Paper clay / Rosette Gault.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gault, Rosette.

Series:

Ceramics handbooks

Ceramics handbook

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paper clay.

Pottery craft--Equipment and supplies.

Pottery craft.

Physical Description:

144 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London : A & C Black ; Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005.

Summary:

Paper clay is an exciting development in the ceramics field. It is easy to use, extremely strong in the unfired state, easy to repair at nearly every stage of the forming process, and the final glazed and fired result can be indistinguishable from that using conventional clay. Yet the result is much lighter than normal. This feature is particularly useful for wall installations and delicate sculptural forms. All in all, paper clay is a flexible technique that provides the artist with exciting possibilities.

In this revised and expanded new edition, Rosette Gault not only clearly explains how to make, use and fire paper clay and paper slips, but she also brings the reader up to date on all the new developments. She uses the work of an international group of artists to illustrate the versatility of this fascinating material.

Contents:

Introduction: History and Overview 7

1 Clay Ingredients and Additives 17

2 Paper and Paper Clay Preparation 26

3 Types of Paper Clay 36

4 What Paper Clays Can Do 43

5 Basic Forming Methods 54

6 Large-Scale Sculpture 66

7 Sculpture and Beyond 77

8 Surfaces and Firing 93

9 Further Developments 105.

Notes:

Previous ed.: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (page 140) and index.

ISBN:

071366827X

0812218957

OCLC:

56648732