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Creative Pottery
Introduces design principles, tools, and basic techniques, discusses firing, glazing, and decorating, and shows examples of pottery and ceramic sculptures
Hardcover
Published January 1, 1992
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About the author
Peter Cosentino
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Teacher trained at Worcester College of Education during 1969 – 73 and taught for five years in secondary schools in Worcester and Solihull. He left teaching to set up his first pottery studio in 1979 and opened ‘Gallery 21’ (a pottery shop and small exhibition gallery) in Yardley, Birmingham with his wife.
In 1983 he returned to education as Lecturer of Ceramics at Milton Keynes College, Bletchley where he introduced the first full time art and design courses and later became Head of Art and Design. Appointed Head of the School of Art and Design at Rugby College in 1994. Later became Assistant Principal there.
Left education and returned to potting full time in July 2006.
Publications
Peter Cosentino is the author of the following three pottery titles published in the UK and abroad:-
CREATIVE POTTERY (First published by Ebury Press, 1985)
THE POTTERS’ PROJECT BOOK (First published by Windward Press, 1987)
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POTTERY TECHNIQUES (First published by Burlington Books, 1990 and has been published in over 10 countries!)
Teacher trained at Worcester College of Education during 1969 – 73 and taught for five years in secondary schools in Worcester and Solihull. He left teaching to set up his first pottery studio in 1979 and opened ‘Gallery 21’ (a pottery shop and small exhibition gallery) in Yardley, Birmingham with his wife.
In 1983 he returned to education as Lecturer of Ceramics at Milton Keynes College, Bletchley where he introduced the first full time art and design courses and later became Head of Art and Design. Appointed Head of the School of Art and Design at Rugby College in 1994. Later became Assistant Principal there.
Left education and returned to potting full time in July 2006.
Publications
Peter Cosentino is the author of the following three pottery titles published in the UK and abroad:-
CREATIVE POTTERY (First published by Ebury Press, 1985)
THE POTTERS’ PROJECT BOOK (First published by Windward Press, 1987)
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POTTERY TECHNIQUES (First published by Burlington Books, 1990 and has been published in over 10 countries!)
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