Techniques Using Slips
ISBN: 9780812221176 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Slip, a form of liquid clay, has been used since ancient times to add color and texture to ceramics. This method of clay decoration, practiced from Rome to Mesoamerica, continues to develop internationally. Slips allow ceramicists to give their works rich, intriguing surfaces in a range of hues. In "Techniques Using Slips," expert potter John Mathieson explains how to formulate and apply slips successfully to embellish earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain. "Techniques Using Slips" gives step-by-step lessons on working with slips alone or with glaze using a range of firing methods.... Slip, a form of liquid clay, has been used since ancient times to add color and texture to ceramics. This method of clay decoration, practiced from... |
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110,33 zł |
Anne Hirondelle: Ceramic Art
ISBN: 9780295991511 / Angielski / Twarda / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For three decades, nationally renowned ceramist Anne Hirondelle has pushed the boundaries of traditional pottery, producing beautiful works that appear warmly alive and visually engaging. From her early majestic urns to her architectural impulse for sedate forms to her bright ropes of clay coiling to the sky, she keeps exploring new possibilities without rejecting the traditions of her chosen material. Hirondelle's Port Townsend, Washington, studio is the nexus of her creative and imaginative life. The works she has produced in that space have been exhibited in numerous... For three decades, nationally renowned ceramist Anne Hirondelle has pushed the boundaries of traditional pottery, producing beautiful works ... |
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137,27 zł |
Dragons and Lotus Blossoms: Vietnamese Ceramics from the Birmingham Museum of Art
ISBN: 9780295991627 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Vietnam created the most sophisticated ceramics in Southeast Asia. Though they borrowed from China, Vietnamese potters explored their own indigenous tastes and developed their own production techniques. Blessed with the smooth gray-white clays of the Red River Valley, they created pieces that are amazingly light and thin-walled, with skillfully painted, incised, and carved decoration. Two particularly popular decorative themes were dragons (from whom the Vietnamese believed they were descended) and lotuses (considered archetypal symbols of Buddhist purity, because the flower emerges... Vietnam created the most sophisticated ceramics in Southeast Asia. Though they borrowed from China, Vietnamese potters explored their own indigenou... |
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225,78 zł |
Ceramics in America 2003
ISBN: 9780972435314 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The third issue of the now-celebrated interdisciplinary annual journal from the Chipstone Foundation http: //www.chipstone.org/ that examines the role of historical ceramics in the American context, intended for collectors, historical archaeologists, curators, decorative arts students, social historians and contemporary potters. This volume features articles on chamber pots, the Talbot Hotel Pit group, terracotta gravemarkers from New Jersey and New York, Staffordshire potters and their emigration to America in the 1840s, the pottery of Henry Piercy, the potters and pottery of Morgan's...
The third issue of the now-celebrated interdisciplinary annual journal from the Chipstone Foundation http: //www.chipstone.org/ that examines the role...
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280,98 zł |
Ceramics in America 2001
ISBN: 9781584651338 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, scholarly interest in ceramics is at an all-time high. As a vehicle for much needed synthesis, Ceramics in America is an interdisciplinary annual journal that examines the role of historical ceramics in the American context. Intended for collectors, historical archeologists, curators, decorative arts students, social historian and contemporary potters, this third issue features a variety of ground-breaking scholarly articles, new discoveries in the field, and book and exhibition reviews for this diverse audience.
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, scholarly interest in ceramics is at an all-time high. As a vehicle for much needed synthesis, Ceramics ...
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280,98 zł |
Ceramics in America 2004
ISBN: 9780972435338 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 2004 issue features many important articles including the first color publication of America's earliest stoneware factory-The Poor Potter of Yorktown. In addition, other articles feature previously unpublished information about several important American Salt-glazed stoneware potters. The redware products of Morgantown West Virginia are presented along with information about English porcelain, Maryland tobacco pipes, and a wonderful essay about Bernard Leach's travels in America.
The 2004 issue features many important articles including the first color publication of America's earliest stoneware factory-The Poor Potter of Yorkt...
