Description
| Product ID: | 9780719841538 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | IN |
| Title: | Surface Decoration for Ceramics |
| Subtitle: | A Creative Guide for the Contemporary Maker |
| Authors: | Author: Claire Ireland |
| Page Count: | 192 |
| Subjects: | Ceramics, mosaic and glass: artworks, Ceramics: artworks, Pottery, ceramics and glass crafts, Pottery, ceramics & glass crafts |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This practical and beautiful book covers a wide range of inventive, decorative techniques and encourages the maker to be adventurous and experimental. By building a repertoire of decorating skills and methods, it shows how the maker can create distinctive marks and surfaces on clay, thereby making their work individual and unique. With so many ideas and clear, practical instruction to the techniques, this book is an essential reference for makers of all skill levels, and is sure to inspire a new and creative stream of work. From embossing, engraving, printing and embellishing the clay surface using coloured slips, underglaze colours, oxides and glazes. Coloured clay and smoke firing effects, as well as the exciting potential of mixed media. The importance of mark-making tools and advice on making a personal collection. With insights from individual makers who generously share their discoveries and decorative experimentsOver 450 lavish photos illustrate the techniques and ideas covered This practical and beautiful book covers a wide range of inventive, decorative techniques and encourages the maker to be adventurous and experimental. By building a repertoire of decorating skills and methods, it shows how the maker can create distinctive marks and surfaces on clay, thereby making their work individual and unique. With so many ideas and clear, practical instruction to the techniques, this book is an essential reference for makers of all skill levels, and is sure to inspire a new and creative stream of work. From embossing, engraving, printing and embellishing the clay surface using coloured slips, underglaze colours, oxides and glazes. Coloured clay and smoke firing effects, as well as the exciting potential of mixed media. The importance of mark-making tools and advice on making a personal collection. With insights from individual makers who generously share their discoveries and decorative experimentsOver 450 lavish photos illustrate the techniques and ideas covered |
| Imprint Name: | The Crowood Press Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | The Crowood Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-12-30 |
