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| 9401 - MOLD MAKING FOR CERAMICS |
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This is a must-have book for your library - the only book to demonstrate precisely the craft of making and using all types of molds - from decorative press molds to complex, multipart slip-casting molds. Two calculators are bound in as your special bonus. Originally released with a hard cover.
Author: Donald Frith
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| 9402 - MODELLING A LIKENESS IN CLAY |
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This title describes the materials, tools, and work space needed for sculpting and demonstrates the step-by-step techniques for creating lifelike portrait busts.
Author: Daisy Grubbs
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| 9403 - MODELLING THE FIGURE IN CLAY |
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Master sculptor Bruno Lucchesi invites you on a guided tour of the human form. Follow him as he creates a figure in clay—literally from the inside out—starting with the skeleton, laying on the muslces to show male and female anatomy, and finishing with a complete figure sculpture with every detail of face and hair carefully modeled.
Author: Bruno Lucchesi
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| 9404 - MODELLING THE HEAD IN CLAY |
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Creative techniques step-by-step. This book offers the reader an opportunity to watch one of our foremost contemporary sculptors at work, to see not just highlights of the creative process, but every step from beginning to end.
In order to recreate the immediacy of an actual workshop situation, Bruno Lucchesi takes a single life-size head through all the stages of roughing in, modeling, refining the surface, and finishing and texturing, so that the reader can see exactly how he positions and models every detail.
Author: Bruno Lucchesi
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| 9407 - MODELLING IN CLAY & OTHER MATERIALS |
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This is a step-by-step guide to modelling heads, torso and other figures. Clay and terracotta are the main materials used but other materials such as ciment fondu and resins are discussed. The book also features techniques such as building an armature, moulding, casting, mounting and mock bronzing. Indeed, it is a complete how-to-do-it book on modelling for the beginner.
Author: Dorothy Arthur
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| 9409 - MOULD MAKING |
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Mould making used to be thought of primarily as an industrial technique. However, artists in many fields are finding it a useful tool in creating their works of art. This guide explains how to make and use moulds of varying complexities, for both industrial and artistic use.
Author: John Colclough
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| 9410 - CASTING FOR SCULPTURE |
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Many artists produce sculptures, but few actually cast the pieces themselves. This work shows how to make casts of one's work. It debunks a lot of the mythology that has grown up about the subject and shows how to produce works of high quality.
Author: Vincent Butler
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| 9412 - THE PORTRAIT IN CLAY |
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Simulating a workshop studio course, this book provides action-photography sequences that enable readers to observe every step a master sculptor takes in building a portrait in clay.
Author:Peter Rubino
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| 9413 - ALCHEMY OF SCULPTURE |
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A celebration of the dramatic processes through which a sculptor's original must pass before it emerges as a permanent form in bronze. It seeks to convey the atmosphere of a workplace full of sound, colour and heat. Artists featured include Antony Gormley, Eduardo Paolozzi and Sophie Ryder.
Author: Tony BIrks
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| 9414 - FROM CLAY TO BRONZE |
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Going beyond theory straight to hands-on practice, this studio workbook is devoted to the creation of a large, realistic bronze figure, from initial studies through the complex processes of enlarging, modeling, molding, casting, and finishing. First the book deals with preparing the clay, building the armature, developing the figure study, and enlarging it. Then casting is explored, plaster waste, flexible molds, systems of lost-wax casting, metal chasing, welding, mounting, and patinas. Tips on the maintenance and restoration of bronze sculpture are included.
Author: Tuck Langland
Type: Paperback
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| 9418 - CERAMICS FIGURES |
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Figurative ceramics is one of the most exciting and innovative areas of ceramics today. After years in the doldrums, there has been a resurgence of interest in the field among artists, galleries and the public. In this work, Michael Flynn, himself a well-known ceramic artist, looks over the past 25 years and selects 100 of the most important artists working with ceramic figures. This is an international group whoses work ranges from porcelain to raku and from the small to the monumental. the book is arranged as a directory giving the reader a thumbnail sketch of the artist while showing a variety of his work.
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| 9419 - THE FIGURE IN FIRED CLAY |
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An overview of the human figure as it has appeared on or in ceramic form from prehistoric times up to the present. Betty Blandino looks at how artists throughout the world have tackled this subject, one of the mainstream themes of art history.
Author: Betty Blandino
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| 9420 - HUMAN FORM IN CLAY |
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This book is the first of its kind: a celebration of fifty contemporary artists from around the world who have chosen to create the human form in clay. There is a detailed account of each artist’s work, including biographical details and precise descriptions of working methods.
Each artist has been asked to nominate a major source of inspiration – whether another artist or key work, in any medium and from any culture – giving the reasons for their choice. The resulting illustrations – ranging from the Willendorf Venus to a Michelangelo Pietà – combine with stunning photographs of the artists’ work to make this a book that will inform and inspire.
