BOOKS

Fundamentals

Handbuilt by Lilly Matzig
- for beginners learning how to handbuild several functional shapes without the use of a wheel. a very forgiving starting point for learners
The Beginners Guide to Wheel Throwing by Julia Weber
- an excellent instructional for the basics of using the wheel
The Ceramic Spectrum by Robin Hopper
- Part recipe book part ceramics chemistry, can teach you about the basic components of mixing glazes, creating your own combinations, and achieving the colors you want. I cannot overstate how useful this is to someone wanting to experiment with glaze

Creative Pottery by Deb Schwartzkopf
- A primer on how to build complex shapes from simple parts, both handbuilt and thrown. Extremely good for helping to deconstruct shapes and learn how to make, attach, and balance them
Earth and Fire: Modern Ceramicists, Their Tools, Technique and Practice by Kylie Johnson and Tiffany Johnson
- includes 40+ ceramic artists and their techniques for creating signature pottery. excellent book to widen your horizon of what it’s possible to accomplish with ceramics
Ceramics for Archaeologists by Anna O Shepard
- if you are interested in reproducing historic types of pottery (from indigenous north american to ancient greek) this is FULL of technical details that can help you recreate the chemistry
- This was first published in the 1950s and is the GOAT of its type. It is also open source and can be found in pdf format easily