Working with Clay
- ISBN:9781856696050
- Publisher:Laurence King
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- Category:Art » Art Craft
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Written by a world-renowned ceramist and leading expert in the field, this introductory book describes the basic processes of handbuilding, wheel throwing, plaster mould making, decoration, glaze application and firing techniques in a simple, easy-to-follow narrative. The text offers rich pictorial guidance throughout, both inspiring and instructing students with 567 full colour photographs of processes and clayworks. It includes a pictorial timeline of ceramic art history; and exposes students
Written by a world-renowned ceramist and leading expert in the field, this introductory book describes the basic processes of handbuilding, wheel throwing, plaster mould making, decoration, glaze application and firing techniques in a simple, easy-to-follow narrative. The text offers rich pictorial guidance throughout, both inspiring and instructing students with 567 full colour photographs of processes and clayworks. It includes a pictorial timeline of ceramic art history; and exposes students to a gallery of ceramic art, from traditional to avant-garde. This edition contains a new chapter on ceramic sculpture as well as an updated and expanded section on reds, yellows and oranges, with documentation and results of actual, in-the-studio tests.