Pottery Ceramics category: 136 books
by Claudia Clare
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2016
Satire has been used in ceramic production for centuries. Historically, it occurred as a slogan or proverb written into the ceramic surface; as pictorial surface imagery; or as a satirical figurine. The use of satire in contemporary ceramics is a rapidly...
Complete Ceramics
Easy techniques and over 20 great projects
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Complete Ceramics marries modern appeal with an age-old craft. This book features a collection of techniques beginning with basics such as making pinch pots, coil building and slab construction to more advanced techniques such as throwing and mould-making. All techniques are followed by several inspiring...
by George J. Cox
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
This latest entry in the Basics of … series offers an excellent introduction to pottery, from clays and pastes to molds, casts, and pressings, from turning to firing, drying to decorating. You’ll learn how to throw a pot, fire a biscuit, and mix a glaze. What’s more, there are equipment lists,...
Zen Landscapes
Perspectives on Japanese Gardens and Ceramics
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
The essential elements of a dry Japanese garden are few: rocks, gravel, moss. Simultaneously a sensual matrix, a symbolic form, and a memory theater, these gardens exhibit beautiful miniaturization and precise craftsmanship. But their apparent minimalism belies a true complexity. In Zen Landscapes,...
Potter's Bible
An Essential Illustrated Reference for both Beginner and Advanced Potters
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2006
An essential illustrated reference for both beginner and advanced potters, these photographic sequences guide you through a comprehensive range of shaping, firing and decorating techniques, so you can begin making wonderful ceramics even if you've never attempted pottery before. Learn about essential...
Ceramics
Contemporary Artists Working in Clay
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
This ebook presents the work of 30 contemporary artists who have turned to clay to shape their most innovative ideas into stunning works of art. From cups shaped like crystals to a tree trunk made of porcelain and stoneware planters painted to look like ladies, popular curator and blogger Kate Singleton...
The Ceramic Art of Japan
A Handbook for Collectors
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2010
Featuring dozens of color photographs and extensive commentary, this Japanese ceramics guide is an comprehensive resource for collectors and art enthusiasts.
For the collector of Japanese ceramics, the chief value of the book will lie in the author's very practical advice on what, where, and...
China's Porcelain Capital
The Rise, Fall and Reinvention of Ceramics in Jingdezhen
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016
Maris Boyd Gillette's groundbreaking study tells the story of Jingdezhen, China's porcelain capital, from its origins in 1004 in Song dynasty China to the present day.
Gillette explores how Jingdezhen has been affected by state involvement in porcelain production, particularly during the long...
by Hazel H. Gorham
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Japanese and Oriental Ceramics was first published in print form by Tuttle Publishing in 1971.
This comprehensive and profusely illustrated work tells how to distinguish Japanese porcelains from Chinese, and how to recognize modern reproductions of genuine old wares. It is completely indexed,...
by W. Bosanko
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
In "Collecting Old Lustre Ware," by W. Bosanko, the author has assembled one of the few books on this beautiful type of antique pottery that is available. The book reviews the history of old Lustre Ware pottery, explains the process, and most important for the collector, illustrates various...
by Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
A reference of the marks seen on pottery and china from around the world.
Basic Pottery Making
All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2009
Step-by-step instructions complete with color photographs. Includes a chapter on bisque firing, waxing, and glazing. 4 basic pottery projects for the beginning potter.
Ardmore. We Are Because of Others
The Story of Fée Halsted and Ardmore Ceramic Art
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
Colourful, imaginative, vibrant, delicate and dramatic – these are just some of the hallmarks of the artworks that have garnered international accolades for Ardmore Ceramic Art in rural KwaZulu-Natal. It is here, in South Africa’s most successful ceramics studio set in the verdant Midlands, that...
by Philip Rawson
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2011
"It is rare to find a book on art that presents complex aesthetic principles in clear readable form. Ceramics, by Philip Rawson, is such a book. I discovered it ten years ago, and today my well-worn copy has scarcely a page on which some statement is not underlined and starred."—Wayne Higby, from the Foreword