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In this video, Gwendolyn Yoppolo demonstrates how she combines basic handbuilding techniques to create elegant and distinctive, one-of-a-kind serving vessels—serveware—that turn serving food into an artform in its own right. If you strive to make eye-catching pottery that really makes a statement on the tabletop, Gwendolyn is the perfect guide!

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Building a Two-Part Condiment Server
Chapter 2 - Building the Spoons
Chapter 3 - Cleaning up the Condiment Server
Chapter 4 - Cleaning and Shaping the Spoons
Chapter 5 - Finishing Touches
Chapter 6 - Making a Bump Mold
Chapter 7 - Building on the Bump Mold
Chapter 8 - Final Clean Up
Conclusion

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About the Author

Gwendolyn Yoppolo

Gwendolyn Yoppolo creates sensuous kitchen and tableware that uses the physical experience of hunger and satiation to allude to larger issues of human desire and relationship. A professional potter for more than 20 years, Gwendolyn earned a BA in sociology from Haverford College, an MA in education from Columbia University, and her MFA in ceramics from Penn State University. A passionate educator and thinker, as well as a maker, her writing can be found in Studio Potter and Pottery Making Illustrated magazines, and the book Passion and Pedagogy: Relation, Creation, and Transformation in Teaching. Currently Gwendolyn is an assistant professor of ceramics at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. To learn more about Gwendolyn, please visit www.gwendolynyoppolo.com.
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