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The encyclopedia of pottery techniques / Peter Cosentino.
Publication details: New York : Sterling, 2002.Description: 192 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0806989130 :
- TP807 .C63 2002
Contents:
Summary: Containing every essential pottery technique, this encyclopedia is absolutely indispensable. With instant visual reference to all facets of the art, it demonstrates the various stages of creation. "Nicely illustrated, the book....provides how-to information and photos on a variety of making and decorating techniques...The second section focuses on pots by contemporary artists who work with the methods described in the first."--"Ceramics Monthly. "The book's subtitle says it well: a comprehensive visual guide to traditional and contemporary techniques....There's no substitute for getting your hands into clay. This book will convince you to give it a try."--"CreativeCrafter.com.
Techniques -- Additives -- Agateware -- Altering Thrown Shapes -- Applied Decoration -- Banding -- Beating -- Burnishing -- Centering -- Coiling -- Collaring -- Coloring -- Combing -- Decorating -- Designing -- Drawing -- Dusting -- Extrusion -- Faceting -- Firing -- Fluting -- Glazing -- Impressing -- Incising -- Inlay -- Jigger and Jolly -- Kneading -- Lids and Fittings -- Majolica -- Mocha Ware -- Pierced Decoration -- Pinching -- Press Molding -- Pulling -- Raku -- Resist Decoration -- Rolled Decoration -- Sgraffito -- Slabbing -- Slip Casting -- Slip Decoration -- Smoking -- Spattering -- Spouts -- Sprigg Decoration -- Stack Throwing -- Stamping -- Texturing Clay -- Templates -- Throwing -- Turning -- Wedging -- Themes -- Natural and Organic Forms -- Functional and Domestic Pottery -- Surface Treatment -- Sculptural and Abstract Forms -- Open Forms -- Enclosed and Narrowed Forms -- Pictorial and Narrative Forms -- The Figure.
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On cover: 'a comprehensive visual guide to traditional contemporary techniques'
Includes index.
Techniques -- Additives -- Agateware -- Altering Thrown Shapes -- Applied Decoration -- Banding -- Beating -- Burnishing -- Centering -- Coiling -- Collaring -- Coloring -- Combing -- Decorating -- Designing -- Drawing -- Dusting -- Extrusion -- Faceting -- Firing -- Fluting -- Glazing -- Impressing -- Incising -- Inlay -- Jigger and Jolly -- Kneading -- Lids and Fittings -- Majolica -- Mocha Ware -- Pierced Decoration -- Pinching -- Press Molding -- Pulling -- Raku -- Resist Decoration -- Rolled Decoration -- Sgraffito -- Slabbing -- Slip Casting -- Slip Decoration -- Smoking -- Spattering -- Spouts -- Sprigg Decoration -- Stack Throwing -- Stamping -- Texturing Clay -- Templates -- Throwing -- Turning -- Wedging -- Themes -- Natural and Organic Forms -- Functional and Domestic Pottery -- Surface Treatment -- Sculptural and Abstract Forms -- Open Forms -- Enclosed and Narrowed Forms -- Pictorial and Narrative Forms -- The Figure.
Containing every essential pottery technique, this encyclopedia is absolutely indispensable. With instant visual reference to all facets of the art, it demonstrates the various stages of creation. "Nicely illustrated, the book....provides how-to information and photos on a variety of making and decorating techniques...The second section focuses on pots by contemporary artists who work with the methods described in the first."--"Ceramics Monthly. "The book's subtitle says it well: a comprehensive visual guide to traditional and contemporary techniques....There's no substitute for getting your hands into clay. This book will convince you to give it a try."--"CreativeCrafter.com.
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