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Grill Daddy GD12952c Grill Daddy Pro Grill Brush $15.95 Grill Daddy GD12952S Grill Daddy Pro Grill Brush… |
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12oz Frothing Pitcher stainless steel $7.95 The Saeco FRO-TH12 12 oz. frothing pitcher is a necessary tool for creating coffeeshop espresso drinks using an at-home machine. Made of stainless steel with a soft matte finish, the Saeco frothing pitcher holds enough milk for two cappuccinos. The Saeco FRO-TH12 functions seamlessly Saeco espresso machines equipped with a Saeco Pannarello steam wand or Cappuccinatore kit. Stainless SteelThe elega… |
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Lodge Logic L8SGP3 Pre-Seasoned Square Grill Pan $16.26 Lodge L8SGP3 Square Cast Iron Grill PanLodge L8SGP3 Square Cast Iron Grill Pan Features:; Rubbed bottom cast iron grill pan; Lets you keep foods from simmering in fatty drippings; Seasoned and ready to use; Square; 10-1/2″ x 1-3/8″; 8 lbs… |
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Jars of Clay $4.41 Touted by some as Christian music’s answer to The Rembrandts, this Nashville four-piece delivers artful, acoustic-based rock. Shipped in to produce two tracks, Adrian Belew captures the band’s sweet intensity and clean melodies on “Flood and Liquid,” which features a jaw-dropping Gregorian chant sample. –Jeff Bateman… |
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Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon Travel Mug $18.61 This offically licensed Pink Floyd 16 ounce steel travel mug features their ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ album cover. The snap-on cover provides protection against splashing and with its slide sip opening this is perfect for anyone on the go. The mug measures approximately 3.25″ wide by 3″ long by 7″ tall by 5.75″ deep with the mug handle…. |
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Water Drops Carsters – Coasters for Your Car $4.99 Carsters are absorbent Coasters for your Car, SUV, Van, and truck, They are absorbent ceramic coasters that will soak up those annoying drips from drinks placed in your vehicle cup holder. Each package come with two coasters…. |
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How to Video Guide: Basic Ceramic Tile Planning & Installation [VHS] $1.80 … |
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One Stroke Glass & Ceramics with Donna Dewberry $2.29 A one hour instructional video showing Donna Dewberry’s one stroke acrylic painting technique. The VHS cardboard sleeve includes a suggested supply list…. |
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You Can Glue It! – How to Repair Broken Ceramics, China, Porcelain, and Pottery [VHS] $9.98 You Can Glue It! demonstrates simple techniques to successfully restore broken china, ceramics, porcelain or pottery using common household products. The video shows how to select the best glue for your project, position pieces correctly for gluing, unglue old poorly glued pieces, remove stains, fill cracks, make a missing piece, and paint to camouflage cracks…. |
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Smith’s PP1 Pocket Pal Multifunction Sharpener $7.03 Smith’s pocket pal combination ceramic, carbide and diamond knife sharpener. Coarse carbide, fine ceramic, and fine diamond taper for sharpening straight and serrated blades. Compact and lightweight unit comes with lanyard hole…. |
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Ceramics $3.95 The profusely illustrated books in the growing "Decorative Techniques Series" are designed to help readers master a variety of arts and crafts related to home decoration. This title instructs in methods of making handsome ceramic items, including vases, bowls, tiles, lamps, and other accessories to enhance a home’s appearance. The necessary materials are highlighted, and directions include methods of molding and shaping clay, firing in the kiln, painting, and glazing. |
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Chinese Ceramics $32.74 Chinese ceramics are among the most widely admired and collected in the world. From elegant Song celadons to decorative Ming vases and colorful Qing "famille rose," ceramics produced in China have influenced taste and daily life globally. This new design history draws on the V&A’s comprehensive collection to look at the production, consumption, aesthetics, and transfer of Chinese ceramics Stunning new photography illustrates more than 200 pieces, including previously unpublished objects. It also explores ceramics made in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, from Republic period porcelain to propaganda ware and studio pottery, a first for any survey history of the subject. |
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Ceramics in America $109.06 This volume of Ceramics in America features articles on the important 18th-century stoneware potteries of New Jersey and New York City. In addition several scholars examine 19th-century ceramic supply and demand from both an American and British perspective. Now in its eight year of publication, Ceramics in America is considered the journal of record for historical ceramics scholarship in the American context and is intended for collectors, historical archaeologists, curators, decorative arts students, social historians, and contemporary potters. |
