Graphic Clay: Ceramic Surfaces & Printed Image Transfer Techniques

This is a project-driven guide to working with clay. It covers a wide range of techniques and processes. It includes galleries and interviews from well - known ceramists explaining their inspiration and processes. For studio artists, production potters, students, educators and hobbyists who love working with clay, this project-driven guide is an unmatched teaching tool and a fount of information and inspiration. Focusing on various surface processes and encompassing skills ranging from letterpress and printmaking to drawing and painting, it offers a wealth of techniques for transferring images onto clay vessels. Graphic Clay addresses such topics as staining sculptural work, glazing, brush application, screen-printing patterns on pottery and slip, drawing, bisque, decal and stencils. Question-and-answer sessions with top artists show how they developed their signature method and personal style so that you can discover your own!