Decoration

Covers the basics of working with clay to create beautiful and enduring ceramic objects. You'll find information on necessary tools, techniques of shaping and molding clay, using a potter's wheel, decorating and painting your creations, and firing.

From sugar whites and pastel pinks to toasted browns and deep sea blues, the wide spectrum of colored clay offers an array of possibilities for creative ceramicists.

Japanese Kanji characters are full of meaning and beauty. But if you don't speak Japanese, how do you find characters that say what you want and are not just a "kanji cliché"? Here are over 130 kanji in a fun format for easy use.

Make images on reusable stencils, silk-screens, and relief blocks; use overglazes, underglazes, engobes, and colored slips to craft unique monoprints; or create decals from ceramics inks or laser prints. Photographs and detailed firing instructions.

Alan Caiger-Smith, a potter with an international reputation who has made a special name for himself by successfully reviving the art of lustre, covers the whole subject from Abbasid Iraq to the late 20th century.

This book deals with the immense variety of materials and techniques which may be employed for the enrichment of clay and glaze surfaces, including decoration in the forming process, carved, impressed, and added decoration, and more.

Decoration is part of the whole process of making pottery and cannot be achieved in isolation. Accepting this, John Colbeck describes the range of processes of pottery decoration which require no machinery.

"One-brush" sumi-e is an easy, entertaining way to express on paper the moods and images of nature. Everything you need to know is contained in this book. Drawings, photos, and simple text explain every stroke with dozens of examples to copy and practice.