Created for Art/Ceramic and Studio Foundations courses at the undergraduate level. Written by a world-renowned ceramist and leading expert in the field, this introductory book describes the initial processes of handbuilding, wheel throwing, plaster mold making, decoration, glaze application and firing techniques in a simple, easy-to-follow narrative. Strictly for the beginning ceramic student, it offers rich pictorial guidance throughout, both inspiring and instructing students with 500 full color photographs of processes and clayworks. It includes a pictorial timeline of ceramic art history; and exposes students to a gallery of ceramic art, from traditional to avant garde.
- ISBN10 0130996408
- ISBN13 9780130996404
- Publish Date 21 September 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 1 November 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Pearson
- Format Paperback
- Pages 192
- Language English