Surface Design
Surface Design for CeramicsFor ceramists of any level, surface design is an essential skill for creating beautiful work. And this comprehensive and invaluable studio reference captures all the popular techniques available for embellishing clay. A wealth of practical information and detailed images lead you through every phase of the process—from the wet and leather-hard stages (faceting, carving, burnishing) through bisque ware (terra sigillata and slip work), to firing (glazing methods) and post-firing (decals, lusters, and raku). Because the procedures shown all require the same basic skill level, readers can dip in at any point. Time-tested recipes are offered in abundance, photos of fired demonstration pieces show the final effect, and top-quality contemporary gallery pictures display the fabulous results. Sidebars throughout offer options for further exploration. |
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Image Transfer on Clay: Screen, Relief, Decal & Monoprint TechniquesThe first comprehensive how-to book on the topic! Contemporary ceramists have adapted traditional printmaking procedures to transfer images onto clay surfaces. And, with this thorough resource, anyone can take advantage of these techniques in their own home studio—even those with no printmaking background. The simple processes don’t require fancy equipment. Use silk-screen decals with light-sensitive emulsions to create a master image: then cover with glazes, and voilá! Use colored slips for unique monoprints. Work with stencils, relief blocks, or stamps, trying a variety of materials to mark the clay surface. Each method is carefully laid out in numerous photos, and shown on a finished piece. More than 100 images by leading contemporary artists showcase the techniques and provide a wealth of inspiration. |
Surface Decoration: Finishing TechniquesWhen potters are ready to go beyond dipping, pouring and brushing the same palette of glazes onto their work, they’ll find the alternatives to surface decoration offered here to be an excellent jumping-off point. In this collection, thirty of the most innovative and talented contemporary ceramic artists share their techniques and processes that make their work unique and expressive. Surface Decoration: Finishing Techniques covers techniques at all stages of the ceramic process, including forming, leather-hard, bisque and even after the final glaze firing. Artists discuss their working styles and tools; some provide detailed step-by-step instructions, while others discuss their successes and trials in broader terms. You’ll find information on glazes and glazing, recipes, embossing, sgraffito, brushwork, printing, patinas, roulettes, stamping, decals, stains, resists, slips, china painting, stencils, faux finishes, and more. |
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Making Marks
Making Marks is about ceramic surface enrichment, the processes used for achieving it, and the thought concepts, idea development and personal research behind it. “Making marks” is a generalized term used through the visual arts when referring to the alteration of any surface by any of the tools that artists employ. In using this term for the title of this book, Hopper is referring to the huge variety of marks that may be achieved through ceramic decoration processes, at any or all of the varied and various stages that the clay object goes through in its transformation from soft, wet, malleable clay to heat-hardened, impermeable ceramic.
Ceramics for Beginners: Surfaces, Glazes & Firing
This is the third book in the Ceramics for Beginners series. Angelica Pozo offers a beginner’s workshop which presents information, techniques, and projects in a specific sequence which is designed to build skills by adding new ones gradually. Explore the tools and materials for decorating clay. From impressing, incising, sgraffito with slip, drawing with underglaze pencils to layering glazes and overglazing with decorative materials. You’ll discover the decorative potential of clay is endless because you can use color and texture, line and shape, pattern and image to beautifully transform its surface. This is possible because clay can be decorated at all stages of the entire ceramic process, from wet clay, through the glazed and fired stage and beyond.
