Description
Product ID: | 9780760352731 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | CN |
Series: | Mastering Ceramics |
Title: | Mastering Hand Building |
Subtitle: | Techniques, Tips, and Tricks for Slabs, Coils, and More |
Authors: | Author: Sunshine Cobb |
Page Count: | 208 |
Subjects: | Ceramics, mosaic and glass: artworks, Ceramics: artworks, Pottery, ceramics and glass crafts, Pottery, ceramics & glass crafts |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Mastering Hand Building teaches everything you need to know about building with clay by hand, from the basics of coils and slabs through more complex form design. From pinch pots to coiled boxes to soft slab tableware, mastering hand building is a lifelong pursuit. In this book, Sunshine Cobb covers all the foundational skills, with lessons for constructing both simple and complex forms from clay. Ceramic artists will also find a variety of next-level techniques and tips: designing templates and replicating pieces, lidded vessels, using molds, a variety of decorative techniques, and other avenues of exploration are all inside. Artist features and inspirational galleries include work from today's top working artists, such as Bryan Hopkins, Lindsay Oesterritter, Liz Zlot Summerfield, Bandana Pottery, Shoko Teruyama, Courtney Martin, Sam Chung, Deborah Schwartzkopf, and many more. Take your hand building skills—and your artwork—to the next level with Mastering Hand Building. The Mastering Ceramics series is for artists who never stop learning. With compelling projects, expert insight, step-by-step photos, and galleries of work from today’s top artists, these books are the perfect studio companions. Also available from the series: Mastering the Potter's Wheel and Mastering Kilns and Firing. |
Imprint Name: | Voyageur Press |
Publisher Name: | Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2018-01-23 |