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.
The text 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.
This new edition contains a completely rewritten and expanded section on Reds, Yellows and Oranges, with unprecedented documentation and results of actual, in-the-studio tests. There is also a new chapter on Ceramic Sculpture.
- ISBN13 9781856696050
- Publish Date 26 January 2009
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Laurence King Publishing
- Format Paperback
- Pages 240
- Language English
- URL http://abramsandchronicle.co.uk/books/art-and-design/9781856696050-working-with-clay-3rd-edition