Brewing beer has a long tradition with the Zulus, the largest ethnic group of South Africa. The beverage was traditionally prepared by women at home in ornate ceramic vessels specially made for this purpose. This book aims to present the rich palette of styles of these vessels in all their beauty and to save them from being forgotten.The colorful history of the Zulus since the early nineteenth century, including the violent racial segregation in recent years, accompanied a golden age of traditional arts and crafts that served as both a bestower of identity and provided a link to their ancestry.In the Zulu-speaking region there is a wealth of forms and decorative elements that is unprecedented in the ceramic of South Africa. This current publication documents this influence of colonial politics and of the subsequent apartheid laws on style and prevalence of the popular beer vessels.

The ultimate illustrated guide for sourcing processing and using wild clay Potters around the world are taking to the local landscape to dig their own wild clay discover its unique properties and apply it to their craft This guide is the ideal starting point for anyone from novices improvers and experts to educators and students who wants to forge a closer bond between their art and their surroundings Testing and trial and error are key to finding a material s best use so the authors tips drawn from long experience in the US and Japan but which can be applied to clays anywhere provide an enviable head start on this rewarding journey A clay might be best suited to sculpture and tile bodies throwing clay bodies handbuilding and slab bodies or simply be applied as a glaze or slip The specific properties of found materials can create a diverse range of effects and surfaces or even when not fired can be adapted for use as colorful pastels or pigments Beautiful illustrations and helpful technical descriptions explain the formation of various clays how to locate collect and assess them how to test their properties of shrinkage water absorption texture and plasticity the best ways to test fire them and how to adapt a clay s characteristics by bl

Divertida selección de motivos para decorar tazas, cuencos, platos y fuentes de porcelana. Las figuras se dibujan primero con pintura de contorno y después de colorean. Con las detalladas explicaciones, cada uno podra tener una vajilla personalizada, que sorprendera a todos por su originalidad .