Santa Clara pottery today / Betty Le Free

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: School of American Research bookPublication details: Albuquerque, NM : University of New Mexico Press , c1975Description: 114 p. : illus. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0-8263-0322-6
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 738.91 LEF 
Summary: This book combines extensive research with interviews granted by three Santa Clara potters. During the interviews, the author recorded and photographed each step - from clay pit to market - in the making of contemporary Santa Clara pottery. Collecting and preparing the clay, making slips and paints, modelling various kinds of vessels, sanding, smoothing, slipping, polishing, decorating, firing - all are described and illustrated so thoroughly that the reader can experiment with the Santa Clara techniques himself if he wishes.
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Libro - Monografía Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles 738.91 LEF (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 023312

This book combines extensive research with interviews granted by three Santa Clara potters. During the interviews, the author recorded and photographed each step - from clay pit to market - in the making of contemporary Santa Clara pottery. Collecting and preparing the clay, making slips and paints, modelling various kinds of vessels, sanding, smoothing, slipping, polishing, decorating, firing - all are described and illustrated so thoroughly that the reader can experiment with the Santa Clara techniques himself if he wishes.

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