Surface Design for Ceramics

by Maureen Mills

Overview

Ceramists of any level will benefit from this comprehensive studio reference about surface design and the many techniques for embellishing clay. Detailed images inform every phase of the process-from the wet and leather-hard stages through bisque ware, to firing and post-firing. Recipes are supplemented by design theory and historical examples.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781600597824
Publisher:	Lark Crafts
Publication date:	04/05/2011
Series:	A Lark Ceramics Book Series
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

MAUREEN MILLS is Chair of the Ceramics Department at the New Hampshire Institute of Art in Manchester, and also runs a studio in Portsmouth with her potter-husband, Steven Zoldak. She has won the prestigious Artist Advancement Grant from the Piscataqua Region of the New Hampshire Charitable Fund. Maureen's pieces have appeared in 500 Pitchers (Lark, 2006), and she has written for various ceramics periodicals. Maureen lives in PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Editorial Reviews

Applied decoration is the key to transforming plain pots into works of art. Clay sprigs, photo transfers, and gilding are just some of the elements of effective ceramic embellishment described by studio potter and teacher Mills. Examples of finished pots by other artists appear throughout. Full of ideas, this book is a good selection for public library or academic art collections.

—Constance Ashmore Fairchild

Library Journal