Download or read book Mold Making for Ceramics written by Donald E. Frith and published by A & C Black. This book was released on 1992 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reference and practical book demonstrating the craft of making and using all types of moulds whether they are made of plaster, Styrofoam or wood. Step-by-step directions and photographs illustrate their use and two calculators - one of volume and mix and another a shrinkage compensating devise - accompany the book.
Download or read book The Essential Guide to Mold Making Slip Casting written by Andrew Martin and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2006 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For potters, mold making is invaluable because it allows them to slip-cast identical multiples of their work-and this newly revised, now in color edition of Andrew Martin's classic is the definitive guide to the craft. No other volume has shown the processes in such how-to detail. It's overflowing with hundreds of photos, key techniques, projects, master artist profiles, and troubleshooting tips. A thorough introduction addresses materials and tools, and presents Martin's simple, unique template method for making clay prototypes. Create easy one-piece molds to make tiles, bowls, and platters, or multi-piece molds for more complex forms. An extensive overview covers slip formulation, while offering highly desired slip recipes for low-, mid-, and high-fire clay bodies. This will be the standard reference in every ceramist's library.
Download or read book Mold Making for Ceramics written by Donald E. Frith and published by Krause Publications. This book was released on 1999 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mold Making is the only book that demonstrates precisely the craft of making and using all types of molds, from decorative press molds to complex, multipart slip-casting molds.
Download or read book Batch Manufacturing for Ceramics written by Seth Nagelberg and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-07-28 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended for exploring model making and mold making for ceramics. Beginners will find clear step by step instructions to make this process easy to understand. Advanced makers will find methods and tips that will take their work to the next level. Seth Nagelberg demonstrates that there is never a one size fits all solution and shows more than one way to mix plaster, shape plaster models and make plaster molds. Learn how to use your molds for slip casting and press molding your designs. Take your process from one-offs to small batch manufacturing.
Download or read book Slipcasting written by Sasha Wardell and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2007-08-02 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A straightforward, practical guide for those interested in the boundless possibilities of this ceramic technique. The book contains more than one hundred color illustrations, diagrams, and slip formulas, plus examples of the slipcast work of contemporary ceramicists from around the world.
Download or read book The Clay Lover s Guide to Making Molds written by Peirce Clayton and published by Lark Books (NC). This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this colorful, complete guide to creating and using plaster molds, you'll discover how easy it is to reproduce your favorite pieces, from pressed clay tiles to slipcast sculptures. Beginning clayworkers especially will appreciate Clayton's comfortable, let's-do-this-together text. With plenty of how-to photos to lead you through the processes, step-by-step...and plenty of encouragement and inspiration by example from fine contemporary fellow moldmakers.
Download or read book Plaster Mold and Model Making written by Charles Chaney and published by Van Nostrand Reinhold. This book was released on 1978-07-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handbuilt Ceramics written by Kathy Triplett and published by Lark Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for the general reader with an interest in ceramics, Handbuilt Ceramics is a big, colorful, and complete how-to manual for shaping clay without a potter’s wheel. Features 8 projects, complete with materials lists, clear step-by-step instructions, and detailed “how-to” color photos.
Download or read book Extruder Mold Tile written by Anderson Turner and published by The American Ceramic Society. This book was released on 2008 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extruder, Mold and Tile:Forming Techniques includes a wide variety of articles on forming techniques that go beyond throwing and handbuilding. Drawing primarily from articles published within the past 4 years, this book covers different techniques that utilize extruders or molds during the forming process and also includes tilemaking techniques. Discussions about molds and moldmaking, plaster, extruder use and projects, and tilemaking tips, techniques, and projects.
Download or read book Breaking the Mould written by Rob Barnard and published by Black Dog Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The international ceramics scene is enjoying the highest profile it has had for many years. Breaking the Mould looks at ceramic artists working within this versatile medium. Drawing on the rich history of pottery these artists are pushing the techniques, objectives and perceptions of the medium into new, exciting territory. The book profiles the work of over 70 ceramicists, including Suzanne King, Simon Fell, Grayson Perry, Barnaby Barford, Carina Ciscato and Amy Houghton. Their work ranges from interpretations of utilitarian pots, to abstract sculpture and a revisioning of kitch porcelain ornaments, all of which are brought to life in beautiful colour reproductions. Essays by prolific makers and academics look at the history and inspirations behind the medium today. Following in the footsteps of New Directions in Jewellery, Fashioning Fabrics and The Cutting Edge of Wallpaper, Breaking the Mould is a definitive overview of a craft scene that is simultaneously building upon and breaking with its roots, and in doing so creating a brave new future for itself.
Download or read book Image Transfer on Clay written by Paul Andrew Wandless and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description
Download or read book Surface Design for Ceramics written by Maureen Mills and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This studio reference captures all the popular techniques available for embellishing clay, as well as a wealth of practical information and detailed images that lead readers through every phase of the design and decorating process.
