Ceramic Sculpture: Inspiring Techniques

edited by Anderson Turner

Paperback: 135 pages
Publisher: The American Ceramic Society (2009)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-57498-300-5
Dimensions: 11.0" x 8.5" x 0.4"
Shipping Weight: 1.3 lbs.

With sculpture, clay provides more possibilities than any other medium. You can build structures with slabs, construct forms with coils, cast pieces with slip, cut and carve blocks with wires and knives, or even assemble fired works with found objects. When it comes to surfaces, no limits exist using glaze, stains, paints, textures, decals, inclusions and more.

In Ceramic Sculpture: Inspring Techniques more than 20 artists demonstrate some of the infinite possibilites of clay for manifesting ideas into a physical reality. Whether their sculptures are figurative or abstract, large or small, electric or wood fired, and cast, thrown, coiled or spayed, the variety is awe-inspiring. From primitive casting and pitfiring techniques to rapid prototyping imaging, ceramic artists are not timid about exploring technologies old and new to express themselves.

From the professional ceramic artist seeking solutions to technical problems to the enthusiast looking for fresh ideas, this book provides the instruction and inspiration you need. The possibilites are endless.