Create your own beautiful clay pottery without a kiln! 50 step-by-step projects for vases, candle holders, pots, lamps, and more that you can display in your home or give as gifts - Decorative technique tutorials including pinching, coiling, slab building, printing, stamping, mixing, and tinting - Everything a beginner needs to know to get started in pottery craft without using a kiln or wheel - Helpful overviews on setting up your working space, different tools and clays, common terms to know, storing, drying, and protecting your pieces, and more - Return to slow life , the satisfaction of making things by hand, and deviate from industrial consumption with ceramics and pottery - Author Charlotte Vannier is a designer, copywriter, stylist, and author of several arts and crafts books If you've ever wanted to get started in the craft of clay making, No Kiln, Handbuilding Clay Projects is the perfect place to start — no kiln or potter's wheel needed! A complete, beginner-friendly guide that explains everything you need to know to create your own hand-built clay masterpieces, this is comprehensive and elegant guide is filled with insight on setting up a workshop space, how to prepare for modeling clay, the tools you'll need, clays, pottery and ceramics terminology, and other clay making basics. It's perfect for crafters looking for a tactile relaxing outlet as well as clay and polymer clay enthusiasts looking to expand and hone their skills. More than 50 elegant yet simple clay projects for the home are featured — ranging from candleholders and flower vases to a cutting board, lidded jars, a milk jug, an egg dish, bowls, plaques, and more — along with step-by-step instructions and stunning full-color photography. Included are technique tutorials on the different types of modeling, such as pinching, coiling, slab building, press molding, and impressions, as well as helpful tips on how to color and finish each piece. Projects include: Two-Tone Cup - Raindrop Vase - Bud Vase - Collared Pot - Amphora - Cone-Shaped Lantern - Deep Rectangular Dish - Incense Stick Holders - Trinket Bowl - Gilded Heart Votive - Lace Print Plates - Three-Tone Blue Pot - Terrazzo Coasters - Polka-Dot Soap Dish - Painted Spoons - And much more! Ceramics and pottery are part of a refreshing return to slow life, the satisfaction of making things by hand, and the desire to turn away from industrial consumption, all while making something beautiful and useful for your home or to gift to friends. Combining simple skills with an elevated design aesthetic, this craft book is a must-have for any maker or DIYer looking to try something easy, affordable, and fun! If you thought you would never be a pottery artist because you don't own a kiln, think again! With No Kiln, Handbuilding Clay Projects , you will be sharing your dazzling creations with everyone in no time! "If you want to try your hand at working with clay but don't have access to a ceramic studio, no worries. No Kiln, Handbuilding Clay Projects lays out a great way to work with clay in your home without a potter's wheel or kiln. Here, you'll find great techniques for handbuilding, with projects that will hone your ceramic skills and allow you to turn your creative ideas loose in the world of clay." —Bill Thompson, President of Clayfolk Handbuilding projects with self-hardening clay is one way to avoid using a kiln, wheel, or lathe. Designer/stylist Vannier's ( Contemporary Ceramic Art ) book demonstrates how self-hardening clay can be utilized in techniques such as pinching, slab building, coiling, molding painting, creating textures, and glazing, which can all be adapted to other kiln fired and polymer clay. - Library Journal Hone Your Handbuilding Clay Skills with These 50 Projects Create your own beautiful clay pottery pieces without a kiln! No Kiln, Handbuilding Clay Projects provides you with 50 fun and delightful clay projects that you can display in your own home or give as gifts. The book includes sections on how to prepare for modeling clay, along with a chapter on the tools you may need. It continues with chapters on the different types of modeling—such as pinching, coiling, slab building, press molding, and impressions—that include beautiful, full-color photos and show you step-by-step how to create your own masterpiece. The book concludes with helpful tips on how to color and finish each piece. If you thought you would never be a pottery artist because you don't own a kiln, think again! With No Kiln, Handbuilding Clay Projects , you will be sharing your dazzling creations with everyone in no time. Inside the book, you will find: Tips on setting up a workspace - Projects that are elevated in aesthetic, but perfect for beginners - Projects that include flower vases and candlesticks to plates and cutting boards - Common clay and art terminology that you need to know "If you want to try your hand at working with clay but don't have access to a ceramic studio,