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Ceramics: A World Guide to Traditional Techniques
Ceramics A World Guide to Traditional Techniques Author:Bryan Sentance The first worldwide survey of traditional ceramics including raw materials, techniques, types of decoration, and uses. Anasazi bowls, Delft tiles, Indian shrines, Japanese Satsuma-ware teapots, English bird whistles, German hunting-scene jugs, Spanish zellij, Italian Majolica plates, Nepalese lamps, Romanian colanders, Danish stoneware t... more »eapots, French faience soup bowls, Moroccan tagines, Yemeni water pipes, Balinese roof tiles...the diversity of ceramics is astonishing. This comprehensive survey of traditional ceramics is organized into eight main sections, with over seventy topics:
The Raw Materialfrom the excavation and preparation of the materials to descriptions of the different materials available
Forming Techniquesmodeling, pinching, throwing, press molding, and many others
Prefired Decorationfrom appliqué and incising to impressing and sgraffito
Firingfrom firing in the open air to the ceramic types created
Glazeshow glazes are applied and the varied kinds
Unglazed Finishesincluding paint, oil, polish, varnish, resin, and gilding
Use and Functionfrom tiles, roofs, and bricks to lighting and food storage
The Quality of Lifefrom tobacco pipes to ceremonial ceramics
With over 800 illustrations, a glossary, a bibliography, information on where to see collections, and an index, this book will prove invaluable to anyone interested in art, craft, decorative objects, and interior design. 848 illustrations, 753 in color.« less