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5.0 out of 5 stars Ceramics for Beginners: Animals & Figures

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource Ceramics for Beginners is a little misleading in that it's a wonderful resource for ALL levels, not just beginners. The projects are exceptionally illustrated and cover a variety of hand building techniques. It's a must for any ceramic hand builder's library. Go to Amazon

5.0 out of 5 stars Even my pottery teacher wanted a copy I'm taking pottery class again and was getting a bit tired and achy from the pottery wheel. So I decided that I'd do more hand-building this session. I found this lovely little book online at Amazon and loved it. I couldn't believe it was such a good price too.When I got it, I was excited and got lots of ideas about what I could make. I currently have made a little rabbit in honor of my bunny Dexter, a garden fairy/troll (I'm not really sure what it is!) and a cat for my mom. I was talking to my pottery teacher about it and she wanted to see it. I pulled it out of my bag and she almost ran off with it. She said she loved it and wanted to buy her own copy so I told her where to find it and she ordered on. She said it would be great for her younger students and beginners as well as more experienced ones. Go to Amazon

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Animal Figures It has been my intention to take a ceramics class for a while, and when I had a chance to flip through this book I couldn't resist buying it even though I do not have any experience with ceramics (yet). The animal figures are so amazing that you want them in your life, and the instructions in this book are so easy to follow that you really feel it is within your reach to make these incredible works of art. The instructions are clearly written and there are photographs for every step of construction.The book has a lot of information for a beginner and covers: tools, safety, design, inspiration, materials and process in the opening chapters. I found the information to be informative without being intimidating. The projects seem to progress through techniques from basics to advanced construction of ceramics. This book also contains galleries of work by other artists for additional inspiration.The goat, dog and rabbit are my favorites in this book and I look forward to an opportunity to try to make something similar myself. Go to Amazon

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful guide to an innovative method of ceramic construction Susan Halls is a terrific teacher. I was fortunate to take a class with her and get the benefit of learning her techniques in person. If that is not possible, this book is the next best thing. Her construction method is simple but results in forms that look as though they took ages to build. This is a very good book to have if you are interested in building forms in clay - whether or not animals are your subjects. Go to Amazon

5.0 out of 5 stars Beginners Amimals Figures It is a great book on how to make figures. Easy to follow and is a good read. I would buy it again Go to Amazon

5.0 out of 5 stars Beginner or advanced, this is an excellent book The surface treatments take this into the advanced category but some of the projects would be great for beginners. My friends who are teachers love this book for their students. I am an experienced hand builder but I am going to try all of these projects just to shake things up. Go to Amazon

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book! I made the rabbit on the cover and the directions were clear (he came out awesome too). I would have liked a few more pictures with different angles to show for the step by step process, but overall it was enough to go by! I'm making the pig this weekend. I love the projects and even glaze recipes in the back. I highly recommend getting this book if you would like to learn techniques for making some really cool projects! Go to Amazon

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