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Ceramics: TECHNICAL – Subscription $18.75 Ceramics: TECHNICAL – Digital format, immediate delivery. |
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Fundamentals of Ceramics $78.5 Updated and improved, this revised edition of Michel Barsoum’s classic text Fundamentals of Ceramics presents readers with an exceptionally clear and comprehensive introduction to ceramic science. Barsoum offers introductory coverage of ceramics, their structures, and properties, with a distinct emphasis on solid state physics and chemistry. Key equations are derived from first principles to ensure a thorough understanding of the concepts involved. The book divides naturally into two parts. Chapters 1 to 9 consider bonding in ceramics and their resultant physical structures, and the electrical, thermal, and other properties that are dependent on bonding type. The second part (Chapters 11 to 16) deals with those factors that are determined by microstructure, such as fracture and fatigue, and thermal, dielectric, magnetic, and optical properties. Linking the two sections is Chapter 10, which describes sintering, grain growth, and the development of microstructure. Fundamentals of Ceramics is ideally suited to senior undergraduate and graduate students of materials science and engineering and related subjects. |
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European Ceramics $37.27 The history of ceramics is wonderfully diverse, spanning crude clay utensils to highly decorative pieces of immense beauty and craftsmanship. This quintessential V&A book, now in paperback with a new cover, draws on the V&A’s extensive collection to trace the story of European ceramics from the end of the Middle Ages to the present day. Key developments, techniques, discoveries and styles, from earthenware, stoneware, and tin glaze to the invention of porcelain and the impact of industrialization, are highlighted in this richly illustrated, essential volume. Looking at the complicated 20th-century relationship between designer, manufacture and artist, the book also explores the modernism of the Bauhus style, the opposing influence of Art Deco, and the explosion of new design following World War II. Including works made as recently as 1998, and featuring specially commissioned photography supported by related engravings and pattern-books, "Europeans Ceramics "is an authoritative and indispensable reference. |
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Contemporary Ceramics $8.09 Over the last decade the narrowing of the gulf that traditionally existed between the realms of fine art and craft has resulted in a shift in perception of what ceramics can be and can mean. All areas of ceramic practice have been revitalized as a result-the creative possibilities that artists, lured by the plastic and tactile qualities of clay, have brought with them into ceramics have influenced ceramists of all backgrounds. Analyzing work from the last ten years, this book covers every aspect of contemporary ceramic practice and includes work of all sizes-from a few inches to large-scale installations. It is organized into five main chapters: Beyond Utility: original yet functional ceramics Defining Space: wheel-thrown shapes, slip-cast forms, and hand-built structures Mind the Gap: sculptural work from precise and mechanical to freely modeled forms A Sense of Space: installations, both site-specific and environmental The Line of Beauty: collaborations between art and industry that result from advances in technology Contemporary Ceramics also includes biographies of the featured ceramists and a directory of museums and galleries. |
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Postmodern Ceramics $37.95 Since 1980, ceramic art has come alive as never before. Brightly patterned, humorous, and sometimes irreverent, ceramics appeal to a wider audience than at any other time. Mark Del Vecchio provides a stunning international overview of the richness and diversity of ceramic art during the past twenty years. He surveys the achievements of over 130 masters of contemporary ceramics from more than twenty-five countries, among them Ralph Baccera, Adrian Saxe, Betty Woodman, Akio Takamori, and Andrew Lord, analyzing their varied approaches by presenting the work in twelve themes: the postmodern look; post-minimalism; pattern and decoration; the multiple vessel; organic abstraction; the real/super-real; history, culture, and time; the image and the vessel; the vessel as image; figural sculpture; abstract sculpture; and post-industrialism. In his introduction, the noted ceramic historian Garth Clark shows how this great burst of creative energy and innovation provided an escape route from the antagonistic and demoralizing relationship that had existed between ceramics and modernism. Complete with illustrated biographies of each of the artists and a detailed bibliography, the book not only brims with colorful ceramics but also provides the depth of information necessary for it to become a standard reference work for professionals and amateurs, makers and collectors. |
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Ceramics: TECHNICAL – May-11 – Single Copy $12 Ceramics: TECHNICAL – Digital format, immediate delivery. |
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Ceramics: TECHNICAL – May-12 – Single Copy $12 Ceramics: TECHNICAL – Digital format, immediate delivery. |
