A portion of the profits from the annual Clayfolk Show & Sale go to provide a resource for our members and the public through the purchase of books and videos for the Jackson and Josephine county library systems.
Below is the list of resources made possible through Clayfolk funding and our Library Committee.
To access these resources please visit your local Jackson or Josephine County Library.
2022 Purchases
- Mastering Sculpture: The Figure in clay: a Guide to Capturing the Human Form for Ceramic Artists, Cordova, Cristina
- Pinch Your Pottery: the Art & Craft of Making Pinch Pots – 35 Beautiful projects to Hand-form from Clay, Atkin Jacqui
- Beginner’s Guide to Sculpting Characters in Clay, 3DTotal Publishing
- Contemporary Black American Ceramic Artists, Clark, Donald A.
- The Beginner’s Guide to Hand building: Functional and Sculptural Projects for the Home Potter (Essential Ceramic Skills), Cobb, Sunshine
- Clay Play! 24 Whimsical Projects, Taylor, Terry
2021 Purchases
- MODELING CLAY WITH 3 BASIC SHAPES: MODEL MORE THAN 40 ANIMALS WITH TEARDROPS, BALLS, AND WORMS by Bernadette Cuxart
- CLAY LAB FOR KIDS: 52 PROJECTS TO MAKE, MODEL, AND MOLD WITH AIR-DRY, POLYMER, AND HOMEMADE CLAY (LAB FOR KIDS, 12) by Cassie Stephens
- SCULPTING THE FIGURE IN CLAY: AN ARTISTIC AND TECHNICAL JOURNEY TO UNDERSTANDING THE CREATIVE AND DYNAMIC FORCES IN FIGURATIVE SCULPTURE by Peter Rubino
- CLAY A STUDIO HANDBOOK by Vince Pitelka
- BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO POTTERY & CERAMICS: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO START MAKING BEAUTIFUL CERAMICS by Jacqui Atkin
2019 Purchases
Books Purchased for the Jackson and Josephine libraries in 2019. Both library systems will receive the same 9 books.
- Amazing Glaze, by Gabriel Kline – includes recipes for cone 6 & cone 10, with tips and hits on how to correct, or make adjustments to recipes.
- Ceramics: Contemporary Artists Working in Clay, by Kate singleton. Need inspiration? Lots of unique creations by 31 contemporary artists
- Electric Studio: Making & Firing, by the American Ceramic – Society to get a better and more thorough understanding of your electric kiln.
- Hand Built: A Potter’s Guide, by Melissa Weiss – a great resource for the handbuilder. Everything from digging and preparing your own clay, to the finished glazed product.
- Mastering Hand Building, by Sunshine Cobb. Check out the wild creations of Zemer Peled on page 157 – 159!
- Making Pottery You Can Use, by Jacqui Atkin – wheel work and slab built functional pieces.
- Vitamin C, Clay + Ceramic in Contemporary Art – examples of 103 artists from the world of contemporary ceramics.
2018 Purchases
Books Purchased for the Jackson and Josephine libraries in 2018. Each library system will receive the same 9 books.
