Pottery Books and Journals Frequently Asked Questions

This section compiled by Michelle Lowe mishlowe@indirect.com COPYRIGHT (C) 1996. All rights reserved by the authors.
Last revised/updated 1/98, please e-mail Michelle with suggestions or questions.

1. POTTERY BOOK and JOURNAL LIST
1.1 Books
1.2 Journals
1.2.1 Ceramics journals
1.2.2 Crafts journals

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-617-449-POTS (7687)
e-mail: Steve Branfman- SBRANFPOTS@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

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 http://www.ceramicsmonthly.org
735 Ceramic Place
Post Office Box 6102
Westerville, Ohio 43086-6102
USA
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 http://www.studiopotter.org
Dept. A, Box 70
Goffstown 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 http://www.studiopotter.org
(Available to pottery groups only)
PO Box 70
Goffstown, NH 03045
603/774 3542

Clay Times http://www.claytimes.com
PO BOX 365
Waterford 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: PBeach1052@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: colman@kralizec.zeta.org.au

Ceramics Technical
35 William St, Paddington,
Sydney NSW Australia, 2021
(same as previous Ceramics, Arts and Perception)

Contact
8601 Warden Avenue
Box 56599
Markham, Ontario
Canada L3R 0M6
Telephone 800-315-0857

Canadian subscriptions-
one year: $30 + $2.10 gst
US and international-
one year: US $33

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: http://www.gold.net/users/dj94/creview.html

published bi-monthly
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 potinaus@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.