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280,98 zł |
The Collector's Guide to Pottery Birds Made in Czechoslovakia
ISBN: 9781595944627 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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218,64 zł |
Infinite Place: The Ceramic Art of Wayne Higby
ISBN: 9783897903845 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A comprehensive and lavishly illustrated monograph of one of the most important American ceramic artists.
A comprehensive and lavishly illustrated monograph of one of the most important American ceramic artists.
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285,20 zł |
Paperclay: Art and Practice
ISBN: 9780812222418 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Paperclay is an extremely versatile material for the contemporary potter. Now firmly established in the ceramics world, this mix of clay and paper fibers is remarkably flexible, strong, and easy to repair. This highly workable medium allows expressive freedom and imagination at every stage in the creative process, even after drying and firing. In "Paperclay," artists will discover the world of possibilities offered by this blend of earth, paper, and water. Building on the success of her previous books, artist and teacher Rosette Gault explains how potters and clay sculptors can make,... Paperclay is an extremely versatile material for the contemporary potter. Now firmly established in the ceramics world, this mix of clay and paper ... |
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124,74 zł |
Ceramic Studios, Jumbies and Mermaids!: A Guide To Opening A Home Studio Like Island Screech
ISBN: 9781480242258 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Carolyn Frary, a leading designer of tropical island ceramics, attended the Rhode Island School of Design. Having enjoyed working with clay her entire life, Carolyn decided she wanted to focus exclusively on ceramics as her line of work, and that she wanted to work from home. She began the process of opening a home studio during 2011, naming it Island Screech. This short book explains what she learned along the way to setting up that studio, including how to begin with a basic room layout, how to select the right types of equipment, and how to employ the best practices of quality, safety, and...
Carolyn Frary, a leading designer of tropical island ceramics, attended the Rhode Island School of Design. Having enjoyed working with clay her entire...
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60,90 zł |
Pit Firing Ceramics: Modern Methods, Ancient Traditions
ISBN: 9780764341724 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When digging for clues about an ancient society's culture, nothing is more valuable to an archaeologist than ceramic remnants. Dawn Whitehand explains why. Her text is the first to comprehensively explore the complex nature of pit firing based on historical evidence and the artistic perspectives of contemporary ceramicists. Many specialist texts discuss ceramics from an artistic, craft-based, anthropological, archaeological, or historical viewpoint. This book draws information from all these sources and presents it in an informative and accessible manner. Included is a historical chapter, a...
When digging for clues about an ancient society's culture, nothing is more valuable to an archaeologist than ceramic remnants. Dawn Whitehand explains...
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140,44 zł |
William Daley: Ceramic Artist
ISBN: 9780764345234 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. William Daley's geometric ceramic vessels explore the synthesis between interior and exterior, volume and surface, form and symbol. Their unglazed surfaces echo architectural spaces and rhythms. Daley is an innovative artist-educator who helped revolutionize arts education post World War II. Success in his explorations led to many commissions for large-scale public and private screens and sculptures, executed in both bronze and ceramics. This retrospective of the ceramic art of William Daley spans two centuries, from the 1950s through the early 2000s. The text includes an essay by Ruth Fine,...
William Daley's geometric ceramic vessels explore the synthesis between interior and exterior, volume and surface, form and symbol. Their unglazed sur...
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346,15 zł |
Wood-Fired Ceramics: 100 Contemporary Artists
ISBN: 9780764345333 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With over 500 brilliant color photographs, this book highlights the work of 100 innovative ceramic artists who still use the labor intensive, and sometimes unpredictable, process of wood-firing. Throughout the book, artists share several examples of their work, ranging from small pots to monumental installations, as well as their stories about their inspiration, influences, and techniques. The artists also relate how they have adapted various methods of wood-firing to their own needs and environments, using fast-fire, Noborigama, Anagama, and other kilns. Kiln drawings, information about...
With over 500 brilliant color photographs, this book highlights the work of 100 innovative ceramic artists who still use the labor intensive, and some...