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Ceramics and Print $24.53 Printmaking techniques have long been used in the pottery industry, but until comparatively recently ceramicists have tended to view the use of these techniques with disdain. Attitudes are changing rapidly now, however, as makers continue to explore creative possibilities while working with ceramic materials. In this book, Paul Scott briefly discusses the history of ceramics and print, and then concentrates on the techniques used by contemporary ceramicists. These include: screen printing, both transfer decoration and working directly onto clay; photographic processes; sponge printing; stamped ware; linocuts; prints from plaster slabs; and other printmaking techniques. For this new edition "Ceramics and Print" has been significantly expanded and treats recent developments in the use of the photocopier, laser printer, and computer-generated prints. Many of the illustrations are new, and color images now replace almost all of the earlier black-and-white photographs. The book, groundbreaking in its original publication, has in the Second Edition been brought up to date and should add considerably to the knowledge of this exciting and popular medium. |
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Meiji Ceramics $106.64 Pressure exerted by America in 1854 caused Japan to open its doors after 260 years of isolation. Wide receptiveness to everything Western was the driving force behind the modernization of Japan initiated by the Meiji government, yet it also induced a rapid rediscovery of indigenous cultural values. At early Paris and London international exhibitions, the Japanese decorative and applied arts sparked off the Western fascination with all things Japanese japonisme. In Japan, on the other hand, new technologies were eagerly adopted the government realized that increasing production for export would be an excellent means of promoting Japanese economic growth and thus enhancing Japan’s status worldwide. Meiji Ceramics represents the first in-depth study of the development of Japanese export porcelain against a highly charged background of political, economic and cultural factors. Includes 180 artists’s signatures. Text in English. |
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20th Century Ceramics $14.67 A comprehensive study that follows the development of ceramics and its leading practitioners, critics, theorists, and pioneers through the twentieth century. |
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Ceramics: Art and Perception – Subscription $40 Ceramics: Art and Perception aims to set the international standard as a high quality journal dedicated to ceramic art. With a total of 120 pages, it contains approximately 25 substantial reviews, articles and regular features on a broad range of ceramics related subjects with excellent colour photographs throughout. |
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Advanced Structural Ceramics $137.31 This book covers the area of advanced ceramic composites broadly, providing important introductory chapters to fundamentals, processing, and applications of advanced ceramic composites. Within each section, specific topics covered highlight the state of the art research within one of the above sections. The organization of the book is designed to provide easy understanding by students as well as professionals interested in advanced ceramic composites. The various sections discuss fundamentals of nature and characteristics of ceramics, processing of ceramics, processing and properties of toughened ceramics, high temperature ceramics, nanoceramics and nanoceramic composites, and bioceramics and biocomposites. |
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Ceramics Rectangle Decorative Plate $35.69 Do you love ceramics? The decorative plates can not only decorate home, but also can show your taste. Are you a person who can enjoy life? The ceramics decorative plate is classy. High quality material can give you more happiness. Happy life is heath life. To be a happy person with own the ceramics decorative plate. |
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Ceramics: TECHNICAL – Nov-11 Apr-12 – Single Copy $12 Ceramics: TECHNICAL – Digital format, immediate delivery. |
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Modern Japanese Ceramics $24.95 Pathways of Innovation and Tradition For more than 30 years, Dr. Anneliese and Dr. Wulf Crueger–guided by Saeko Ito–have devoted themselves to studying, understanding, and collecting Japanese ceramics. Today, they share the rich fruits of their knowledge with this lavishly illustrated volume based on their own collection. The equivalent of Roberts Museum Guide, devotees of beautiful ceramics can pick it up and use it to select and visit potters as they undertake an artistic tour of the country. Organized geographically, it goes from kiln to kiln–which in Japan may refer to a lone site or an entire ceramics region that contains hundreds of workshops. Along the way, they outline the history, development, and unique stylistic characteristics of each areas work, and the traditions that inspired it. Anneliese Crueger and Wulf Crueger, both microbiologists, have been collecting ceramics for over thirty years. Their main interest is the development of contemporary Japanese kilns, with their traditions that go back for centuries. Their collection of Japanese ceramics has been exhibited in a number of museums. Saeko Ito is an educationalist and has been teaching at the Goethe institute in Tokyo, the Japonicum in Bochum, the University of Duisburg and in Dusseldorf, Germany. She has studied literature on Japanese ceramics for many years. |
