January 4, 2010
Today we are launching another cool free gift: Ceramic Carving Tool Techniques: Bringing the Ceramic Surface to Life. This one is all about carving into clay and the best tools and techniques for doing so. In today's post, an excerpt from our new download, potter Ann Ruel gives us the ins and outs of carving low relief designs into wet clay.Already Registered? Please sign in.
December 5, 2009
Edited by Anderson Turner When potters are ready to go beyond dipping, pouring and brushing the sam e palette of glazes onto their work, they'll find the alternatives to surface decoration offered here to be an excellent jumping-off point. In this collection, thirty of the most innovative and talented contemporary ceramic artists share the techniques and processes that make their work unique and expressive.November 12, 2008
Making Marks is about ceramic surface enrichment, the processes used for achieving it, and the thought concepts, idea development and personal research behind it. “Making marks” is a generalized term used through the visual arts when referring to the alteration of any surface by any of the tools that artists employ. In using this term for the title of this book, I am referring to the huge variety of marks that may be achieved through ceramic decoration processes, at any or all of the varied and various stages that the clay object goes through in its transformation from soft, wet, malleable clay to heat-hardened, impermeable ceramic.February 11, 2008
Today Ellen Kong shares a tip she developed after attending a sgraffito workshop. Using cheap and readily available materials, she came up with a way to ease finger and hand strain from intricate carving.January 29, 2007
Slipware has a long tradition of being used for commemorative wares has played an important part in marking historical events both for individuals and nations. This extra role makes this book essential reading both for potters and for ceramic collectors and historians alike. Mary Wondrausch on Slipware is a valuable reference tool as well as a lively read.
