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Learn to make beautifully textured home décor accents with inexpensive air-dry clay! The process is easy, and the results are surprisingly stylish when you follow the tips, advice, and instruction from author and clay artist-designer Radka Hostasova. Aimed at absolute beginners--this book starts with an overview of the tools and materials needed to produce the best results. A comprehensive Getting Started chapter teaches essential home pottery techniques such as rolling slab, coiling, sculpting, and pinching. Also included are creative ideas for adding color with acrylic paint, watercolor, and metallics. At the book's heart are a range of beautiful projects, including trinket bowls, napkin rings, wall hangings, coasters, and others. Each lesson comes with a detailed reference photograph and easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions.
Finding Form with Fibre contains a collection of fourteen Australian contemporary basketry artists working with a variety of plant fibre and recycled materials showcasing their basketry sculpture.
It includes a detailed plant list and other recycled textiles that can be incorporated into sculptural basketry work; along with instructions for basic basket making techniques to develop ideas for sculptural art pieces. The book also encourages sustainable art practices by working with recycled materials and plant fibres.
Forewarded by Lisa Cahill - Australian Design Centre
Featuring detailed guides to key tools and techniques from talented expert sculptors, the Beginner's Guide to Sculpting Characters in Clay is vital reading for anyone wanting to explore clay sculpture.
Learn which tools are best suited to your needs and how to use them effectively, explore diverse materials and pick up helpful tips from leading professional sculptors as you start your journey into clay sculpture. With meticulous tutorials, a handy glossary of sculpting terms, and copious amounts of inspiration, the Beginner's Guide to Sculpting Characters in Clay is an excellent resource for anyone wanting to try their hand at creating incredible 3D characters.
Learning from the biggest and best creators in any industry is a rare and sought after opportunity. In this book, clay-sculpting royalty The Shiflett Brothers guide us through their creative journey as well as sharing in-depth insight into the processes they use to create their dynamic and captivating fantasy sculpts.
Joined by fellow esteemed sculptors Simon Lee, Aris Kolokontes, and Forest Rogers, the Shifletts bring together a collection of visually led step-by-step tutorials that are sure to broaden your creative horizons and add an expansive set of practical skills to your sculpting arsenal. With studio-quality photography and a how-to section on creating the Shiflett's very own tools, this book is a prize possession for any member of the brothers' huge and loyal fan base and as an exhilarating follow-on from the popular Beginner's Guide to Sculpting Characters in Clay.
Runner-up, 2024 Printed Book of the Year (Art, Illustration, Photography), Publishing Next Industry Award
The book is a simple commemoration of the work of master potter Ira Chaudhuri over seven decades - primarily through more than 150 images of her works, juxtaposed with quotes from the artist. It includes a valuable essay by Ira Chaudhuri which, besides describing her life's journey and career as a self-taught potter, traces the development of ceramic art in India from its nascency to its ongoing and gradual insertion into contemporary art practice. There are also writings by Nilima Sheikh, Trupti Patel and Ella Datta, which serve to excavate other facets of the artist - her artistic temperament, stylistic influences and signature technique. The book is compiled and edited by Ira Chaudhuri's son Itu Chaudhuri and his studio.
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Realistic pumpkin carving made easy Follow along with clear, step-by-step instructions, illustrations and photographs, learn how to make a creepy human skull out of a pear-shaped pumpkin, and display it proudly to ward off squeamish visitors. If you're interested in really going down the 3-D pumpkin-carving rabbit hole, it's a really good idea to develop your pumpkin skull-carving abilities: using a medium where the stakes are low, you're practicing a foundational skill for portraiture or caricature or monstercraft or mask-making. Because there's a skull underneath (almost) every kind of face, and that skull is going to inform all the stuff on top of it - the muscle, fat, skin, scales, whiskers, horns, warts and all.
