Surface decoration
By: Kevin Millward
Series: The new ceramics; New ceramics
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9781408173787
Subjects: Pottery; Technique; Decoration and ornament
Description: "This step-by-step guide will encourage the reader to explore the full range of surface treatment techniques and help them to give a professional finish to their work by guiding them to an appropriate finish choice. Surface Decoration looks at all manner of surface decoration techniques, at every stage of the ceramic process and from a practical perspective explains how to achieve these effects. The book explores a variety of innovative and contemporary approaches to surface finish, including sgrafitto, resist methods, sprigging, trailing, glaze layering, lustre, transfer, impressing, incising and textural methods amongst others. This is the perfect guide for any ceramic artist interested in exploring new surface decoration techniques"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 1. Raw Techniques; title: 2. Texture; title: 3. Stamps; title: 4. Resist and Masking; title: 5. Slip; title: 6. Painting; title: 7. Drawing; title: 8. Glaze Effects; title: 9. Glaze Application; title: 10. On-glaze Techniques; title: Appendix.