Setting Up a Pottery Workshop

This informative, practical book, written by Alistair Young, looks at a variety of ways that pottery studios have been set up, including examples that detail studio layout and type of work produced from potters from around the world. Setting Up a Pottery Workshop discusses requirements of both the specialized studio and those suited for more general pottery production. It presents valuable information for those setting up their first studio, and more experienced potters will be interested in how others have developed their studios. Setting Up a Pottery Workshop covers common processes such as the storage and preparation of materials, along with the business plans for successful marketing, selling work, and accounting considerations. Also included are plans for the production of homemade tools and equipment, which can often be made at a fraction of the cost of commercially available products. This book is a handy guide to setting up a pottery workshop. It covers not only fundamental questions such as types of premises, design and layout of the workshop, equipment and materials, and how to make simple tools, but also questions of marketing and promotion, legal considerations and finance. To illustrate these points, the author discusses how various potters have tackled the issues raised and gives illustrations of a wide range of different workshops. The book draws on the experiences of an international group of artists, and so it will have universal appeal. Out of print for more than a year, this revised second printing is a must for those setting up a workshop for the first time, as well as the established potter who is experiencing difficulty in one of the areas covered, e.g., promotion and marketing. Setting Up a Pottery Workshop features artists and potters from England, United States, South Africa, Australia, and Europe. Also included are appendices including craft organizations, ceramics magazines and periodicals, and a list of clay and equipment suppliers.