Complete, practical-essential reference for all potters. Contents include: Introduction; Clay - characteristics and uses; Techniques of making - step-by-step wedging, pinching, coiling, slab building, throwing, joining, molding and turning; Glazes; Pigments and stains; Techniques of decoration, including slip trailing, inlaying, sprigging, silk screen printing, stencils and sgraffito; Tools and equipment; Kilns and firing; Glossary - Practical and informative text, plus step-by-step illustrations and examples of finished work.