Slab Techniques

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The book covers all the basics, such as making your slabs andjoining well, simple building methods, use of supports, creatingtextures, decorating with slips and ways to avoid disasters duringfiring. It also looks at many innovative and original approaches, aswell as buildinglarge-scale pieces and the problems associated with it. The book aimsto encourage the reader to experiment and findthe methods most suited to them, while fantastic images of finishedwork areoffered to show what is possible. N° de ref. del artículo 404953

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Acerca de los autores: Ian Marsh is based near Porthmadog, just inside the Snowdonia National Park, in Wales, and has a ceramics studio in the Vale of Ffestiniog. He has in the past taught ceramics and edited the Northern Potters Association Newsletter.

Jim Robison was born and raised in Missouri, USA and has a MA in Sculpture and Ceramics from Eastern Michigan University. Active in Ceramic Groups, he is an Elected Fellow and has served as a council member for the Craft Potters Association of Great Britain. He has also been Chair of the Northern Potters Association, guest lecturer at many art colleges, demonstrator and Master of Ceremonies at the International Festivals of Ceramics at Aberystwyth, Wales. He was a Senior Lecturer at Leeds University College, Bretton Hall until his retirement from University. He has also contributed articles to Artists Newsletter, Ceramic Review, Ceramics: Art and Perception, Ceramics Technical and Ceramics Monthly.