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275,91 zł |
Lets Color Some Pottery
ISBN: 9781490399973 / Angielski / Miękka / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lets Color Some Pottery, original sketchbook ideas and designs for ceramic pottery by New England and Florida based painter and potter Janvier Miller. This is a coloring book for all ages. The drawings are based on drawings for her ceramic pottery designs.
Drawings include sketches of butterflies, boats, fish, birds, circus rings with elephants, acrobats and clowns, beach scenes and cats. Wonderful compositions that include pottery set in a scene. Such as monkey with a bowel, frogs sitting on a vase in a lily pond, a swimmer with a crab plate, and swimming mermaids. Sail boats travel... Lets Color Some Pottery, original sketchbook ideas and designs for ceramic pottery by New England and Florida based painter and potter Janvier Miller....
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39,73 zł |
How to Read Greek Vases
ISBN: 9780300155235 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This handsomely illustrated volume is the second in a series of publications aimed at giving a broad audience deeper insight into the extensive collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Museum is famed for its Greek vases. Joan R. Mertens, Curator in the Department of Greek and Roman Art at the Metropolitan, has chosen thirty-five notable examples. They reveal the variety and vitality of the refined forms and masterfully rendered scenes that characterize these works. And they demonstrate the interrelation of function, shape, technique, and subject matter that is key to... This handsomely illustrated volume is the second in a series of publications aimed at giving a broad audience deeper insight into the extensive col... |
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124,53 zł |
The Workshop Guide to Ceramics
ISBN: 9780500516218 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Collects the breadth and range of ceramic techniques. This title includes a guide to forming techniques, from pinch, coil, slab and wheel to mold-making, slip casting and extrusion, with sections on slip decoration, embossing and glazing, glaze recipes and applications.
Collects the breadth and range of ceramic techniques. This title includes a guide to forming techniques, from pinch, coil, slab and wheel to mold-maki...
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152,34 zł |
Chinese Ceramics
ISBN: 9780521186483 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Chinese are famed as the first to have discovered and mastered the techniques needed to produce porcelain. Yet carefully crafted ceramics are valued not only for their beauty, but also as precious cultural artifacts shedding light on the period in which they were produced. Chinese ceramics represent works of art both in themselves and as a medium for painting, poetry, calligraphy and sculpture. This accessible, introductory survey takes the reader through the rich history of Chinese ceramics from primitive pottery to delicate porcelain, complemented by full-color illustrations...
The Chinese are famed as the first to have discovered and mastered the techniques needed to produce porcelain. Yet carefully crafted ceramics are valu...
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100,30 zł |
5000 Years of Glass
ISBN: 9780714150956 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presents the world history of glassmaking and decorative techniques from 2500 BC. This title traces the history of glassmaking from its origins in Western Asia some 5000 years ago, through the invention of glassblowing around the first century BC, to the introduction of mechanised processes and styles in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Presents the world history of glassmaking and decorative techniques from 2500 BC. This title traces the history of glassmaking from its origins in Wes...
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126,99 zł |
Clarice Cliff
ISBN: 9780747807742 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There are few pieces of pottery more recognizable than those designed by Clarice Cliff. For many the epitome of Art Deco, and 1930s style, characterised by bold color and lines, geometric shapes, and stylized representations of the countryside, Clarice Cliff's 'Bizarre' pottery is widely collected all over the world. This book traces the story of Clarice Cliff and the pottery that she created. Born in 1899 and employed in The Potteries from the age of 13, Clarice was talented, ambitious and resourceful, and in 1927 she was given her own studio at the Newport Pottery, and for the next... There are few pieces of pottery more recognizable than those designed by Clarice Cliff. For many the epitome of Art Deco, and 1930s style, characte... |
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47,48 zł |
Ceramics and the Human Figure
ISBN: 9781408132500 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This exciting publication is a much needed addition to this field of work. It will feature fantastic works by important ceramic artists working within the realm of the human form.
This exciting publication is a much needed addition to this field of work. It will feature fantastic works by important ceramic artists working within...
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125,43 zł |