An accessible step-by-step guide to creating beautiful pottery cups, bowls, vases, and more on the wheel. An accessible step-by-step guide to creating beautiful pottery cups, bowls, vases, and more on the wheel. Be...Lasīt vairāk
Ceramic tiles have a special look when crafted with the millennia-old cuerda seca method. This guide provides all the how-to info you need to bring the fascinating method to life, covering every aspect of the process from the equipment and tools to f...Lasīt vairāk
Learn to design, form, throw, fire, and glaze your own tableware. Make mugs, plates, bowls, serving dishes, vases, and more from beginning to end. Discover how to photograph, market, and sell your work as well as how to make your work green by recycl...Lasīt vairāk
Aimee McCulloch, an accomplished modern glass artist, goes beyond traditional stained-glass techniques and makes glass into modern and contemporary works of art. Enjoy that contemporary focus in this complete guide as she first teaches beginner stai...Lasīt vairāk
Learn how to use an electric kiln to attain the natural earthy colors and spontaneous patterns of alternative firing methods. Learn how to use an electric kiln to attain the natural earthy colors and spontaneous patterns of alternativ...Lasīt vairāk
Beauty in imperfection! Learn the ancient Japanese art of kintsugi and understand why, in the way of kintsugi artists, broken is better than new. This is your guide to putting the pieces back together to restore broken plates, vases, and other cerami...Lasīt vairāk
Why are people still handmaking utilitarian pottery in the 21st century? Doesnt industrial production take care of all our storage and cooking and serving needs? Yet, in all corners of the US, pottery is being discovered, studied, developed, produce...Lasīt vairāk
Illustrated with more than 300 photos, this guide covers everything you need to know to begin working with glass. Learn the materials and tools needed, types of glass, and successful techniques, focusing on the copper foil method. While emphasizing t...Lasīt vairāk
Illustrated with over 690 brilliant color and black and white photos, the engaging text takes readers through the Mid-century Modern glass made in America. The book is divided into two sections, the first on glass manufacturers and the second on glas...Lasīt vairāk
Glass is hard and brilliant, and can be cut and polished like a gem. When variously shaped and colored pieces are combined to create a design or image, the results can be stunning. Creating these glass works can use one of two different methods: lead...Lasīt vairāk
Presents listings, prices, and background information for collectible glassware that was distributed and sold during the Great Depression....Lasīt vairāk
Coldiron, a glass sculpture artist, highlights the work of global artists who create crafts and sculpture with recycled glass. She explains technical issues unique to working with recycled glass, including kiln casting with recycled glass, and profil...Lasīt vairāk
Learn the versatility of glass and how it can be inspired by art. Methods for cutting, fusing, and cold working glass are provided, with reference maps for fusing and simple shapes. 292 beautiful color photos and an engaging text present a vast coll...Lasīt vairāk
Presents listings, prices, and background information for collectible glassware that was distributed and sold during the Great Depression. Barbara and Jim Mauzy are known for user-friendly books that deliver the history, identification inform...Lasīt vairāk
Presents listings, prices, and background information for collectible glassware that was distributed and sold during the Great Depression....Lasīt vairāk
Around the turn of the 20th century it became fashionable for homes to include decorative panels of stained glass in their windows and doors. They ranged from small eyelid windows or transoms over a doorway to massive walls of double-hung windows. In...Lasīt vairāk
This book beautifully illustrates the wide range of artistic innovation and techniques expressed in vitreous, or hard, enamels on metal. More than 30 experienced enamelists share their specialized knowledge for using cloisonné, plique-ą-jour, champl...Lasīt vairāk
