The Extruder Book by Daryl FE. Baird
Foreword by John Glick

hardcover 296 pages, 485 photos and 1l-
lutrations, 174 in colour; published by
The American Ceramic Society

#ISBN 1-57498-073 $42.0008

For potters and sculptors interested in ex-
truding, this Amencan Ceramic Society
publication covers almost everything you
need to know about the use of this equiys-
ment. In John Glick's foreword he ad-
dresses the often maligned extruder by
saying that “Extruded clay sections do
have a built-in integrity, a uniformity of
clay particle orentation, and a ‘neutral’
clay response relating to the stresses of
warping.” And in Baird's intredection he
states that “The extruder is an efficient
timesaver that frees up time for you to de
more with your creativity.” Both men open
the book by defending the use of the ex-
truder as a perfectly acceptable, and fully
ereative, bool in the pottery studia.

While a great deal of the book is dedicated
to technical aspects.including safe usage,

Book Review

making your own dies and building your
own extruder, there are nine photo-dacu-
mented demonstrations. Each of the seg-
ments show a step-by-step construction of
pos using extruded segments, Two of
these demonstrators are by home grown
BC potters: Linda Doherty (who also made
the covered the book jand Vincent Massey,
Linda’s seven page workshop takes us
through the stares of building one of ber
lattice sided vases, while Vincent's four-
page demonstration shows the stages of
adding extruded rims to shimp moulded
forms. The remaining seven demonstra-
tions include tile, tay and lidded form
making as well as production lechnigues.

Other features of The Extruder Book are
its extensive listing of all commercially
made extruders and a listing of otheriypes
of equipment used in conjunction with the
extruder complete with manufacturer con-
lact information, There is also a 96 page
colour phate gallery of work made with
extruders. [t's broken down into calego-
nes such as Coil, Vessels, Teapots, and
even Musical Instruments. The ubiquitous

BC potter turns up once again in this
section; this time potters Keith Rice-Jones®
lidded vessels, Celia Rice-Jones’ serving
dishes, and Laurie Rolland’ s vessels dem-
onstrate the extreme versanilily of this pat-
ters” bool,

Rachelle Chinnery

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