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The Urban Potter's Handbook: Crafting Ceramics in Compact Spaces: A Guide to Small-Space Pottery Studios - Couverture souple

Sanders, Beth

 
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Synopsis

You don’t need a dedicated studio (or extra square footage) to make beautiful ceramics. The Urban Potter’s Handbook is a practical, encouraging guide to building a real pottery practice in compact spaces — apartments, shared homes, and “my studio is also my kitchen” life.

Inside, you’ll learn how to:

  • Set up an apartment-friendly pottery studio by mapping a small but functional “pottery zone”

  • Build a smart, minimal tool kit with what you actually need (and what you can skip)

  • Use space-saving equipment and flexible workstations that won’t take over your home

  • Keep your space safer and cleaner with realistic clay dust control, cleanup routines, and common-sense studio habits

  • Maximize vertical and hidden storage so clay and tools stay organized and easy to access

Whether you prefer handbuilding (coil, slab, pinch) or you throw on a wheel, you’ll find small-space techniques for forming, glazing, and finishing your work — plus straightforward help with the big hurdle: firing. Learn how to navigate community kilns, consider realistic at-home options, and explore alternatives so you can keep making consistently.

Finally, you’ll get tips for showcasing, photographing, and selling your ceramics from home — even if your “studio” is just a corner of the room.

Big potter energy. Small footprint.

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