ISBN: 071364821X, 9780713648218
Authors: Phil Rogers,
Publisher: A&c Black
Keywords: ceramics, glazing, salt
Pages: 240
Published: 2002-08-30
Category: Ceramics, Other Media, Arts & Photography,
List Price: Unknown

• Rating: 100%

Salt-glazed ceramics are very popular both among makers and collectors, due to their distinctive 'orange peel' surface. This guide covers the history and technical side of salt glazing as well as providing a showcase of the leading salt glaze artists......

ISBN: 0486254003, 9780486254005
Authors: Joseph H. And Jane T. Locke,
Publisher: Dover Publications
Keywords: photographic, illustrations, examples, collectors, guide, art, glass, locke
Pages: 64
Published: 1987-10-01
Category: Ceramics, Other Media, Arts & Photography,
List Price: 9.95 USD

Superb, edited reproduction of rare original sales catalog from the workshop of one of America's premier glassmakers. Excellent photographs of exquisitely etched stemware, vases, pitchers, decanters, steins, etc. Price lists, biography of Locke,......

ISBN: 074780494X, 9780747804949
Authors: Colin Hope,
Publisher: Shire
Keywords: egyptology, shire, pottery, egyptian
Pages: 64
Published: 2008-03-04
Category: Ceramics, Other Media, Arts & Photography,
List Price: 13.95 USD

• Rating: 100%

Clay was used for a myriad of functions in ancient Egypt, of which one of the most important was the production of pottery vessels. The manufacture of pottery has a history of over five thousand years in ancient Egypt. This book concentrates on tha......

ISBN: 0747803390, 9780747803393
Authors: Lynne Bebb,
Publisher: Shire
Keywords: book, shire, pottery, welsh
Pages: 40
Published: 1997
Category: Ceramics, Other Media, Arts & Photography,
List Price: 13.50 USD

While porcelain from Swansea has a well-deserved reputation for quality, the enormous and sometimes surprising variety of pottery which has also been produced in Wales is less well-known outside the country. From the coarse red earthenwares character......

ISBN: 0713687320, 9780713687323
Authors: David Whiting,
Publisher: A&c Black
Keywords: ceramics, handbooks, studios, potters, british, modern
Pages: 160
Published: 2012-03-13
Category: Ceramics, Other Media, Arts & Photography,
List Price: 45.00 USD

An in-depth study of 24 artists, their work and studios. The book will look at the work, inspiration and the studio of each potter. Almost a mini biography on many of the most prominent and exciting artists around, the book looks at artists maki......

ISBN: 048625304X, 9780486253046
Authors: Barbara Norman,
Publisher: Dover Publications
Keywords: techniques, methods, glass, decorating, engraving
Pages: 192
Published: 2011-10-20
Category: Ceramics, Other Media, Arts & Photography,
List Price: 12.95 USD

This clear, handsomely illustrated guide introduces the history, materials, tools, and techniques of glass engraving and other forms of glass decorating. Techniques include diamond point, copper-wheel, and drill engraving, plus instruction ......

ISBN: 0812211561, 9780812211566
Authors: Philip Rawson, wayne Higby,
Publisher: University Of Pennsylvania Press
Keywords: ceramics
Pages: 240
Published: 1984-03-01
Category: Ceramics, Other Media, Arts & Photography,
List Price: 27.50 USD

"It is rare to find a book on art that presents complex aesthetic principles in clear readable form. Ceramics, by Philip Rawson, is such a book. I discovered it ten years ago, and today my well-worn copy has scarcely a page on which some st......

ISBN: 0976734400, 9780976734406
Authors: Robert Hunter,
Publisher: Chipstone
Keywords: ceramics, america, annual
Pages: 336
Published: 2007-10-15
Category: Ceramics, Other Media, Arts & Photography,
List Price: 65.00 USD

For the first time, color photographs of the known nineteen surviving objects from this important American porcelain factory are presented.Accompanying essays provide the historical context for the rise and fall of the factory along with expl......

ISBN: 0873418670, 9780873418676
Authors: Richard Zakin,
Publisher: Krause Publications
Keywords: craft, mastering, ceramics
Pages: 256
Published: 2001-03-01
Category: Ceramics, Other Media, Arts & Photography,
List Price: 39.95 USD

• Rating: 80%

This greatly expanded and updated edition features more than 300 beautiful colour photos of the most innovative work being done in the ceramics field today. Works by leading artists are showcased in sections on utilitarian pottery, non-utilitarian po......

ISBN: 0747805121, 9780747805120
Authors: John Black,
Publisher: Shire
Keywords: shire, library, earthenware, glazed, tin, british
Pages: 40
Published: 2008-03-04
Category: Pottery & Ceramics, Antiques & Collectibles, Home & Garden,
List Price: 13.50 USD

Covering an earthenware object with a glaze containing tin enabled it to be decorated with paints - a technique introduced to Britain from the Netherlands in the sixteenth century. Soon the potters began to imitate Chinese porcelain, then all the ra......