Surface Design for Ceramics

Author: Maureen Mills
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 1579908446
Category : Ceramics
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
This studio reference captures all the popular techniques available for embellishing clay, as well as a wealth of practical information and detailed images that lead readers through every phase of the design and decorating process.

Surface Decoration

Author: Anderson Turner
Publisher: The American Ceramic Society
ISBN: 1574985256
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 147

Book Description

Surface Decoration

Author: Kevin Millward
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350006513
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 113

Book Description
This step-by-step guide will encourage the reader to explore the full range of surface treatment techniques and help them to give a professional finish to their work by guiding them to an appropriate finish choice. Surface Decoration looks at all manner of surface decoration techniques, at every stage of the ceramic process and from a practical perspective explains how to achieve these effects. The book explores a variety of innovative and contemporary approaches to surface finish, including sgrafitto, resist methods, sprigging, trailing, glaze layering, lustre, transfer, impressing, incising and textural methods amongst others. This is the perfect guide for any ceramic artist interested in exploring new surface decoration techniques.

Surface Decoration for Low-fire Ceramics

Author: Lynn Peters
Publisher: Lark Books (NC)
ISBN: 9781579900892
Category : China painting
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Clear, step-by-step instructions simplify both complex and simple designs. Informative photos of the author working in her studio clarify each design.

Textile Surface Decoration

Author: Margo Singer
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812220001
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 116

Book Description
Arts educator Margo Singer provides a thorough understanding of the unique properties of silk and velvet as well as the history and traditions of decorating these textiles. She then shows how to produce these traditional decorative effects using household materials and widely available craft supplies.

Fabric Surface Design

Author: Cheryl Rezendes
Publisher: Storey Publishing
ISBN: 1603428119
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
Presents step-by-step instructions for creating surface designs on fabric using textile paints and printing ink, and includes tips on such techniques as stamping, silkscreen, image transfer, marbling, and Japanese shibori.

Surface Decoration for Ceramics

Author: Claire Ireland
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 0719841542
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 690

Book Description
This practical and beautiful book covers a wide range of inventive, decorative techniques and encourages the maker to be adventurous and experimental. By building a repertoire of decorating skills and methods, it shows how the maker can create distinctive marks and surfaces on clay, thereby making their work individual and unique. With so many ideas and clear, practical instruction to the techniques, this book is an essential reference for makers of all skill levels, and is sure to inspire a new and creative stream of work. From embossing, engraving, printing and embellishing the clay surface using coloured slips, underglaze colours, oxides and glazes. Coloured clay and smoke firing effects, as well as the exciting potential of mixed media. The importance of mark-making tools and advice on making a personal collection. With insights from individual makers who generously share their discoveries and decorative experiments Over 450 lavish photos illustrate the techniques and ideas covered

Sensuous Surfaces

Author: Jonathan Hay
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1861898460
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 442

Book Description
With Sensuous Surfaces, Jonathan Hay offers one of the most richly illustrated and in-depth introductions to the decorative arts of Ming and Qing dynasty China to date. Examining an immense number of works, he explores the materials and techniques, as well as the effects of patronage and taste, that together have formed a loose system of informal rules that define the decorative arts in early modern China. Hay demonstrates how this system—by engaging the actual and metaphorical potential of surface—guided the production and use of decorative arts from the late sixteenth century through the middle of the nineteenth, a period of explosive growth. He shows how the understanding of decorative arts made a fundamental contribution to the sensory education of China’s early modern urban population. Enriching his study with 280 color plates, he ultimately offers an elegant meditation, not only on Ming and Qing art but on the importance of the erotic in the form and function of decorations of all eras.

Recipes for Surfaces

Author: Mindy Drucker
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671682490
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
Now mastering decorative painting tecnhiques for walls, floors, ceilings, and furniture can be as easy as using a cookbook. This unique guide demonstrates how to create a variety of exciting surface effects using simple, basic painting methods, including color washing, stenciling, wood graining, sponging, and others. Full-color illustrations.

New Ceramic Surface Design

Author: Molly Hatch
Publisher: Quarry Books
ISBN: 9781631590283
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
New Ceramic Surface Design is a fully-illustrated manual covering a wide range of creative surface decoration techniques presented in an approachable and accessible format. Ceramic artist and expert Molly Hatch guides beginners and more advanced ceramicists through various methods for creating designs on clay. You will be introduced to several different and new approaches for using your own imagery and content on the ceramic surface. Learn techniques including: -Mishima -Tape resists -Rubber stamping -Line art -Stamping -Nature resists -Found objects -Shellac resists for textures -Sticker resists -Contact paper stencils -Paper resists -Sgrafitto for shaped designs Detailed photography and hand-drawn illustrations document the processes and show beautiful completed samples. Templates and stencils for all the featured designs are included in the back of the book to use as is, or to tailor to your own tastes.