The Beauty of Fired Clay

The Beauty of Fired Clay

Author: Hiromu Honda

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13:

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The Honda collection is one of the finest private collections of South-East Asian ceramics ever assembled. Exceptional in its range and quality, it includes over 350 pieces from Burma, Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand that span some 4,000 years, from the Neolithic period to the seventeenth century. The pieces are outstanding and in excellent condition. They serve as model examples to present the latest research on various aspects of South-East Asian ceramics, including new kiln sites and dating. This English edition aims to make the Honda collection available to a wider, more general readership. Not only does it boast superb colour photographs of the pieces featured but it also contains an abundance of black-and-white illustrations, including photographs, line drawings, and maps, to augment the text.


Smoke-fired Pottery

Smoke-fired Pottery

Author: Jane Perryman

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780713638820

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This book should appeal to a wide range of people but particularly those who would like to have a go at pottery without having to spend a lot of money on a kiln.


Oaxacan Ceramics

Oaxacan Ceramics

Author: Lois Wasserspring

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9780811823586

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"Though their work is informed by a shared sense of culture, place, and identity as women, each artist has her own unique style, source of inspiration, and approach to her craft. Daily life and flights of fancy, spiritual devotion and earthly concerns all find expression in these finely crafted and beautifully colored ceramic marvels, including street scenes and nativities, Virgins and Zapotec creatures, vases, plates, candleholders, and figures of Frida Kahlo."--BOOK JACKET.


Wood-fired Ceramics

Wood-fired Ceramics

Author: Coll Minogue

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2000-03-08

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 9780812235142

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This book describes the development of the main types of wood-fired kilns used by today's potters.


Fire and Clay

Fire and Clay

Author: Kaaronica Evans-Ware

Publisher:

Published: 2013-05-06

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9780615813882

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Banished from her clan for being a Muslim, a 400 year-old jinn named Zamar is hiding from her past. But an ancient evil is about to surface, unearthing her secrets and carrying painful reminders of the life she once lived. Ages ago, Zamar had lived in solitary exile along the banks of the Senegal River. Then a lone man entered her world, altering it forever. Spanning several centuries, book one of Fire & Clay, pulls you into the unseen world of mankind's distant cousins, the jinn. Like humans, these beings were given the gift of free will. And like us there are a few that choose the way of good, some that choose the way of evil, and many that live their lives torn between the two. But what happens when the lives of creatures cast from smokeless fire, and those shaped from the clay of the Earth become intertwined? The story told here takes readers on a journey of mystery, imagination, and magic to search for the answers. It plunges into the depths of jealousy, fear, and greed-as well as violence, sorrow, and loss. But it also scales the heights of love and faith, hope and deliverance. This story may be fictional, but it is true. Its truths are about what it means to be human, what it means to have the power to choose. Fire & Clay is no mere fairytale. What we can see, touch, and taste is only a narrow sliver of reality. There is a war being fought all around us, even within us. And sooner than we might think, our final battle is coming.


Ceramics for Kids

Ceramics for Kids

Author: Mary Ellis

Publisher: Lark Books

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9781579905552

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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.


A Novel History of Clay

A Novel History of Clay

Author: Paul Palul Rideout

Publisher:

Published: 2020-07-15

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13:

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The known history of ceramics is over 30,000 years old. The outcome of man's discovery of the properties of fired clay opened a technological portal that remains open today. Acknowledging there are many excellent books on ceramics, Palul has written a series of short stories in a historical novel format, showing unique characters actually experiencing clay in their lives - making discoveries and technical advances, creating objects in their times and places - a book that is not only technically informative, but educational and interesting to read as well. Palul draws on 50 years experience as a ceramic artist and 35 years teaching the subject for Shasta College in Redding, California. Book 1 of the series covers three major clay discoveries during prehistoric times between 30,000 and 9,000 BC.


Pit Firing Ceramics

Pit Firing Ceramics

Author: Dawn Whitehand

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764341724

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" ... Included is a historical chapter, a how-to chapter, and a series of artist profiles that showcase pit fired ceramics of contemporary practitioners."--Page 2 of cover.


Alternative Kilns & Firing Techniques

Alternative Kilns & Firing Techniques

Author: James C. Watkins

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9781579909529

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Demonstrating four different clay-firing techniques, this book illustrates the diverse results that each can produce.