Miracle of Mata Ortiz-c

Miracle of Mata Ortiz-c
Walter Parks (Author), Caroline Cook (Editor)
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A remarkable ceramic arts tradition is taking root in a remote village, high on the plains of northern Chihuahua, Mexico. This is the story of a phenomenon and of the potter, Juan Quezada, who began it inspired only by prehistoric shards.

• Rank: #172210 in Books
• Published on: 2012-04-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .96" h x 9.45" w x 12.29" l, 3.45 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 212 pages

Wade Miniatures: An Unauthorized Guide to Whimsies, Premiums, Villages, and Characters (Schiffer Book for Collectors)

Wade Miniatures: An Unauthorized Guide to Whimsies, Premiums, Villages, and Characters (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
by Donna S. Baker
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Since the mid-nineteenth century, the George Wade pottery in Burslem, England, has produced many forms of ceramic items. It is best known for their delightful series of tiny porcelain animals known as Whimsies(r). Highly collectible, the Whimsies have been joined over the years by many equally charming miniatures, some sold by the company directly and others distributed as premiums. With over 380 full color photographs, this revised book showcases the endearing miniatures produced by Wade from the 1950s to the present, including Red Rose Tea and Tom Smith premiums, Whoppas and Whimsie-Land figurines, Nursery Favourites, Happy Families, Disney's Hat Box series, the diminutive Minikins, and many more. Also featured are Wade's highly detailed miniature villages, original Wade boxes and displays, information on color and size variations, company marks, and updated values for all items. A treat for Wade lovers everywhere!

• Rank: #85710 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.90" h x .59" w x 5.98" l, 1.15 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

The Ceramic Process: A Manual and Source of Inspiration for Ceramic Art and Design

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The Ceramic Process: A Manual and Source of Inspiration for Ceramic Art and Design
European Ceramic Work Centre (Author)
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Process is integral to every clay piece, and this volume follows the logic of the steps of creation. The beginning chapters explain the early steps such as clay preparation and the various techniques of making. Following chapters are devoted to the later steps of drying and firing. Also included are numerous glaze and clay recipes, using a range of widely available materials. Complex and large-scale work, always demanding special attention and specialized knowledge, is comprehensively covered.

The European Ceramic Work Centre (EKWC) is an international studio dedicated to the ceramic arts, in all of their various forms. Drawn from the resources at the EKWC, this volume elucidates every aspect of the ceramic process, from wedging clay to packing kilns. This useful resource will be valuable to potters of every skill level. Extensively and vividly illustrated, the book demonstrates complicated techniques visually. In addition to the helpful diagrams, works produced at EKWC are used as examples of the methods described in the text, offering specific uses for procedures.

The Ceramic Process emphasizes the experimentation with materials and technique that is crucial to a potter's development and success. Ultimately, the reader will gain an understanding of every aspect—artistic as well as technical—of the creation of ceramic pieces.

• Rank: #431924 in Books
• Published on: 2005-12-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.10" h x 8.74" w x 11.06" l, 3.50 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

Warman's Fiesta Ware: Identification & Price Guide

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Warman's Fiesta Ware: Identification & Price Guide
Mark Moran (Author)
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The clean design and bright colours of the Fiesta dinnerware line - first introduced by the Homer Laughlin Co. in 1936 - caught the fancy of housewives everywhere, revolutionizing the market for tableware in the United States. Though originally offered in just five colours - red, ivory, cobalt blue, yellow and green - the number and variety of hues blossomed to include turquoise, rose, gray, forest green, chartreuse and medium green - one of the most popular and valuable. When the Fiesta line was reintroduced in 1986, after a hiatus from 1973 to 1985, collecting interest surged again. The passion for the vintage colours was reignited, and the line's new colours, including periwinkle, cinnabar and sunflower, created a stir amid a new generation of collectors. From the best of the old to the latest and greatest modern colours of the new, Warman's[registered] Fiesta Ware provides comprehensive expert advice and up-to-date pricing for the line that lent distinction to the plainest table. With more than 1,000 eye-appealing photographs, this colourful story is well told by author Mark F. Moran.