- Science for Potters by Linda Bloomfield
- Making and Using Molds and Templates edited by Ash Neukamm
- 100 Tips, Tools, & Techniques for the Ceramic Studio edited by Ash Neukamm
- Working with Porcelain edited by Ash Neukamm
- Off the Shelf/ Outside the Box by Deanna Ranlett
- Amazing Glaze by Gabriel Kline
- Clay: Contemporary Ceramic Artisans
- Surface Decoration by Kevin Millward
- Clay Connections by Craig Hinshaw
2017 Purchases
Jackson County library system
- Altered Forms with Textured Surfaces with Bill Wilkey
- The Lisa Naples Collection
- Hand building with Color and Texture with Lana Wilson
- Slab and Coil Building with Gail Kendall
Josephine Community Libraries
- Altered Forms with Textured Surfaces with Bill Wilkey
- The Lisa Naples Collection
- Creative Forming with Creative Texture with Amy Sanders
- Glazing and Decorating Pottery with Nan Rothwell
2016 Purchases
Jackson County library system
DVD’S
- Altering Surface and Form in Freshly Thrown Pots with Gertrude Graham Smith
- Lively Forms and Expressive Surfaces with Mark Peters
BOOKS
- The Complete Guide to Mid-Range Glazes and Firing at Cones 4-7 by John Britt BOOK
Josephine Community Libraries
DVD’S
- Pouring Vessels with Suze Lindsay
- Layering Techniques for Sumptuous Surfaces with Colleen Riley
- Simple Elegance: Slab Building & Glaze Color Exploration with Birdie Boone
- Handbuilding with Color and Texture with Lana Wilson
2015 Purchases
Jackson County library system
DVD’S
- “Form, Pattern and Underglaze”
- “Low Tech Clay High End Results”
BOOKS
- “It’s Just Dirt”
- “Throwing”
Josephine Community Libraries
DVD’S
- “Handbuilt Forms with Soft Slabs”
- “Darted and Decorated”
- “Precision Throwing and Intricate Carving”
BOOKS
- “Electric Kiln Ceramics”
2014 Purchases
Jackson County library system
DVD’S
- “Design for the Soft Surface, Throwing, Handbuilding & Slip Decoration” Ben Carter
- “Raku Firing, expanding the potential of the raku kiln” Marcia Selsor
- “What If? Explorations with Texture and Soft Slabs with Sandi Pierantozzi”
BOOKS
- Ceramic Jewelry Joy Bosworth
- GLAZE, the Ultimate Ceramic Artist’s Guide to Glaze and Color Brian Taylor & Kate Doody
Josephine County library system
DVD’S
- “Surface, A Compilation of Techniques” Ceramic Arts Daily (Linda Arbuckle, Erin Furimsky, Sarah Jaeger, Amy Sanders
- “Understanding Glazes, How to Test, Tweak, & Perfect Your Glazes” John Britt
- “Lively Forms & Expressive Surfaces with Mark Peters” Ceramic Arts Daily
BOOKS
- Carolina Clay, the Life and Legend of the Slave Potter DAVE Leonard Todd
- The Complete Guide to Mid-Range Glazes, Glazing & Firing at Cones 4
2013 Purchases
Jackson County library system
- 500 Prints on Clay, Lark Crafts
- Garden Mosaics, by Helen Baird
- Modern British Potters & Their Studios, by David Whiting
- Handmade Pottery @ Home by Frida Broberg
- Simon Leach’s Pottery Handbook
- Hybrid Pottery by Marty Fielding (DVD)
- Understanding Porcelain – Throwing & Decorating by Tom Turner (DVD)
- Creative Forming with Custom Texture with Amy Sanders (DVD)
- Glazing & Decorating Pottery with Nan Rothwell (DVD)
- Slab & coil Building by Gail Kendall (DVD)
Josephine County library system
- Naked Raku and Related Bare Clay Techniques by Eduardo Lazo
- Lucie Rie Modernist Potter, by Emmanuel Cooper
- Fanciful Images Japancese Banko Ceramics by Barry Till
- The Spirit of Ceramic Design: Cultivating Creativity with Clay by Robert Piepenburg
- Getting Creative with Spouts & Handles, Compilation (DVD)
- Layers of Color with Andrew Gilliatt (DVD)
- Throwing, Altering & Glazing with Sarah Jaeger (DVD)
- Majolica Decoration with Linda Arbuckle (DVD)
- Creative tile Making with Angelica Pozo (DVD)
2011 and 2012 Purchases
Jackson County library system
- From a Slab of Clay by Daryl E. Baird
- Ceramic Bead Jewelry byii Jennifer Heynen
- Surface Design for Ceramics by Maureen Mills
- The Craft and Art of Clay by Susan Peterson & Jon Peterson
- The Surface Techniques of Steven Hill (DVD)
- Bill van Gilder’s Pottery Techniques (DVD)
- Layered Surfaces with Erin Furimsky (DVD)
Josephine County library system
- Naked Raku and Related Bare Clay Techniques by Eduardo Lazo
- The Many Faces of Mata Ortiz
- Handbuilding with Mitch Lyons (DVD)
- Get a Handle On It by Tony Clennell (DVD)
2010 Purchases
Jackson County library system
- Ceramic in the Environment, Janet Mansfield
- Techniques Using Slips, John Mathieson
- The Basics of Throwing, David Cohen
Josephine County library system
Wall Pieces, Dominique Bivar Segurado
Slab Techniques, Ian Marsh and Jim Robison
On the River through the Valley of Fire , The Collaborative Ceramics of Frank Boyden and Tom Coleman, Daniel Lamberton
2009 Purchases
Jackson County library system
- Ceramic Design Course : Principles, Practice, and Techniques by Anthony Quinn
- Functional Forms and Aesthetic in Pots of Purpose by Robin Hopper
Josephine County library system
- The Extruder Book by Daryl E. Baird
- Electric Firing : Creative Techniques by Anderson Turner
Thanks to Southern Oregon Clay Distributors for obtaining some of these items at a discount.