Then go beyond the skull and get some tips on how to turn any ordinary pumpkin into a realistic (or surrealistic) masterpiece, whether you're trying to win a pumpkin-carving contest or just bringing some gruesome joke to life on your front porch. If you can get your hands on the right tools and a great pumpkin, this book just might help you execute an idea that's sufficiently weird to justify squandering your valuable time on something that's destined to become mush. But first it just might make someone smile. Or vomit. And that, dear reader, is a truly noble cause.
Radiant Reflections on Marble and Moonlight: A Sculptor's Musings on Form, Light, and the Human Condition is an exploration of the profound intersection of art, nature, and the human experience. Journey into the mind of a sculptor, witnessing the birth of an idea from the void. Explore the transformative power of light, how it dances upon the curves of marble, revealing its hidden depths and evoking a symphony of emotions. Delve into the intimate relationship between the artist's hand and the stone, a tactile conversation that shapes raw material into breathtaking forms.
Discover the magic of moonlight as it bathes sculpture in an ethereal glow, blurring the lines between reality and illusion. Witness the interplay of shadow and substance, the ephemeral beauty captured in the enduring embrace of stone. The night sky becomes a canvas, the moon a brush, painting dreams onto the sculpted forms.
Reflect on the delicate balance of tension and equilibrium, the geometry of grace that underpins every masterpiece. Contemplate the human condition, the fragility and strength, the weight of being, and the enduring spirit that seeks solace and meaning in art. Trace the artist's journey, from the spark of inspiration to the relentless pursuit of mastery, a life devoted to the transformative power of creation.
Explore the timeless echoes of sculpture, the legacy etched in stone, a testament to art's enduring power to transcend time and touch the human soul. Discover how art becomes a vessel of remembrance, honoring the past and preserving memories for generations to come.
Within these pages, you'll find a rich tapestry of artistic insight, philosophical reflection, and the sheer poetic beauty of form illuminated by light. This book is an invitation to contemplate the essence of art, the nature of being, and the radiant dialogue between marble and moonlight. It is a celebration of the creative spirit and the enduring power of human expression. It's a must-read for art enthusiasts, sculptors, philosophers, and anyone captivated by the interplay of light, form, and the human condition.
Carve your place in this luminous exploration. Embrace the radiance.
Freeing clay from technical constraints, lightening pieces, modeling large, slender forms . . . These ceramicists' dreams become reality with paper clay!
Complete Guide to Paper Clay thoroughly and accurately introduces this versatile material of clay and fibers, and showcases its distinctive characteristics and advantages. Liliane Tardio-Brise illustrates step by step the reactions of paper clay to the usual techniques of ceramics--pinch building, coils, slabs, wheel throwing, etc. The cellulose fibers in paper clay give it new properties that typical clay cannot attain. Rehydrating paper clay pieces brings back their suppleness and allows them to accept deformations, easily repair cracks, and be built on with new clay pieces. Paper clay lends itself to all finishes, can be air dried and/or fired, and, because the fibers burn off when fired, finished pieces are lighter and can be built taller and still maintain their stability.
Explore the many possibilities of paper clay with the ten projects in the book, which each use very different properties of the clay to a variety of effects. Once you see the versatility of paper clay, you'll be ready to try your own sculptures in this adaptable medium.
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Human faces are carved in surprising ways into Garrity's work, suggesting the threads that connect myth, past and present, and even forces of nature. (c)2000 Boston Irish Reporter
Introduction to Stone Carving is a singular addition to the archives of direct stone sculpture by DJ Garrity. The award-winning artist presents an innovative and focused approach that allows participants to create a work in stone, which carries their unique creative imprint. A result enjoyed by hundreds of novice and experienced stone carvers at workshops conducted across America and Europe. Developed during his tenure as Sculptor-In-Residence of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, the artist uses basic hand tools to demonstrate and introduce the 'process aesthetic', a subtle approach that allows a likeness and essence of personality to emerge from within the ancient patina and natural contours of stone. For more information on the work and background of the artist visit www.djgarrity.com.
