Book Recommendations
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To help you make a better choice, the Potters Friend has reviewed many of the currently available pottery and ceramic books.
"I believe the best books are often those that you keep coming back to as your experience grows!"
Click on the book covers below to see my review and personal recommendation.
If you would like me to review a book not listed below please contact me and I will do my best to review it.
An alternative range of pottery books aimed at my US customers can also be found at the Potters Friend's US store
Lustre potteryBy Alan Caiger-Smith Rating: | Setting up a pottery workshopBy Alastair Young Rating: | |||
Ceramic GlazesBy C. W. Parmalee Rating: | Sources of InspirationBy Carolyn Genders Rating: | |||
Crystalline glazesBy Diane Creber Rating: | Bernard LeachBy Edmund de Vaal Rating: | |||
Potters book of GlazesBy Emanuel Cooper Rating: | Glazes for the studio potterBy Emanuel Cooper and J. D.Royle Rating: | |||
British Studio potters MarksBy Eric Yates-Owen,Robert Four... Rating: | Rheology of Ceramic SystemsBy F. Moore Rating: | |||
Single firingBy Fran Tristan Rating: | Potters DictionaryBy Frank Hamer & Janet Hamer Rating: | |||
The Kiln BookBy Frederick L.Olsen Rating: | Encyclopaedia of British Po...By Geoffrey A. Godden Rating: | |||
Potters questions and answersBy Gill Bliss Rating: | Glazes and glazing techniquesBy Greg Daly Rating: | |||
The Electric kilnBy Harry Fraser Rating: | Ceramic faults and remediesBy Harry Fraser Rating: | |||
Ceramic Glaze TechnologyBy J.R.Taylor and A.C. Bull Rating: | PorcelainBy Jack Doherty Rating: | |||
Pottery basics:Everything y...By Jacqui Atkin Rating: | Colouring ClayBy Jo Connel Rating: | |||
Potters guide to ceramic su...By Jo Connell Rating: | Throwing TechniquesBy Joaquim Chavarria Rating: | |||
Kiln constructionBy Joe Finch Rating: | Mould makingBy John Colclough Rating: | |||
RakuBy John Mathieson Rating: | The practical potterBy Josie Warshaw Rating: | |||
The complete potters handbookBy Josie Warshaw Rating: | Ceramics with mixed mediaBy Joy Bosworth Rating: | |||
Lettering on ceramicsBy Mary White Rating: | Glazes cone 06 1240CBy Michael Bailey Rating: | |||
Oriental glazesBy Michael Bailey Rating: | CoilingBy Michael Hardy Rating: | |||
Clay projects for childrenBy Monika Krumbach Rating: | Ceramics and printBy Paul Scott Rating: | |||
Resist and masking techniquesBy Peter Beard Rating: | Macrocrystalline glazesBy Peter Ilsley Rating: | |||
Beginners guide to mosaicBy Peter Massey & Alison Slater Rating: | Throwing potsBy Phil Rogers Rating: | |||
Ash GlazesBy Phil Rogers Rating: | Understanding glazesBy Richard A. Eppler Rating: | |||
StonewareBy Richard Dewar Rating: | Copper red glazesBy Robert Tichane Rating: | |||
Celadon blue glazesBy Robert Tichane Rating: | Ash GlazesBy Robert Tichane Rating: | |||
SlipcastingBy Sasha Wardell Rating: | The Glaze bookBy Stephen Murfitt Rating: | |||
The Complete PotterBy Steve Mattison and Jim Robi... Rating: | Raku:A practical approachBy Steven Branfman Rating: | |||
Complete potters companionBy Tony Birks Rating: | Properties of ceramic raw m...By W. Ryan Rating: | |||
The effect of heat on ceramicsBy W.F.Ford Rating: |













































