Ceramic Style: Making and Decorating Patterned Ceramic Ware Book

This is an 11.2"x8.8" hard cover book with blue boards having gilt lettering along the spine. Illustrated DJ has a country-style ceramic table setting showing pieces with an animal design (cat, rooster, rabbit..). The large yellow rectangle at the top/front of DJ has blue lettering, as does the spine. 160 pages.From Library JournalEnglish artists specializing in custom-made decorative ceramics for the home, the author present dishes, tiles, and other works that are bright and colorful, making use of such traditional techniques as sponging and sgraffito to create a modern "pop" style of animal and flower designs. Here they discuss molding, glazing, and firing in some detail, but their primary emphasis is on decorating techniques. The color illustrations, many of which show finished pieces in room settings in the authors' French cottage, are excellent. This is a good source of ideas for persons who decorate ceramic ware as a hobby as well as for those who are studio artists. Recommended for public library larger craft collections and other decorative arts collections.?Constance Ashmore Fairchild, formerly with Univ. of Illinois Lib., Urbana-ChampaignCopyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.Read More