Overview

For Art/Ceramic and Studio Foundations courses at the undergraduate level.   Working with Clay is crafted not only to inspire and teach the beginning student of ceramics, but also to provide new ideas to advanced ceramists about clayworking through colorful photographs and clear descriptions of the processes involved. Written by a team of  a world-renowned ceramist and and a leading educator in the field, this introductory book describes the initial processes of handbuilding, wheel throwing, plaster mold making, decoration, glaze application and firing techniques in a simple, easy-to-follow narrative. The text offers rich pictorial guidance throughout, both inspiring and instructing students with over 650 color illustrations. It includes a pictorial timeline of ceramic art history; and exposes students to a gallery of ceramic art, from traditional to avant-garde.

Full Product Details

Author:   Susan Peterson
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Edition:   3rd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 28.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.50cm
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9780131963931

ISBN 10:   0131963937
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   20 August 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition 8 The Safety Aspect 11 1 The World of Ceramics 13 Introduction 13 Clay and Pottery 13 History's Influence on the Ceramic Art of Today 14 Functional vs Sculptural 19 Types of Ceramic Wares 19 Earthenware 19 Stoneware 21 Porcelain 23 What is Clay? 24 What is a Clay Body? 25 Paperclay 26 Alternative clays and additions 28 Why Mix Your Own Clay Body? 32 Methods of Mixing Clay Bodies 32 Storing the Clay 33 How important is fired shrinkage and absorption? 33 How to reclaim scrap clay 34 What is Glaze? 34 Firing Ceramics 35 2 The Craft of Working with Clay by Hand 37 Getting Started 37 Tools for Working 39 Wedging Clay 39 Building by Hand: Introduction 40 Hand-building Techniques 42 Pinching clay 42 Coil method, smooth or textured 43 Slab-building 47 Learning from Techniques used by Indigenous Peoples 54 Methods of forming 54 Altering While Building 54 Changing clay surface 54 Coloring with mineral/ vegetable matter 55 Working with Plaster 57 How to make a mold 58 Casting Slip into Molds 59 Make Your Own Casting Slip or Buy It Ready-made 60 How to Mix Plaster and Pour a Form 63 3 Throwing on the Potter's Wheel 67 Anyone can Learn to Throw... 67 To the Beginner 68 Steps in Throwing on the Potter's Wheel 69 Wedging 69 Position at the wheel 70 Centering 70 Opening the ball 71 Practice These Five Shapes 72 a) Pull up and shape a cylinder 72 b) Half-spherical shape 74 c) Full spherical shape 76 d) Sphere and cylinder combined 78 e) Low open form 78 Other Shapes are Variations 79 Pitcher 79 Handles 80 Casserole 81 Lids and flanges 81 Teapot, coffee pot 83 Sets 84 Closed form 84 Do-nut 84 Throwing off-the-hump 84 Trimming Feet 84 Large Forms from the Wheel 85 4 Ceramic Sculpture 97 What is Ceramic Sculpture? 97 Using an armature 101 Drape in a hammock 102 Over-the-hump slab building 102 Categories of Sculpture 103 Sculpture Tools 108 Materials 108 Scale 109 Fabrication Techniques 111 Drying 114 Coloring 114 Firing 115 Firing for a large sculpture 115 5 Finishing Touches 117 Enhancing the Clay Form 117 Decorating with Clay 118 Texture 118 Adding clay to clay 119 Engobes 121 Engobe techniques 121 Testing and Using Glazes 125 Glaze composition 125 Calculating glaze formulas 125 Why Make Your Own Glaze? 125 Coloring Glazes 126 Glaze stains and oxides 126 Basic glaze batches for low, medium, high temperatures 127 Reds, yellows, and oranges 128 Amaco glaze tests 131 Duncan glaze tests 133 Hobby-Carrobia (Germany) glaze tests 134 Mayco glaze tests 134 Spectrum glaze tests 134 Spectrum Multi-color series 134 Mixing and Storing Glazes 135 Glaze Application 135 Methods 136 Decorating with Glaze 137 Sample Commercial Glazes 141 Glass is a Ceramic Material 142 Keep records 145 Experimentation 147 Line blends 147 Glaze Improvizations 147 6 Firing Ceramics 155 Heat Principles 155 Kilns 156 Gas kilns 157 Electric kilns 158 Commercial Ready-made Kilns 158 Paperclay Kilns 161 Why Build Your Own Kiln? 162 Firing Principles 163 Temperature Indicators 163 Guide-posts for temperature 164 Pyrometric Temperature Devices 164 Oxidation and Reduction Atmospheres 165 Copper reds 166 Iron celadons and tenmokus 167 Stacking and Firing Kilns 167 Bisque firing 167 Glaze firing 168 Alternative Firings 169 Pit firing 169 Raku firing 169 Salku firing 172 Salt firing 172 Soda firing 173 Wood firing 173 Glaze and Firing Problems 177 7 The Art of Ceramics 179 From Idea to Art 179 Pots and plates 180 Birds and animals 182 Figures and heads 184 Walls 189 Mixed media 194 Sculpture 196 Installations 200 8 The Timeless World History of Ceramic Art 206 9 Compendium 214 1. Suggested Projects for Individual Work 214 Decide on general procedure 214 Basically functional 214 Basically sculptural 216 2. Suggested Projects for Beginning Hand-building 216 3. Progression of Individual Steps in Throwing Projects 217 4. Suggested Projects for Clay, Glaze, and Decoration Experiments 218 Body and glaze development 218 Decoration 218 Design standards to keep in mind 218 5. Experimenting with Material Additions to a Base Glaze 218 6. Glaze Improvizations 219 7. Glaze Line-blend Test 219 8. Special Low-fire Information 220 Egyptian paste 220 Colors for Egyptian paste 220 Mosaic cement 220 Low-fire engobe 221 9. Some Suggestions for Taking Photographs of your Artwork 221 10. Example of a Pottery Studio 221 11. Terms Easily Mixed Up 222 Temperature Equivalents of Orton Cones 223 Temperature Equivalents of Seger Cones 223 Glossary 224 List of Artists 227 Residencies 231 Information Sources 233 Bibliography 235 Photo Credits 236 Index 237

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