Making marks : discovering the ceramic surface / by Robin Hopper.
Material type: TextPublication details: Iola, WI : KP Books, c2004.Description: 304 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cmISBN:- 0873495047
- 9780873495042
- 738.1 HOP
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 738.1 HOP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002000164567 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Starting with the fundamentals, Hopper explores in great detail the following surface techniques: plastic and liquid clay, glazing, pigment processes and firing processes.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-298) and index.
Fundamentals -- Drawing in two and three dimensions -- Sign and symbol -- Pattern and space -- Color theory -- Color and the ceramic surface -- Plastic and liquid clay processes -- Marks of slash, scratch, carve, and cut -- Marks of addition and removal -- Marks of impression -- Marks of liquid clays -- Marks of colored clays -- Pigment processes -- The ceramic spectrum and electric palette -- The mark of the brush and soft stamp -- Marks of resistance -- Marks of pencils, crayons, pens, and trailers -- The mark of the spray -- Glaze processes -- Marks of the glaze and its application -- Firing and post-firing processes -- Marks of heat, flame, and smoke -- Marks of vapor and fume -- Marks of fired surface removal -- Marks of multiple firing -- Marks of the marker -- Marks of excellence.