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As a window to a lifetime of experiment and creative expression in clay, as a glimpse into the wellsprings of inspiration, and as a story of humanity, Hands in Clay offers a compelling introduction to ceramics.
This is the only introductory ceramics text available that combines a thorough appreciation of the aesthetics of ceramic art with extensive discussions of the history of ceramics as well as techniques for working in clay.
An introduction to ceramics in two parts: part one provides an historical overview and part two provides an introduction to the creativity and the processes involved in ceramics. This edition places a new emphasis on the safety precautions and health issues involved in ceramics.
The classic devotional, updated with page after page of full-color photographs and a fresh, new design! Most Christians have heard that God is the potter and we are the clay, but Diana Pavlac Glyer, who has spent countless hours at the potter's wheel, shows in this remarkable book that this is far more than a casual metaphor. As God hovers over His creation, centering us or shaping us or even restoring us from collapse, He may transform us in ways we never imagined. "In one hundred pages, Diana Glyer offers her readers fifteen marvelous chapters for reflection and more. You can feel her love of pottery and join her as she tells the story of creating something beautiful. Each chapter of 'Clay in the Potter's Hands' offers the reader an opportunity to accompany the potter at work. The author gently and easily moves from the potter's wheel to texts from the Bible that offer examples of each stage of development of the artist's work. These are accompanied by marvelous insights and questions for the reader to consider; then each chapter concludes with a prayer that brings the entire segment together." Father John Chandler, S.J., Honolulu, Hawaii "This is a really good book! It manages to combine depth and simplicity, which is rare, but I think it is the way it treats our experience of pain and broken-ness which really sets it apart. The chapters on Returning, Repairing and Redeeming were especially moving and significant for me. This book is going to be so helpful to so many people!" Malcolm Guite, Priest, Poet, Chaplain at Girton College, Cambridge, England
This introductory guide to ceramics is geared to a simple, beginning studio situation. The text provides descriptions of basic tools, materials, and techniques paired with ample illustrations of processes to help beginners get started in clay.
Provides an introduction to clay and pottery, plus instructions for twenty-five projects using various methods, such as a pinch and coil Japanese tea bowl and a press-molded hanging bird bath.
Step-by-step techniques for modeling the portrait in clay, firing meethods and mold making.
The art book Hidden Treasures: Hands of Clay is an inspiring, joyous cornucopia of beauty and knowledge.Almazetta(r) is a successful, professional multi media artist and teacher who's supported herself and raised her four children by selling her original art since the 1960's. Her voice is worth listening to and learning from.In this book she takes you on an empowering journey from pre-concept to gifted or sold product. Topics include understanding clay, wedging, motifs, coil building, molds, and mannequin making for dolls and life-size characters. She explains how activist art can open new doors of creativity as was the case with her Dolls For Democracy.Almazetta(r) also shares many innovations she's developed including her "Ribbon 'Snoodles' Sculpture" technique and another one of her many hidden treasures in this book, pictures of her 3-D canvases made from cast paper. Her "Molds & Marketing" chapter has ideas for selling more than one of your creation.
Plentiful illustrations help explain techniques for sculpting with clay and ways to teach children to use it, covering basic preparation; modeling; sculpting in relief; making animals, heads and faces, and figures; firing and glazing; and other related topics.