When your professor comes over the first day of class and leafs through your brand new book and says, "Where did you get this...it's a great introduction to this class!" then proceeds to tell you he knows some of the potters and works pictured...you know it's a GREAT book. From learning where clay comes from and the techniques from pinching and coiling to the wheel and sculpture, I found great tips and photos to help me along and inspire my "creations." Then came texturing, coloring and glazing and firing techniques. I've actually bought the book as a gift for Mr. Pace (from amazon.com, naturally) and his future students because I found it SO helpful.

Finally! Poetry that I can understand! Extraordinary. Perceptive. Amazingly touching. Robert Clay's book truly touched my heart strings. He has a unique ability to write about emotions and feelings in words and phrases that I can understand and relate to. I highly recommend this for men or women...men might actually learn something about love and romance...women will appreciate his sensitivity.

The interaction between the characters is very good. Great plot!! If you like her romances, give her SciFi a try (she also writes as Elizabeth Lowell).

I am searching for a book as the above with the Most Common High-Frequency Words, in Spanish. I was told that this book mentioned above was also in spanish. However, due to the fact that the spanish language is different and I do not only want a translation of the english words. What information do you have for me? Thank you

"The Old Man" unfolds the heart of family -- spanning time, passing on the heretige of who we are, and sharing the stories that make us that way. It remembers the days when families and communities depended on each other for survival and what it means to grow from childhood to youth to adulthood, each step engaging further into full participation and contribution to the family livelihood.

In this story, Clay Waldon has captured the elusive essance of what it means to fully live. Read this book. Look around you to capture the grace of your life in your awareness and memory. Share your own stories with those you love. Be glad that sadness doesn't have to bring despair, but opens the door to hope.

"May you be firm but gentle, love and be loved, never be afraid to explore the unknown and always remember The Old Man."

I eagerly hope for a sequel.

Proper college professor, Melody Chase, has been hurt one too many times by men. She knows all about research, and she's willing to pay any amount for a man who might shed some light on what's wrong with her. She finds the perfect man in Archer, a babe-magnet photographer. She bids on him in a charity auction, and spends a wild weekend in the Poconos with him. What starts as a means-to-an-end might just end up breaking Melody's heart. Can Archer learn to trust her, to trust the power of love? I adore Rita Clay Estrada's work, and One Wild Weekend is a perfect example why!

This is a beautiful oversize full color book that finally display's the TR7/TR8 in the light it deserves. It is well laid out, illustrated , and thoroughly enjoyable. Mr. Piggott should be proud of the fine work he has done. Don't pass up this opportunity to pick up the best TR7/TR8 book you have ever laid eyes on.

Brenda Pegrum has put together a very interesting collection of historic and contemporary works by artists dealing with surface decoration on pottery. Chapters are done by technique (Painting and Drawing with Slip, Painting in the Glaze, Painting with Lusters and Gold, et al.) and feature some historic background and a number of contemporary artists. All illustrations are color, thankfully, as use of color is very much a feature of the works.

Selection of approaches has been very diverse, and I think high-quality work. Everything from Ann Agee's portraits and paintings in cobalt on porcelain to some very expressive non-objective slip wares by John Pollux. Short paragraph explaining the artists views and general methods (although not a technical treatise)

The diversity of personal style and content provides a lot to discuss. Not a 'how-to" book, but fodder for considering content and decision-making in artist's work. Much to look at and consider. Highly recommended.

Painted Clay is a refreshing look at ceramics. It overviews many historical periods in ceramics and how the painted image is portrayed. This looks at ceramic painting, not as decoration as is the normal tradition, but the painted image as art on a ceramic piece. There are many beautiful and interesting illustrations that cover the spectrum of ceramic history specific to images on clay. Highly recommended for visuals as well as a resource book.