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Making your own glazes is a fascinating and rewarding process, even more so when making them from collected ingredients. With little equipment and following a few basic principles, it is possible to harvest glaze ingredients from your local environment, such as clay, subsoil, plants and seashells, to achieve beautiful results in the kiln. Whether you wish to make an entire glaze using collected materials, or just want to use them as additions to existing base recipes, Miranda Forrest explains how to source and prepare natural ingredients, from degraded rocks to seaweed, as well as giving step-by-step instructions for mixing a glaze, testing samples, and finally applying glazes and firing your work. Contributions from contemporary ceramicists who use natural glaze ingredients give a detailed insight into their working methods and intriguing results. Encouraging experimentation and a creative approach, Natural Glazes is a vital resource for anyone wishing to work in a more natural, sustainable way to develop their unique glaze effects.

Clay body additions can introduce remarkable new forms and textures in ceramic work. With an emphasis on creativity and experimentation, ceramicist Kathleen Standen reveals a range of possible effects, and profiles the extraordinary work of contemporary makers using additions in their practice. Beginning with an introduction to collecting local clay and making your own clay bodies, the book moves on to cover the array of additions being used by artists today, from hard materials like stones, glass and rust, to combustible matter and fibre, metals including wire and mesh, and colour in various forms. The book is lavishly illustrated throughout with both unique making methods and the beautiful finished works of ceramic artists from around the world. Additions to Clay Bodies is an inspiring introduction to the art of using additions and an essential companion for any artist wishing to expand their practice.

Arranged as a biographical dictionary of potters, this book catalogues the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection of British studio pottery. This book also puts the development of studio pottery into a historical perspective and gives a detailed analysis of the growth of the museum's collection.

Hillwood was the Washington residence of Marjorie Merriweather Post (1887-1973), cereal heiress, collector and philanthropist. Mrs. Post collected art throughout her life, emphasizing only the finest French and Russian objects. Today, the collection of fine and decorative arts includes many exemplary pieces by some of Europe''s most renowned artists, cabinetmakers and goldsmiths. Of particular note are dinner plates commissioned by Catherine the Great, Easter eggs by Carl Faberge and chalices and icons that evoke the splendor of imperial Russia, as well as 18th century French tapestries, furniture and Sevres porcelain. The quality and quantity of the Russian art at Hillwood is unparalleled outside Russia.

Gran formato con ilustraciones. Acompaña CD-ROM. Este catálogo ordena y analiza un conjunto de producciones de los alfares de época moderna y contemporánea que existieron en Hellín y que alcanzaron una gran difusion en el antiguo Reino de Murcia y sus alrededores, cayendo despues en el olvido.

Handbuilding with clay offers a unique opportunity to experiment, requiring few tools, and allowing intuition and imagination to come to the fore. In this overview of a fast-developing practice, artist Claire Loder explains time-honored methods of handbuilding, as well as introducing the fascinating new approaches of contemporary ceramicists.The basic techniques, from coiling and pinching to working with slabs, are explained with practical instructions and helpful accompanying images. Equipment, clay bodies and studio advice are thoroughly covered. Through the work of today''s makers, the book then looks at new methods of building by hand, including mixed media work, sculptural methods, vessels and surface decoration, illuminating a wide variety of forms and styles.Sculpting and Handbuilding is an essential guide for any ceramic artist or student wishing to learn the basics of handbuilding, or seeking inspiration to integrate and adapt conventional methods.

Dank der bewussten Reduktion in Form und Farbe entfalten die Keramiken der Schweizerin Sonja Duo-Meyer (geb. 1953) eine enorme Ausdruckskraft. Fast meditativ wirken die flieenden Silhouetten, finden sich Fixpunkte in der leichten Asymmetrie der Formen und es entwickelt sich ein raffiniertes Spiel von Licht und Schatten. Oberflache, Material, Korper und Technik sind durch ein minimalistisches Gestaltungskonzept verwoben, das Leere und Stille zelebriert.Objektfotografien und Ausstellungsansichten zeigen Gefae, Objekte und Wandinstallationen aus den Jahren 1992 bis 2017. Arbeiten und Eindrucke aus dem Keramik-Zentrum Tajimi, in dem sich die Kunstlerin als Artist in Residence intensiv mit den Techniken Japans auseinandersetzte, werden besonders hervorgehoben.Diese erste umfassende Monografie uber Sonja Duo-Meyer prasentiert in spannungsreichen Abbildungen und informativen Beitragen die Entwicklung einer nun uber 40 Jahre andauernden Karriere in der gegenwartigen keramischen Kunst.