Speight, Charlotte F.,  1919- <br/><br/>
Hands in clay / 
Charlotte F. Speight, John Toki. 
 - 5th ed. 
 - Boston :  McGraw-Hill,   
 - xi, 542 pages :  illustrations (some color), maps ;  28 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Part 1: Shaping the past -- Chapter 1: An introduction to clay -- Chapter 2: Early Western Asia and the Mediterranean -- Chapter 3: Asia -- Chapter 4: Africa -- Chapter 5: Indigenous America -- Chapter 6: Europe -- Chapter 7: The United States -- Chapter 8: Worldwide interaction -- Part 2: Shaping the present -- Chapter 9: The artist's vision -- Chapter 10: Getting to work with clay -- Chapter 11: Handbuilding -- Chapter 12: Throwing on the wheel -- Chapter 13: Molds -- Chapter 14: Texture, color, and glaze -- Chapter 15: Firing -- Chapter 16: Installations and architectural works -- Chapter 17: Setting up your studio. 
<br/><br/> This is the only full four-color introductory ceramics text available that combines a thorough appreciation of the aesthetics of ceramic art with extensive discussions of the history of ceramics as well as techniques for working in clay. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0072519517 9780072519518 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003051211 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Pottery craft.<br/>Pottery craft.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TT920  / .S685 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>738