and will be available in hardcover format。This is a well presented and perfectly accessible tutorial for working patterns and surface embellishments into a base object。 The tutorials are very well illustrated and include step by step process photos。 The objects are a mixture of decorative and functional， all are beautiful。 The tutorial techniques run the gamut from beginner to advanced。Each tutorial includes materials including type of clay and tools and supplies in a sidebar with both American standard and metric weights and measures given （yay！）。 The techniques include carving， beveling， imprinting， sgraffito （carving through a layer to show a contrasting color layer）， combing， turning， incising/piercing （gorgeous candle holder project）， a sort of repoussé imprinting， and several more。The tools are basic and will already be available in most pottery studios。 The clays are a mixed lot and the author includes some specific recommendations for each project。This would make a superlative selection for a makers group/studio or for the home library。 There are numerous well illustrated tutorials included and the finished objects are all wonderful。Five stars。Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes。 。。。more
Cathy Geha
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Carve Your Clay by Hilda CarrIn pages 28-129 I found this an interesting， comprehensive， easy to understand book detailing how to create beautiful carved clay pieces that would be lovely to have in one’s home。 It made me wish I had a potter’s wheel， clay and tools to play with。 I also wondered what came before and after the pages I was able to download。 What I liked: * The details of how items were created* The use of varied colors of slip to create a shape then what happens when it is carved* i Carve Your Clay by Hilda CarrIn pages 28-129 I found this an interesting， comprehensive， easy to understand book detailing how to create beautiful carved clay pieces that would be lovely to have in one’s home。 It made me wish I had a potter’s wheel， clay and tools to play with。 I also wondered what came before and after the pages I was able to download。 What I liked: * The details of how items were created* The use of varied colors of slip to create a shape then what happens when it is carved* inlaying color – putting color into carved areas versus carving into an all over wash* varieties of carving* use of more than one color of clay to create an object* techniques used to create lids， handles and other items* All of it really* The gorgeous pieces shared in the bookWhat I didn’t like* Missing pages* Not seeing the index， introduction， cover， back-cover， preface， etc。Did I like this book？ What I saw of it I did likeThank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Quarry for the ARC – This is my honest review。 4-5 Stars 。。。more
Emily Fox
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I received an Advanced Copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review。This book was really excellent， and provided a whole heap of really great tips。 The pictures in particular were helpful in terms of breaking down the process and showing exactly how to achieve the end result you wanted， and the accompanying information was clearly laid out and easy to follow。 I'll definitely be trying out a lot of these techniques soon！ I received an Advanced Copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review。This book was really excellent， and provided a whole heap of really great tips。 The pictures in particular were helpful in terms of breaking down the process and showing exactly how to achieve the end result you wanted， and the accompanying information was clearly laid out and easy to follow。 I'll definitely be trying out a lot of these techniques soon！ 。。。more
Nicoletta
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I started doing pottery in 2012， I mainly use the wheel， but I attended also some hand-building classes and I was happy to receive and advanced copy of Carve your clay。I love carving and I was hoping to find new ideas and new techniques in this book。 Let me say， this preview isn't the complete book， so I don't know if there are more complicated projects， the ones I could see were not really challenging and there was only one that I never tried。 I don’t know if I am going to buy the book because I started doing pottery in 2012， I mainly use the wheel， but I attended also some hand-building classes and I was happy to receive and advanced copy of Carve your clay。I love carving and I was hoping to find new ideas and new techniques in this book。 Let me say， this preview isn't the complete book， so I don't know if there are more complicated projects， the ones I could see were not really challenging and there was only one that I never tried。 I don’t know if I am going to buy the book because I think it can give a first idea of carving decoration but for an experienced carver there isn’t much to learn or take inspiration from it。For a new potter though it can be a good book because it explains quite a few projects with a lot of photos and step by step instructions。 Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for providing me with a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review！ 。。。more
Leyla Johnson
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