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I started doing pottery in 2012, I mainly use the wheel, but I attended also some hand-building classes and I was happy to receive and advanced copy of Carve your Clay . I love carving and I was hoping to find new ideas and new techniques in this book. Let me say, this preview it isn't the complete book, so I don't know if there are more complicated projects, the ones I could see were not really challenging and there was only one that I never tried. I don’t know if I am going to buy the book because I think it can give a first idea of carving decoration but for an experienced carver there isn’t much to learn or take inspiration from it. For a new potter though it can be a good book because it explains quite a few projects with a lot of photos and step by step instructions. Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for providing me with a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review! Goodreads: Carve your Clay by Hilda Carr

I started doing pottery in 2012, I mainly use the wheel, but I attended also some hand-building classes and I was happy to receive and advanced copy of The Complete Pottery Techniques: Design, Form, Throw, Decorate and More, with Workshops from Professional Makers. I think it  is a good book for beginner and intermediate potters. It is a good book because it explains almost all the different techniques for creating and decorating ceramics. There are chapters about wheel throwing, pinching, slabbing and coiling techniques. It is explained how to decorate with glazes, engobes, slip etc. There is also a chapter for the different firing techniques. Everything is written very clearly and with a lot of photos. In my opinion though I would consider this book as a good book for a beginner potter because it gives a very good panoramic of the different techniques and it gives the opportunity to learn the terminology. So, if you want to know more about pottery and if you are thinking to t...