2008 – prior dates
- Artful Teapot by Garth Clark
- Electric Kiln Ceramics, 3rd Edition by Richard Zakin
- The Figure in Clay by Suzanne J. E. Tourtill
- The Essential Guide to Mold Making & Slip Casting by Andrew Martin
- Japanese Wood-Fired Ceramics by M. Kusakabe and M. Lancet
- From Mud to Music by Barry Hall
- Raku, Pit and Barrel: Firing Techniques by Andrew TumerThe Extruder Book
- Advanced Raku Techniques
- Handbuilt Pottery Techniques Revealed by Jacqui Atkins
- Making Marks: Discovering the Ceramic Surface
- Paper Clay
- The Ceramic Surface
- Exploring Electric Kiln Techniques
- Ceramics for Gardens and Landscapes
- Ceramics – Ways of Creation
- Art Deco & Modernist Ceramics
- 500 Bowls
- Hand building
- Ceramic Wind Chimes
- A Book of Pots
- Kids N Clay Ceramics
- Contemporary Porcelain
- Children Clay and Sculpture
- Ceramics for Kids
- Women Potters
- Sex Pots
- Lettering on Ceramics
- Coiled Pots
- Raku
- Simple Printmaking
- The Tile
- Body of Clay, Soul of Fire
- Tin-Glazed Earthenware
- Pottery Decoration
- Great Pots
- The Ceramic Surface
- The Penland Book of Ceramics
- Practical Solutions for Potters
- Ceramics Class – Decorating Techniques
- Ceramic Form
- Roberta Griffith, a Retrospective
- Alev Ebozziya Siesbye
- Jun Kaneko
- Brothers in Clay
- Turners and Burners, Folk Potters of N. Carolina
- The Glaze Book
- 500 Bowls
- 500 Teapots
- Single Shard
- Art and Fear
- Women and Ceramics
- Revealing Glazes : Using the Grid Method
- Wood Fired Stoneware and Porcelain
- The Best of the New Ceramic Art
- Wood Fired Ceramics Contemporary Practices
- The Kiln Book : Materials, Specifications, Construction
- Raku Investigations Into Fire
- Ten Thousand Years of Pottery
- Wheel Thrown Ceramics
- Color and Fire Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics 1950-2000
- Contemporary Ceramics
- The Potter’s Wheel
- Lustre for China Painters and Potters
- Surface Decoration for Low Fire Ceramics
- Art of Clay Timeless Pottery of the Southwest
- Children, Clay and Sculpture
- Making Ceramic Sculpture
- The Handmade Tile Book
- Chinese Glazes
- Tiles: Choosing, Designing and Living w/Ceramic Tile
- The New Maiolica
- Handbuilt Tableware
- The Art of Handbuilt Ceramics
- The Art of Making Teapots
- Inlaid Colored Clay
- The Legacy of Generations – Pottery by American Indian Women
- Maria Indian Pottery Maker of San Ildefonso
- Clay Whistles
- Pottery Decoration : Traditional Techniques by Tom Shafer
- Introduction to Hand Building by Stephen Jepson
- Handbuilding with Mitch Lyons (DVD)
- Introduction to Throwing (DVD) by Stephen Jepson
- Potters Guide to Ceramic Surfaces
- Salt-Glazed Ceramics
- Techniques of Kiln-Formed Glass
- Human Form in Clay
- Mastering Cone 6 Glazes
- Contemporary Potter
- Soft-Slab Techniques
- Mask Making with Clay