內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介: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 over 600 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.