Pottery Ceramics category: 136 books
Craft Perception and Practice
A Canadian Discourse, Volume 2
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005
The series of Craft Perception and Practice volumes gives recognition to the exciting new developments in contemporary craft practice and scholarship. This second volume brings together 22 essays and critical commentaries by 19 independent critics and curators, professional artists, art historians,...
Clayworks in Art Therapy
Plying the Sacred Circle
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2002
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...
by Victoria Charles
Language: French
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Language: French
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Après son apparition au VIIe siècle, l'art de la porcelaine en Chine est rapidement devenu un symbole important de la royauté et de la haute société. Ce livre offre une large gamme d'objets, des simples bols aux magnifiques vases et autres ornements aux motifs complexes et multicolores. La délicatesse...
Pattern
& the secrets of lasting design
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
This is the black and white paperback ebook edition of Pattern, published in hardback in 2016 by Saltyard Books.
If you would like the original colour illustrated version of Pattern it is available in hardback ISBN 9781444734942 and ebook ISBN 9781444734966.
Creativity, collaboration, inspiration
Emma...
Warman's Lalique
Identification and Price Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
Demanding high price tags, the superior work of the fine French artisan Rene Lalique is not only breathtakingly beautiful, but highly collectible synonymous with fine luxurious art glass worldwide.
From the strikingly bold and original Art Nouveau and art deco styles of Rene Lalique, and those...
Art of Handmade Tile
Complete Instructions for Carving, Casting & Glazing
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2011
Creating handmade decorator tiles can be fun and easy!
This friendly approach to making handmade ceramic tiles demonstrates how to design, fire, and decorate stunning tiles and provides ideas for creatively utilizing them in the home. More than 200 photos guide readers through each step of...
Soulwork of Clay
A Hands-On Approach to Spirituality
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
Let go of your pretensions—squeeze, shape, knead & play your way to spiritual growth.
"I am being formed by the clay. I am reconnecting with the earth, and with the other basic elements, too—air, water, fire—and life itself. Every gesture leaves its trail in the clay. Every fingerprint,...
by John Shuman, III
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
Daring designers such as Louis Comfort Tiffany and Reneacute Lalique are remembered for their intricate pattern creations with glass that pushed the evolution of design. These entrancingly beautiful masterpieces of yesterday are commanding high prices in today's antiques and collectibles marketplace....
Warman's Fiesta Ware
Identification & Price Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2004
The clean design and bright colors of the Fiesta dinnerware line (first introduced by the Homer Laughlin Co. in 1936) caught the fancy of housewives everywhere, revolutionizing the market for tableware in the United States. Though originally offered in just five colors - red, ivory, cobalt, blue,...
Potted
Make Your Own Stylish Garden Containers
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Hand-made style for outdoor living
Outdoor style often comes at a high price, but it doesn’t have to! This lushly designed guide empowers you to create your own show-stopping containers made from everyday materials such as concrete, plastic, metal, terracotta, rope, driftwood, and fabric. The...
Fired Up With Raku
Over 300 Raku Recipes
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
The origins of raku can be traced back hundreds of years to Japan, where it was used as the traditional method of creating clay bowls for the tea ceremony. Over the years potters have embraced and adapted the methods, celebrating the remarkable but unpredictable results achieved using raku techniques.The...
A Guide to Modelling in Clay and Wax
And for Terra Cotta, Bronze and Silver Chasing and Embossing, Carving in Marble and Alabaster, Moulding and Casting in Plaster-Of-Paris or Sculptural Art Made Easy for Beginners
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Pattern
& the secrets of lasting design
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
This is the black and white paperback edition of Pattern, published in hardback in 2016 by Saltyard Books.
If you would like the original colour illustrated version of Pattern it is available in hardback ISBN 9781444734942.
Creativity, collaboration, inspiration
Emma Bridgewater's patterns...
by Pinky Toky
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Maneki Neko, the traditional Japanese fortune cat, is always depicted as having one paw raised and the other holding a koban coin. This special gesture contains some significant meaning in it.