Working with Clay, 3rd edition Paperback / softback
by Susan Peterson, Jan Peterson
Paperback / softback
Description
Written by a world-renowned ceramist and leading expert in the field, this introductory book describes the initial processes of handbuilding, wheel throwing, plaster mold 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 500 full color 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 new edition contains a completely rewritten and expanded section on Reds, Yellows and Oranges, with unprecedented documentation and results of actual, in-the-studio tests.
There is also a new chapter on Ceramic Sculpture.
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Laurence King Publishing
- Publication Date:19/01/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9781856696050
Information
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Laurence King Publishing
- Publication Date:19/01/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9781856696050