• Rank: #216084 in Books
• Published on: 2004-01-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

• Well Written
• A lots of examples.
• A lots of pictures
• Easy to Follow.
• Easy to Understad.

Glass Etching: 46 Full-Size Patterns with Complete Instructions

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Glass Etching: 46 Full-Size Patterns with Complete Instructions
by Robert A. Capp, Robert G. Bush
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Easy-to-use guide with complete instructions for etching on any glass — panes, panels, bottles, stained glass, more — using acid cream and sandblasting techniques. Includes 46 full-size patterns of birds, butterflies, animals, florals, geometrics, and Art-Nouveau-Style abstracts. Instructions. 46 patterns. 27 illustrations.

• Rank: #399344 in Books
• Published on: 1984-11-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 12.28" h x .16" w x 5.28" l, .47 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 72 pages

Introducing Roseville Pottery (A Schiffer Book for Collectors)

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Introducing Roseville Pottery (A Schiffer Book for Collectors)
by Mark T. Bassett
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Roseville pottery is introduced, explained, examined, and surveyed in this beautiful, sweeping guide. This revised and expanded edition includes new research on Roseville shape numbers and terminology, as published in Bassett's Roseville Prices. Over 860 color photographs illustrate the many artistic products created by the Roseville Pottery Company during its long life from 1890 to 1954. Arranged alphabetically, each line and its most typical variations are presented, and each has been meticulously researched and dated. The various ware types produced for each line are enumerated. Previously unknown Roseville products are documented--most notably Early Velmoss. Also included in the text are discussions of experimental and trial glaze pieces, a glaze and shape identification guide, a timeline of Roseville products, and an examination of the company's factory marks and artist signatures. Guidelines for building a collection and tips on collector's etiquette round out the presentation. Values are provided for all of the items displayed. Finally, a selected bibliography and an index are included.

• Rank: #555191 in Books
• Published on: 2001-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 10.98" h x 1.26" w x 8.50" l, 3.94 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 287 pages

Historia y arte de la ceramica japonesa (Spanish Edition)

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Historia y arte de la ceramica japonesa (Spanish Edition)
Javier Vives Rego (Author)

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"Historia y arte de la cerámica japonesa" ofrece al lector un amplio panorama del milenario arte del fuego en Japón, desde sus orígenes hasta nuestros días.
En sus diferentes capítulos se comentan las características de las expresionistas vasijas prehistóricas, las humildes tinajas medievales, las singulares piezas destinadas a la ceremonia de té y las perfectas porcelanas de los siglos XVII a XIX, finalizando el recorrido en una amplia sección dedicada a la cerámica japonesa a partir de 1945.
El libro ofrece un relato ordenado de la historia de esa especialidad en Japón y analiza algunos conceptos que permiten diferenciar y disfrutar de sus diversas tipologías. Para ello se hace especial hincapié en cómo se forjó un gusto singular y una capacidad expresiva que han hecho de la cerámica japonesa un arte a la altura de la pintura o escultura.
El texto se complementa con varios anexos y glosarios así como una bibliografía y enlaces de Internet que aportan las adecuadas fotografías sobre el tema.

• Rank: #203944 in eBooks
• Published on: 2013-01-22
• Released on: 2013-01-22
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1

The Despicable Five - Five Infuriating Beginning Pottery Problems and Their Solutions

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The Despicable Five - Five Infuriating Beginning Pottery Problems and Their Solutions
Steve McDonald (Author)
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Pottery making is a fun and rewarding craft. However, beginning potters, new to throwing on the wheel, face a very steep learning curve. The steepness of this learning curve causes many would-be ceramic artists to quit just before they reach the top of the hill.

The Despicable Five was designed to teach you how to overcome the five most infuriating and insidious problems that every beginning potter will face.

These ceramic catastrophes can hit you on your first day working with clay, or after you have thrown pots a hundred times. Armed with the knowledge in this little guide, you'll be able to overcome these ceramic challenges in a fraction of the time.