Download or read book MouldMaking and Casting written by Nick Brooks and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2013-12-21 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mouldmaking and Casting is a technical manual of the many techniques of this ancient craft and art form. With step-by-step illustrations, it explains the materials required and the processes involved to create reproductions of a range of pieces. The book covers traditional techniques as well as today's more advanced technical methods.
Download or read book The Clay Lover s Guide to Making Molds written by Peirce Clayton and published by Lark Books (NC). This book was released on 1998 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete guide to creating and using plaster molds for both beginning and expert clayworkers. Every aspect is covered, from the basics to a number of fascinating projects for all levels. Black-and-white "how-to" photographs clarify every step. A color gallery offers encouragement and inspiration. 120 color photos. 175 b&w photos.
Download or read book The Definitive Guide to Mold Making Slip Casting written by Andrew J. Martin and published by Andrew Martin. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Modeller s Guide to Mould Making and Resin Casting written by Alex Hornor and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in depth manual for modellers that takes the reader through all of the practical aspects of mouldmaking, using materials such as latex and RTV. There is extensive coverage of casting, too, enabling the modeller to produce perfect duplicates from their original pattern. While the text is aimed at mouldmaking and resin casting, covering both simple one and two part moulds, there are other casting materials covered in the book for the modelmaker who wishes to explore other media, including spin casting. There is even a chapter on vacuum forming, with details of how to build and run a 'kitchen sink' vacuum forming operation, showing how to make vaccuum forming something even the beginner can undertake with confidence.
Download or read book The Penland Book of Ceramics written by Deborah Morgenthal and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Br>A wealth of ideas and works from top ceramists who have taught at the prestigious Penland School of Crafts make this book an indispensable resource. These ten talented artists, well known and respected for the particular techniques they have mastered, demonstrate their methods in a series of instructive photographs. They also discuss their interest and affinity with different influences and methods, and present work by other artists whose work they admire. Stunning art, innovative techniques, and thoughtful personal essays illustrate the breadth of contemporary ceramic practice for both artists and collectors. Ten of the finest ceramists in the field-all of whom have taught at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina-here offer master classes in a clay technique for which they are well known. Photographs and insightful commentary capture the skilled, innovative, and sometimes surprising ways they work and think. Youll learn as much about their materials and processes as you do about their influences and aspirations. Clara "Kitty" Couch creates one of her signature large, coil-built terra cotta pots, showing how form and process mature together. Angelica Pozo makes tiles with her own template method, then shows how to build up a relief surface and add vitreous glaze painting to it. Michael Sherrill demonstrates techniques he uses to extrude and carve porcelain forms that become components of his ceramic sculpture. Tom Spleth illustrates mold making, from carving the original plaster form to building the molds to realizing a finished slip-cast porcelain assemblage. Linda Arbuckle demonstrated with her majolica brushwork technique how she marries functional form and decorative surface. Nick Joerling alters his wheel-thrown vessels with straightforward cutting and reshaping methods. Cynthia Bringle shares how she joins wheel-thrown sections to make very large vessels. Joe Bova creates a joined pair of realistic relief sculptures of human forms from clay slabs. Sergei Isopov builds a figurative slab sculpture, then demonstrates his techniques for detailed narrative underglaze illustration. Mary Barringer marks and unifies clay surfaces with rich slip and textural surface treatments on functional forms. Also, a gallery of complementary work from other artists provides additional inspiration. Content: Introduction by Jean W. McLaughlin, Director of Penland School of Crafts The Artists Clara "Kitty" Couch Technique: Coil-Building Vessels "Contemplative Coilings" Hands On About the Artist Gallery of Invited Artists Angelica Pozo Technique: Making & Decorating Tiles "Tile Making: One Approach, Plus a Recipe for Potato Salad" Hands On About the Artist Gallery of Invited Artists Michael Sherrill Technique: Carving Extrusions "A Maker of Things" Hands On About the Artist Gallery of Invited Artists Tom Spleth Technique: Mold Making & Slip Casting "Slip Casting, or Romancing the Plaster" Hands On About the Artist Gallery of Invited Artists Linda Arbuckle Technique: Majolica "Shamelessly Decorative" Hands On About the Artist Gallery of Invited Artists Nick Joerling Technique: Altering Wheel-Thrown Forms "The Altered Pot" Hands On About the Artist Gallery of Invited Artists Cynthia Bringle Technique: Throwing a Large Vessel "The Large (and Small) of Turning and Burning" Hands On About the Artist Gallery of Invited Artists Joe Bova Technique: Slab Relief "Under the Skin" Hands On About the Artist Gallery of Invited Artists Sergei Isupov Technique: Slab Building & Underglaze Painting "A Life in the Studio" Hands On About the Artist Gallery of Invited Artists Mary Barringer Technique: Slips & Surfaces "The Well-Built Surface" Hands On About the Artist Gallery of Invited Artists A Short History of Penland School of Crafts Acknowledgments Contributing Photographers Contributing Artists Index.
