Working with Clay - Softcover

Peterson, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130983489 ISBN 13: 9780130983480

Publisher: Pearson, 2002

Synopsis

For Art/Ceramic and Studio Foundations courses at the undergraduate level.

Written by a world-renowned ceramist and leading expert 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 500 full color photographs of processes and clayworks. It includes a pictorial timeline of ceramic art history; and exposes students to a gallery of ceramic art, from traditional to avant-garde. This edition has increased in length, to include modifications and new techniques.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This new edition of Working with Clay is substantially revised and redesigned to be even more specifically crafted to meet the needs of the beginning student of ceramics. It combines clear instructions with easy-to-follow pictures and inspires with its examples of a wide range of colorful ceramics throughout.

• Full color illustrations throughout
• Clear, easy-to-follow steps, now with many more pictorial sequences
• Suggested projects for the beginner
• An inspirational chapter on the art of ceramics, ranging from masks and animals through walls and installations
• A brief pictorial history of ceramics
• A glossary of terms and a bibliography for further reading

494 full color photographs, including 150 new images

About the Author:

Susan Peterson is Professor Emerita of Ceramics at Hunter College of the City University of New York. During her long career as a teacher and ceramicist, Susan Peterson founded five ceramics departments at colleges throughout the USA and has exhibited her own ceramics and lectured all over the world, including China. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award from NCECA and the prestigious Binns Medal from the American Ceramic Society and the New York State College of Ceramics.

Jan Peterson is a high school and college ceramic teacher, ceramic artist and jeweler.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0130983489
• ISBN 13: 9780130983480
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 208