You can read this guide in an hour or two, but it is packed with tips and tricks to drastically improve your experience as a beginning potter.

The Despicable Five are:

- The Centering Death Wobble

- An Ugly Bottom (too thin or a volcano forming in the center)

- Pinching through the Walls (the most insidious)

- Cracks in the Bottom of the Pot (you only notice AFTER the pot is finished)

- Wobbly Walls (why won't my pot come up straight?)

All of these problems are solved in the book, with additional tips and advice along the way.

• Rank: #52040 in eBooks
• Published on: 2012-06-03
• Released on: 2012-06-03
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1

20th Century Ceramics (World of Art)

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20th Century Ceramics (World of Art)
by Edmund de Waal
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Potters long ago left behind the notion that pots must be purely useful or merely pleasant everyday objects.

At the turn of the twentieth century, ceramics—as in other media in both the decorative and fine arts—underwent revolutionary change. The potter emerged from the anonymity of the workshop and made more individualistic statements in clay than ever before.

Ceramics have kept pace with, or even led, new movements in art, from art nouveau, art deco, the Bauhaus, and futurism, through abstract expressionism, pop and performance, to land art and installation art. Stylistic and technical influences are considered here in context, from orientalism and color theory to modernism, postmodernism, and the profuse diversity of approaches that characterizes the end of the century.

The scope is wide, taking in developments in Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, the United States, and Japan. The work of exceptional individuals is appraised, including Taxile Doat, Clarice Cliff, Susie Cooper, Bernard Leach, Isamu Noguchi, Hans Coper, Lucie Rie, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, Peter Voulkos, and Adrian Saxe. The relation of ceramics to other disciplines is given close attention: sculptors, such as Antony Gormley and Tony Cragg, and even architects, including Frank Gehry, have made ceramics central to their practice.

This comprehensive survey provides invaluable background and commentary on leading practitioners, critics, theorists, and pioneers, illuminating the development of an art form that seized and inspired the imagination of artists and the public alike in the twentieth century. 180 illustrations, 80 in color

• Rank: #186373 in Books
• Published on: 2003-11-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.27" h x .51" w x 5.91" l, .97 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Additions to Clay Bodies (New Ceramics)

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Additions to Clay Bodies (New Ceramics)
by Kathleen Standen

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Ceramics

Clay body additions can introduce remarkable new forms and textures in ceramic work. With an emphasis on creativity and experimentation, ceramicist Kathleen Standen reveals a range of possible effects, and profiles the extraordinary work of contemporary makers using additions in their practice.Beginning with an introduction to collecting local clay and making your own clay bodies, the book moves on to cover the array of additions being used by artists today, from hard materials like stones, glass and rust, to combustible matter and fibre, metals including wire and mesh, and colour in various forms. The book is lavishly illustrated throughout with both unique making methods and the beautiful finished works of ceramic artists from around the world.Additions to Clay Bodies is an inspiring introduction to the art of using additions and an essential companion for any artist wishing to expand their practice.

• Rank: #532992 in Books
• Published on: 2013-07-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Collectors Encyclopedia of Hall China, 3rd Edition

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Collectors Encyclopedia of Hall China, 3rd Edition
by Margaret Whitmyer, Kenn Whitmyer, Ken Whitmyer
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Ceramics

