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Join ceramic artist Emily Reinhardt to learn how to decorate pottery surfaces with glazes, gold luster, patterns and marks, inlay designs, dimensional shapes, and much more.
With an emphasis on learning new skills, having fun, and embracing imperfection, “The Beginner's Guide to Decorating Pottery” supports your creative process as you explore:
• Basic information on working with clays as well as materials used for decorating.
• Tutorials...
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Renowned ceramic artist Karen Karnes has created some of the most iconic pottery of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The body of work she has produced in her more than sixty years in the studio is remarkable for its depth, personal voice, and consistent innovation. Many of her pieces defy category, invoking body and landscape, pottery and sculpture, male and female, hand and eye. Equally compelling are Karnes's experiences in some...
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If you've ever wanted to get started in the craft of clay making, No Kiln, Handbuilding Clay Projects is the perfect place to start -- no kiln, wheel, or lathe needed! A complete, beginner-friendly guide that explains everything you need to know, this is an exciting resource that's filled with insight on setting up a workshop space, different tools and clays, common terms to know, and other clay making basics. From there, more than 50 elegant but...
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Dalègre es un afable bon vivant oriundo de Nevers, donde vive feliz hasta que, un buen día, harto de disfrutar de los placeres mundanos que le ofrece esa pequeña ciudad de provincias en el centro de Francia, decide visitar París. Allí coincide con Gardilanne, un amigo de su juventud. Sus estilos de vida son la noche y el día: mientras que Dalègre es el alma de todas las fiestas, Gardilanne es la personificación de la frugalidad, lleva una...
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Australian flowers are truly unique. Banksias and flannel flowers, wattle and waratahs all offer their own magic of colour, shape and texture. All across this country there is botanical beauty right in front of us.
Native flora and foliage offer a beautiful alternative in the sustainability-challenged cut-flower industry. Our diverse landscape and climate produce incredible flowers that inspire our gardens and fuel our creativity. Here are over 50...
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For over 25,000 years, humans across the globe have shaped, decorated, and fired clay. Despite great differences in location and time, universal themes appear in the world's ceramic traditions, including religious influences, human and animal representations, and mortuary pottery. In Global Clay: Themes in World Ceramic Traditions, noted pottery scholar John A. Burrison explores the recurring artistic themes that tie humanity together, explaining...
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David P. Billington (1927–2018) was the Gordon Y. S. Wu Professor of Engineering Emeritus at Princeton University. His many books include Robert Maillart's Bridges and Power, Speed, and Form (both Princeton).
An essential exploration of the engineering aesthetics of celebrated structures from long-span bridges to high-rise buildings
What do structures such as the Eiffel Tower, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the concrete roofs of Pier Luigi Nervi have...
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"Winner of a 2018 Charles Goodwin Award of Merit, Society for Classical Studies" Harriet I. Flower is professor of classics at Princeton University. She is the author of Roman Republics (Princeton), The Art of Forgetting: Disgrace and Oblivion in Roman Political Culture, and Ancestor Masks and Aristocratic Power in Roman Culture. She is also the editor of The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic.
The most pervasive gods in ancient Rome had...
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1st Edition of "Ceramics and Pottery Dictionary", covering over 2000 words, and their meaning through various topics. This reference book delves into the world of ceramics and pottery. It covers essential topics such as Glazing, Handbuilding, and Wheel Throwing, providing readers with a clear understanding of these fundamental aspects of ceramic artistry. The dictionary categorizes terms and includes subcategories for each topic, accompanied by detailed...
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¿QUIERES HACER MARAVILLOSAS OBRAS DE CERÁMICA COMO UN PROFESIONAL? La alfarería es el arte de transformar algo tan vulgar como el barro en preciosas obras de cerámica. Te permite divertirte y desarrollar tu creatividad a la vez que creas piezas útiles para el día a día, para decorar tu hogar con tu propio estilo o para regalar. O incluso puedes proponerte hacer tu propio negocio y ganar dinero con ellas. Sin los conocimientos adecuados, la...
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