Author: Jane Waller
Type: Hardback
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| 9421 - CLAY LOVER'S GUIDE TO MAKING MOLDS |
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| 9422 - MAKING CERAMIC SCULPTURE |
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| 9423 - MANUAL OF SCULPTING TECHNIQUES |
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Colour photographs and step by step demonstrations guide the reader through the techniques used in this most versatile of art forms.
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| 9424 - THE MOULDMAKER'S HANDBOOK |
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Author: Jean-Pierre Delpech & Marc-Andre Figuerer
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| 9425 - THE ART OF BRONZE CASTING |
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Bronze casting is a very complicated process, with a history which dates back 6000 years. This is the first modern book to describe clearly the entire sequence from the artist’s original to the patinated cast, a process which can only be done by hand, by skilled craftsmen.
The intelligible text is illustrated with 250 specially taken colour photographs. It is therefore an invaluable manual for sculptors, students, collectors, museum curators, galleries, and all concerned with fine art.
Author: Tony Birks
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| 9426 - SCULPTING BASICS |
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This book is a basic introduction to making sculptures. Step-by-step photographs and clear instructions guide the novice through the techniques for modelling, casting, carving and direct building, and fifteen inspiring projects allow the reader to explore his creativity and put his skills into practice.
Chapters teach how to work with a range of materials including clay, plaster of Paris, soapstone, concrete and wood. Progressive projects teach a broad range of skills from modelling, mouldmaking, and firing to sawing, building armatures and finishing techniques. A wide range of sculptural forms and themes are explored including a traditional figure, a symbolic composition, or an abstract relief based on landscape.
Author: Karin Hessenberg
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| 9427 - 500 FIGURES IN CLAY |
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It’s an absolutely unequalled photographic gallery: no other book has ever presented such a varied, captivating collection of contemporary ceramics based on the human form. The works range from representational to abstract, from artful realism to provocative surrealism, and many of them come from leaders in the field such as Judy Fox, Kurt Weiser, and Andy Nasisse. Presents some of the best figurative studies created by more than 250 contemporary ceramists from around the world, spanning a multitude of artistic styles, from realistic to abstract, representational to surreal, and starkly minimalist to flamboyantly narrative.
Author: Veronika Alice Gunter (Editor)
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| 9428 - MOULDMAKING & CASTING |
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Mouldmaking and Casting is a technical manual of the many techniques of this ancient craft and art form. With step-by-step illustrations, it explains the materials required and the processes involved to create reproductions of a range of pieces. The book covers traditional techniques as well as today’s more advanced technical methods.
Topics covered include: · Plaster waste and multipiece moulding · Silicone and vinyl moulds · Clay press moulds · Casting from a life model · Wax casting · Polyester resins and fibre glass · Cold-cast metal casting · Cement casting
Written in a clear, practical style it gives invaluable instruction for artists, model makers, sculptors and craftspeople
Author: Nick Brooks
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| 9429 - THE SCULPTURE'S BIBLE |
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This is a comprehensive guide to sculpting techniques in various media, from marble and concrete to bronze, wood and resin. Each media merits its own section with a step-by-step guide to core techniques, as well as swatches demonstrating the vast array of textural and surface effects that can be created with each material. This will be an essential reference tool for both student and professional sculptors.
Author: John Plowman
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| 9430 - SCULPTING THE HUMAN FIGURE |
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Sculpting the Human Figure is both a practical and inspirational guide to an age-old art. Written by a leading and distinguished sculptor, it draws on pieces from the Renaissance to explain the techniques and secrets of contemporary work.
John W Mills encourages students and collectors to understand the processes and techniques of sculpture, and thereby to explore the opportunity and creativity of the human figure.
Topics covered:· The basics of sculpture - the studio, tools and materials required· Preparations - maquettes, drawings and working models· Modelling and carving the head· Relief sculpture· Modelling and carving the figure· Moulds and casting· Scaling up
Author: John Mills
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| 9431 - THE FIGURE IN CLAY |
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This is a one-of-a-kind book, presenting a mixture of stunning works with thoughtful writing on the emotive subject of the human form. Showcasing nine master ceramic artists with an insight into their approach to sculpting the human figure, this book is both technical and inspirational.
Author: Lark Books
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| 9432 - THE BIBLE OF SCULPTING TECHNIQUES |
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This is a highly illustrated reference for both beginners and slightly more advanced sculpture students, covering all the basics they would need to do a wide range of sculpting activities. The book is filled with step-by-step photographic sequences which show the reader how to model with clay, plaster, wire and papier mache; select and use wood, and stone for carving, and make armatures and moulds for building and casting. All in all, it is a good basic guide for anyone interested in having a go at making models and sculpture.
Author:Claire Waite Brown
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