A brief history of the Hall China Company begins this book, along with information on re-issues, colors, and identification. Following is the massive photo gallery, complete with large color photographs, discussions on patterns, and current collector values for all known pieces in each pattern. There is a large section devoted to Autumn Leaf, as well as Ruffled D-, C and D-, and E-shaped dinnerware. Eva Zeisel designs, Century and Tomorrow's Classic Dinnerware, kitchenware, refrigerator ware, teapots and coffee pots, and other Hall products are covered in-depth in this huge reference. Finally, re-issues and new products are presented, and a handy nomenclature cross reference is provided for helping with the multiple names used. 2004 values. AUTHORBIO: Margaret Whitmyer and her husband, Kenn, have written many popular books - Collector's Encyclopedia of Hall China, Fenton Art Glass, 1907 - 1939, Fenton Art Glass Patterns, 1939 - 1980, Bedroom & Bathroom Glassware, and Children's Dishes. Their books are well-known in their fields. AUTHORBIO: Kenn Whitmyer and his wife, Margaret, have written many popular books - Collector's Encyclopedia of Hall China, Fenton Art Glass, 1907 - 1939, Fenton Art Glass Patterns, 1939 - 1980, Bedroom & Bathroom Glassware, and Children's Dishes. Their books are well-known in their fields. REVIEW: This book provides collectors with a useable guide to the most popularly collected items produced by the Hall China Company of East Liverpool, Ohio. The greatest emphasis is placed on the most collectible patterns, but many of the more obscure pieces are also identified and examined. Dinnerware patterns, kitchenware, refrigerator ware, teapots & coffee pots, advertising, and reissues are all given coverage. -Robert Clayton

• Rank: #93990 in Books
• Published on: 2001-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 384 pages

Functional Pottery: Form and Aesthetic in Pots of Purpose

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Functional Pottery: Form and Aesthetic in Pots of Purpose
by Robin Hopper
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Ceramics

This second edition of the 1986 best seller has been extensively revised and updated. The new edition covers historical as well as contemporary pottery and presents both philosophical and practical experiences from the 43-year pottery-making career of author Robin Hopper, one of North America's most recognized ceramic artists.

• Rank: #67444 in Books
• Published on: 2000-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 11.06" h x 8.39" w x .0" l, 2.00 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

The Art of Polymer Clay: Designs and Techniques for Creating Jewelry, Pottery, and Decorative Artwork (Updated Edition)

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The Art of Polymer Clay: Designs and Techniques for Creating Jewelry, Pottery, and Decorative Artwork (Updated Edition)
by Donna Kato
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When The Art of Polymer Clay first appeared in 1997, polymer clay was undergoing a revival in the U.S., but its full creative potential had yet to be explored. With this book, author and artist Donna Kato helped change all that by introducing crafters to the vast range of polymer clay techniques, from millefiori to imitative to sculpture. Today millions of people enjoy creating with exciting, easy-to-use polymer clay. This season, Watson-Guptill is pleased to present the book that helped start the craze, in a new format at an affordable new price. Updates on clays, tools and supplies, conditioning, and safety make this the definitive book in the field—and one that everyone can afford to buy
and enjoy.

• Rank: #67190 in Books
• Brand: Watson
• Published on: 2006-05-17
• Released on: 2006-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.76" h x .51" w x 7.52" l, 1.09 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Japanese Wood-Fired Ceramics

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Japanese Wood-Fired Ceramics
by Marc Lancet, Masakazu Kusakabe
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The methods, materials and aesthetic appreciation of Japanese wood firing are explained in exquisite detail in Japanese Wood-Fired Ceramics. This ancient technique is a favorite among ceramic artists and instructors around the world, and this superior resource offers artists valuable insight into this nearly 1,000-year-old tradition. Techniques, traditionally passed on through apprenticeships that last nearly a decade, are explained in detailed instructions, including more than 700 illustrations and color photos. The complexities of loading and firing a wood kiln, unique glazes and firing techniques used to obtain surface effects, and experimental approaches are discussed in this reference. This optimum resource offers artists an additional bonus with instructions for creating two kilns, including the authors' famous Dancing Fire Wood Kiln. -Details of ancient Japanese wood-firing methods are covered -Features 700+ color photos to guide artists in learning methods -Directions for building two kiln offers artists opportunities to build their own

• Rank: #73928 in Books
• Published on: 2005-11-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.35" h x .87" w x 10.87" l, 2.72 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Pottery Analysis: A Sourcebook

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Pottery Analysis: A Sourcebook
by Prudence M. Rice
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A rich and comprehensive sourcebook, Pottery Analysis draws together diverse approaches to the study of pottery—archaeological, ethnographic, stylistic, functional, and physicochemical. Prudence M. Rice uses pottery as a starting point for insights into people and culture and examines in detail the methods for studying these fired clay vessels that have been used worldwide from prehistoric times to the present. Pottery Analysis is a classic in its field as well as an invaluable reference for all students of archaeology and ancient culture.

