Ceramics Handbooks
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This handbook discusses the history of ceramics and print, and then concentrates on the techniques used by contemporary ceramicists. These include: screen printing, both transfer decoration and working directly onto clay, sponge printing, stamped ware, linocuts, prints from plaster slabs, etching and lithography. The technical information is highlighted with examples of contemporary work.
Printmaking techniques have long been used in the pottery industry, but in recent years studio ceramicists have adopted these methods to make exciting works. In this book Paul Scott discusses many of the techniques that they employ. The original ground breaking book has in this edition been greatly expanded and brought up to date The methods included cover: screen printing, both transfer decoration and working directly onto clay; photographic processes; sponge printing; stamped ware; linocuts; prints from plaster slabs; the use of the photocopier, laser printer, computer-generated prints and other printmaking techniques. The result is the handbook on the subject.