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Clay, Light & Water
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Description
This book will give ceramicists wishing to tackle this challenging area
a broad insight into the problems involved, and offers practical advice
and pointers to enable you to successfully incorporate clay with light
and water in order to produce beautiful and creative pieces.
Combining an attractive design in clay with the technicalities of
electricity or pumps is actually quite difficult, and this handbook
explains and simplifies things for the beginner, identifying the
problems and offering solutions and advice. How to incorporate
essential electric elements is obviously crucial to lighting and
fountains, and when combined with clay has the added problem of having
to design and source all the elements separately to be combined after
firing. The book focuses mainly on lighting, and through the work of
many international artists, showcases a broad variety of pieces to
inspire the reader. Chapters on making lights from start to finish,
fountains and electrical information help to illuminate the process of
combining clay with both light and water, showing that work can be made
in exciting and innovative ways to include these aspects. This book
aims to open up the world of lighting to creative and inspiring ceramic
artists.
Table of Contents
1 Clay and Light: a brief introduction 7
2 An artist's approach 16
3 Making 48
4 Working with Industry 68
5 Electrical 88
6 Fountains 98
List of suppliers 108
Contributing artists 110
Acknowledgements XXX
Index 111
Product details
Published | 21 Apr 2010 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 112 |
ISBN | 9780713684872 |
Imprint | A&C Black Visual Arts |
Illustrations | 120 illustrations, full colour throughout |
Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
Series | Ceramics Handbooks |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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'...a very helpful starting-out book...'
Nacorum and Chiltern Potter's Guild - 2010
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'An excellent read and a must for any potter'
Kent Potters Association newsletter (Aug/Sept 2010)