• Rank: #57372 in Books
• Published on: 2006-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.88" h x 1.22" w x 7.13" l, 2.21 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 584 pages

Art of Colonial Latin America A&I (Art and Ideas)

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Art of Colonial Latin America A&I; (Art and Ideas)
by Gauvin Alexander Bailey
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A lively account of the interaction between European and indigenous artist that took place during more than 300 years of Spanish and Portuguese colonial influence in Latin America (c. 1492-1820). The book offers a fascinating insight into viceregal, missionary and civic architecture, as well as painting, sculpture and such 'minor arts' as furniture, textiles and ceramics. This is a long-awaited book on an increasingly popular subject and includes many previously unillustrated works. For over three hundred years, from the era of Christopher Columbus to the struggles for independence around 1820, Latin America witnessed an artistic flowering of enormous creativity and originality. In a unique way, the art and architecture of Aztec, Inca and Guarani civilizations blended with those of Europe, North Africa and the Far East. In particular, the Spanish and Portuguese empires in Central and South America created the climate for a flourishing, diverse and distinct version of Renaissance and Baroque culture, produced under utterly different social and geographic conditions from those found in Europe. The products of this unique culture include some of the most lavish and visually arresting works of art and architecture in the world. In this lively overview of the tremendously rich and varied artistic output of the area from southern Chile to northern California, Gauvin Alexander Bailey discusses viceregal and missionary as well as civic and rural architecture, alongside religious and secular painting, sculpture, metalwork, textiles and ceramics. But he also looks back to pre-colonial influences and concludes with an examination of how twentieth-century artists such as Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo interpreted their artistic heritage. Even today, the art of the colonial period remains at the centre of Latin American society, culture and identity. The result is a book that provides a new and comprehensive understanding of all the influences that led to one of the most cosmopolitan artistic outpourings in the whole history of art.

• Rank: #28084 in Books
• Published on: 2005-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.66" h x 1.10" w x 6.30" l, 1.94 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 448 pages

Shamelessly, Jewelry from Kenneth Jay Lane

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Shamelessly, Jewelry from Kenneth Jay Lane
by Kenneth Jay Lane

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Ceramics

Immerse yourself in the flamboyant world of designer Kenneth Jay Lane, whose gorgeous costume jewelry has ornamented the world's most famous and powerful women for more than forty years. Over 670 sparkling color images present Lane's wide-ranging and innovative jewelry, featuring designs inspired by the fabled, exotic, and romantic cultures of the world, including Ancient Egypt, China, India, Ancient Greece and Rome, Byzantium, Arabia, Pre-Columbian and Native Southwest America, Tribal Africa, and Europe. Explore the varied motifs this master jeweler used, taken from every aspect of the natural world, and the many materials employed, including metals and plastics and dazzling costume gemstones. The accompanying text provides much useful information, including marks employed by Lane, and wonderful, whimsical quips by K. J. Lane himself. Anyone passionate for jewelry and the jeweler's art will treasure this book.

• Rank: #77866 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 11.06" h x 8.62" w x .0" l, 3.20 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 240 pages

The Stained Glass Garden: Projects & Patterns

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The Stained Glass Garden: Projects & Patterns
by George W. Shannon, Pat Torlen
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Ceramics

Grow a glass gardenAand beautify any space with the exquisite decorative items you’ve created. George W. Shannon and Pat Torlen, two master teachers and artists who run the On The Edge Glass Studio, offer an array of glorious patterns for stained glass flowers, butterflies, birds, birdfeeders, planters, lanterns, and mobiles. Using dozens of close-up photos, they teach all the basics of both copper foil and lead came construction, from materials and tools to how-to techniques.

A Selection of the Crafters Choice Book Club.

• Rank: #38409 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 10.00" h x .59" w x 8.50" l, 1.59 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 128 pages