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Ceramics : a beginner's guide to tools and techniques / Elizabeth Landberger & Mita Lundin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Allworth Press, ©2012.Description: 144 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9781581158960
  • 1581158963
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 738.12 23
LOC classification:
  • TT920 .L34 2012
Contents:
Clay -- Getting started with clay -- Shape -- Pinching -- Coiling -- Sculpting and modeling -- Slab construction -- Making plaster molds -- Using slip casting clay -- Throwing -- Trimming and other throwing techniques -- Decorating wet clay -- Engobes -- Printing techniques -- Decorating bisque fired and unfired glazed clay -- Glaze -- Kilns -- Bisque firing -- Glaze firing -- Oxidation firing and reduction firing -- Raku -- Black firing -- Barrel firing -- Anagama -- Salt firing -- The workshop -- Inspiration.
Summary: "This comprehensive guide covers the materials, tools, methods, and techniques you need to make original ceramic pieces in a wide range of forms. From hand sculpting to pinching, wheel throwing to slip casting, here you'll find easy-to-follow instructions accompanied by beautiful photographs that make the world of ceramics clear and exciting. Readers will also learn about glazes, firing techniques, decorating tips, and much more"--Jacket.
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Non-Fiction Non-Fiction Waimate Event Centre - Long term storage Non Fiction 738.12 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Not for loan A00606678

Includes bibliographical references (page 143) and index.

Clay -- Getting started with clay -- Shape -- Pinching -- Coiling -- Sculpting and modeling -- Slab construction -- Making plaster molds -- Using slip casting clay -- Throwing -- Trimming and other throwing techniques -- Decorating wet clay -- Engobes -- Printing techniques -- Decorating bisque fired and unfired glazed clay -- Glaze -- Kilns -- Bisque firing -- Glaze firing -- Oxidation firing and reduction firing -- Raku -- Black firing -- Barrel firing -- Anagama -- Salt firing -- The workshop -- Inspiration.

"This comprehensive guide covers the materials, tools, methods, and techniques you need to make original ceramic pieces in a wide range of forms. From hand sculpting to pinching, wheel throwing to slip casting, here you'll find easy-to-follow instructions accompanied by beautiful photographs that make the world of ceramics clear and exciting. Readers will also learn about glazes, firing techniques, decorating tips, and much more"--Jacket.

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