A comprehensive and ambitious workshop reference for amateur, student and professional ceramicists.
Ceramics: The Indispensable Guide is a comprehensive and valuable resource for ceramicists at all levels..
Professional Practice - Setting up a studio, pricing, photography, promotion, exhibiting, commissions. 8.
Design - Finding inspiration and recording it in a technical drawing which others can use. 7.
Post-glaze Surface Decoration - Screen and digital printing, enamels, lusters, and more. 6.
Glazing - Protecting ceramic surfaces, glaze recipes and application methods. 5.
Firing - Choosing a kiln; options from electric kilns to experimental processes; kiln diagrams. 4.
Prefiring Surface Decoration - Color and texture, including slip, direct screen printing, burnishing. 3.
Forming Techniques - Forming techniques, from hand-building to wheel-throwing, lathe and whirler turning; computer-aided design; order of work. 2.
Materials, Tools, and Process - The raw material clay, varieties available and uses; directory of equipment and tools with skill level ratings; making a - beginner\'s kit -; setting up a workshop; health and safety; overview of the ceramic process.
The book includes: 1.
The book is organized into eight parts with 63 topic chapters on creating ceramic work and running a professional workshop.
Illustrated with more than 500 color photographs and illustrations, this comprehensive workshop reference brings together a vast range of skills, techniques and technical data in one volume to provide an essential look-it-up resource.
A comprehensive and ambitious workshop reference for amateur, student and professional ceramicists
