Creating Lifelike Figures in Polymer Clay

Author: Katherine Dewey
Publisher: Potter Craft
ISBN: 0770434657
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description
Katherine Dewey's expressive and elegantly detailed sculptures enchant all who see them. With the magical medium of polymer clay and this book, you can follow in her footsteps. Thorough instructions supported by more than 400 step-by-step color photos and 200 detailed drawings cover the entire process of sculpting realistic figures, from selecting clay and gathering essential tools to the basics of modeling the human figure, to incorporating poses, facial expressions, ethnic and gender subtleties, costumes, and painted finishing touches. Easy-to-read maps of the figure illustrate the landmarks of the body, while scale diagrams indicate the simple shapes hidden within the human form, as well as how to combine and model those shapes. For anyone who loves fantasy, romance, nature—or sophisticated crafting—this book is a must-have.

Portrait Sculpting

Author: Philippe Faraut
Publisher: Pcf Studios
ISBN: 9780975506509
Category : Head in art
Languages : en
Pages : 214

Book Description
Step-by-step techniques for modeling the portrait in clay, firing meethods and mold making.

The Portrait in Clay

Author: Peter Rubino
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
ISBN: 080414981X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 335

Book Description
Simulating a workshop studio course, this book provides action-photography sequences that enable readers to observe every step a master sculptor takes in building a portrait in clay.

The Art of Polymer Clay

Author: Donna Kato
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
ISBN: 9780823003570
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
Shows how to create jewelry and decorative art with polymer clay, teaching basic techniques and offering such projects as floral forms, moldmaking, figurines, and mosaic bowls, in an updated handbook that includes new information on tools, clays, supplies, conditioning, and safety. Original.

Global Art

Author: MaryAnn F. Kohl
Publisher: Gryphon House, Inc.
ISBN: 087659190X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
The history and traditions of a culture live in its artifacts. When youngsters craft their own simple versions of scarab stones from Egypt, Greek bread dough coins, and Peruvian silver wind chimes, they will begin to understand and appreciate the geography, lives, and cultures of people all over the globe

The Face of Ancient America

Author: Lee Allen Parsons
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780936260242
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 252

Book Description
"For archaeologists, artists, art historians, and all lovers of art, expecially pre-Columbian art." -- Choice "... one of the better general pre-Columbian catalogues to appear in a long time." -- African Arts More than 150 examples of Olmec and Maya art are described in detail, discussed, and reproduced in magnificent full-color photographs. The collection is grouped into cultural and geographical sections to give a complete picture of the most significant civilizations of ancient Latin America.

Faces in Clay

Author: Peter Dorman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canopic jars
Languages : en
Pages : 278

Book Description

Forensic Art

Author: Jennifer MacKay
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1420500694
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106

Book Description
Forensic artists are highly-trained specialists who creating composite drawings from witness descriptions and reconstruct crime scenes. This book explains the tools and techniques used by forensic artists, including facial reconstruction, image enhancement, and age progression. Students will be amazed by the skills of these artistic professionals and learn about the about the education needed for the job. Sidebars offer descriptions of unusual cases, and historical crime-solving breakthroughs.

Clayworks in Art Therapy

Author: David Henley
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 184642318X
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
Clay is universally recognized as a medium of creative expression, and it also has great potential for therapeutic application. These two properties of clay are celebrated together in a book that explores the history, theory and techniques of claywork in eliciting therapeutic outcomes. Vignettes and case material explain and expand the text, which interweaves an appreciation of clay in art with many practical suggestions for its use in therapy. By according equal status to aesthetic outcomes and artistic integrity, the author offers a new and holistic approach to claywork. Practitioners and educators in the fields of therapy and art will find his book to be an essential source of information and ideas.

The Art of Polymer Clay Millefiori Techniques

Author: Donna Kato
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
ISBN: 0307586979
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
A thousand and one ideas for making beautiful polymer clay millefiori. In Venetian glassmaking, slender rods of molten glass are shaped, then cut to reveal amazingly detailed patterns: flowers, geometric shapes, dancing colors. These slices are called millefiori, “thousand flowers,” because they form a carpet of flowers when placed side by side. Now celebrity author Donna Kato shows crafters exactly how to re-create these intricate, fascinating designs in polymer clay. The Art of Polymer Clay Millefiori Techniques reveals the entire process: how to work with the polymer clay, the basics of planning and creating a cane, and using color effectively. Dozens of canes, from simple to simply stunning, are included, and everything is clearly explained and illustrated with full-color photos, the Donna Kato way. Throughout the book, examples of stunning work by such millefiori artists as Kathy Amt, Pier Voulkos, and Kathleen Dustin provide inspiration. There must be a thousand ways to make beautiful millefiori . . . explore them all in The Art of Polymer Clay Millefiori Techniques.