FAQ; Pottery Books and Journals

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Pottery Books and Journals

1. POTTERY BOOK and JOURNAL LIST

1.1 Books

1.2 Journals

1.2.1 Ceramics journals

1.2.2 Crafts journals

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1.1 BOOKS

For an awesome book list get a catalog from:

the Potter's Shop (mail-order pottery books)

31 Thorpe Rd. Needham Heights, MA 02194 phone-781-449-POTS (7687) e-mail: Steve Branfman snipped-for-privacy@aol.com

Beginner books Ceramics: A Potter's Handbook-Nelson 5th ed. Craft of the Potter-Casson Hands in Clay-Speight The Complete Potter's Companion-Birks

More advanced/detailed Ceramics-Rawson Handbuilding Ceramic Forms-Woody Handmade Tiles-Giorgini

Glaze info Ceramic Spectrum-Hopper Clay and Glazes for the Potter-Rhoades Glazes-Cooper Potter's Complete Book of Clay and Glazes-Chappell Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques-Hamer Ceramics and Glass: a basic technology-Charles Bray

Kiln Info Kiln Book-Olson Electric Kiln Ceramics-Zakin Art of Firing-Lou

Teaching Children Children, Clay and Sculpture-Topal Usborne Guide to Pottery-Potter Clay Modelling for Everyone-Johnson Clayworks-Fowler

Raku Raku: A Practical Approach-Branfman Raku-Byers Raku Pottery-Piepenburg

Miscellaneous Mold Making for Ceramacists- Donald E. Frith Finding One's Way with Clay-Berenson (if you can find this I hear it's great but it's out of print) Centering-M.C.Richards

1.2 JOURNALS

(subscription information included when I had it available)

1.2.1 Ceramics journals

***** Ceramics Monthly

Ceramic PlacePost Office Box 6102Westerville, Ohio 43086-6102USA phone 614-523-1660 fax 614-891-8960

monthly magazine, except July/August one year: $24 two years: $44 three years: $60 Add $10 per year for subscriptions outside the US

***** Studio Potter A, Box 70Goffstown NH 03045 USA Telephone 603-774-3582

semi-annual magazine one year: US $25 Canada & foreign- US $28 two years: US $45 Canada & foreign- US $50

***** Studio Potter Network Newsletter to pottery groups only)PO Box 70Goffstown, NH 03045 603/774 3542 ***** Clay Times BOX 365Waterford VA 22190 USA Telephone 540-882-3576 Fax 540-882-4196

bi-monthly magazine one year: $19.95 in US $21.95 Canada and Mexico $24.95 elsewhere editor Polly Beach e-mail: snipped-for-privacy@aol.com

***** American Ceramics 9 East 45 St New York, NY 10017 212/661 4397 Fax 212/661 2389 ***** Ceramics, Art and Perception 35 William Street Paddington, Sydney, NSW 2021 Australia Telephone 02 361 5286 Fax 02 361 5402

quarterly magazine one year : US $48 AUS $48 Editor Janet Mansfield email: snipped-for-privacy@kralizec.zeta.org.au

***** Ceramics Technical 35 William St, Paddington, Sydney NSW Australia, 2021 (same as previous Ceramics, Arts and Perception) ***** Ceramic Review published by Ceramic Review Publishing Ltd. a wholly owned subsidiary of the Craft Potters Association of Great Britain Ltd., William Blake House Marshall Street London W1V 1FD

Editorial Offices

21 Carnaby Street London W1V 1PH United Kingdom web page at: bimonthly UK rate is 30 pounds for six issues (one year) overseas surface rate is 35 pounds (US $53.55 at current exchange rate) You can obtain the publication via airmail by paying extra (rate on request). ***** New Ceramics (In German with English subtitles and summaries) Unter den Eichen 90 D-12205 Berlin Germany 30 8312953 Fax 30 8316281 ***** New Zealand Potter PO Box 881 Auckland New Zealand (09)415 9817 Fax (09)309 3247 ***** Pottery In Australia: PO Box 937 Crows Nest, Sydney NSW Australia 2065 (02)9901 3353 Fax (02)436 1681 e-mail snipped-for-privacy@ozemail.com.au *****

1.2.2 Crafts journals-

***** American Craft Magazine American Crafts Council 72 Spring St New York NY, 10012 ***** Art Calendar: PO Box 199, Upper Fairmount MD, 21867 800/597 5988 Fax 410/651 5313 ***** Crafts Crafts Council 44a Pentonville Rd London N1 9BY ***** Crafts Report: PO Box 1992, Wilmington DE 19899 800/777 7098 Fax 302/656 4894 ***** Professional Craft Journal PO Box 1585 Palo Alto CA, 94302 415/324 4156 Fax 415/327 9594 ***** Thanks to Steve Branfman for his generous contribution to this list.