The great book on artistic design with clay for beginners and advanced learners. It covers construction techniques, surface design, and firing processes through 30 projects illustrated with instructions and gallery pages. In this work, Petia Knebel provides an overview of fundamental manual assembly techniques (without a potter's wheel), colored surface designs using slips and glazes, as well as firing processes. Based on 30 different projects focused on artistic themes at the intersection of applied and fine arts, the learned skills are put into practice. Each individual topic is introduced with a short, theme-specific text contribution. The process of creating an exemplary work is illustrated step by step with several photos. The corresponding gallery page lists additional ceramics as possible design outcomes.