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Song Dynasty Ceramics $58.99 Ceramics from China’s Song Dynasty (9601279) have always been prized by both Asian and Western collectors for their pure form, unique glazes, and inventive decoration. This long-awaited survey celebrates the beauty of these ceramics, telling the stories of their making and the material culture in which they were created. The book is illustrated with many of the finest examples of Song ware in the Western world, many of which look astonishingly modern. The text, including research never before published in English, is complemented by newly commissioned photography. |
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Chinese Export Ceramics $35.45 Chinese export ceramics are highly valued and collectable. This beautiful book tells the story of Chinese ceramics exported to Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia from the 14th to the 19th centuries through the V&A’s extensive and celebrated collection. It illustrates the extraordinary range of styles and decorative patterns, the integration of European and Middle Eastern shapes and designs, and the circulation and uses of exported objects around the world. Superb new photography reveals over 200 stunning pieces ranging from bowls, pitchers, and vases, to statuary and much more. |
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Complete Ceramics $24.95 Easy Techniques and 20 Great Projects Part how-to guide, part historical reference, and part illustrated idea book, this is the definitive potters companion. It covers the basics, such as coil building and slab construction, and features accompanying photos to help newcomers build a strong technical foundation. Then it provides dozens of advanced techniques that experienced potters will want to add to their repertoire, including mold-making and creative throwing practices. Also featured is a fascinating history of pottery, as well as a reference guide to the many types of clays and kilns. |
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Decorating Ceramics $6.99 A great way to add color and design to plain china goods is to use purpose-made paints that are easy to use and don’t require kiln-firing. This enchanting book shows you how to add a unique personal stamp to any piece: design colorful contemporary jars for kitchen storage, a decorative platter for Christmas, or paint a child’s tea-set. You can use the methods learnt to make decorative tiles for the bathroom or kitchen, or use broken pieces of china for creating stunning mosaics, such as a Dragonfly Plaque or a Trinket Box. With over 45 projects, each illustrated with step-by-step photographs and instructions, this is an inspirational sourcebook of ideas. |
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Magnetic Ceramics $74.25 The purpose of the book is to provide an up-to-date overview of the relevant aspects of ferrites, which cover a wide range of magnetic properties and applications such as high-frequency transformer cores, permanent magnet cements, microwave telecommunication devices, magnetic recording media and heads. The author takes an interdisciplinary approach to describe the structure, preparation techniques, magnetic properties, and applications of iron-based oxides; metallic magnetic materials are also covered in depth. |
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The Encyclopedia of Ceramics $36.28 This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. |
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The Art And Craft Of Ceramics $29.95 Techniques, Projects And Inspiration For Budding Ceramics Artists Beginners eager to explore the world of ceramics, as well as experienced potters seeking new techniques and ideas, will find this colorful, technique-packed manual absolutely inspiring. Lavishly illustrated and visually attractive, it provides both practical and creative information on tools and materials, production processes, glazing, and decorative techniques — including detailed explanations of clays, kilns, and accessories. Explore essential methods for modeling (hand building, wheel turning); for decorating the pieces (slips, glazes, colored engobes); and for properly firing the finished piece at both low and high temperatures. Put all that new knowledge to work on six step-by-step projects–from a large, oval sculpture formed by extrusion and wheel-throwing to a beautifully simple functional vessel–all created by top ceramists. Maria Dolors Ros i Frigola has contributed to the teaching of ceramics in many schools and institutions throughout Spain, plus training centers in Central America. In 1992, she helped establish a center for Applied Arts, the Ceramics School at La Bisbal, which she has directed since its founding. |
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Ceramics: Mastering the Craft $17.44 This greatly expanded and updated edition features more than 300 beautiful color photos of the most innovative work being done in the ceramics field today. Contains practical advice for new and experienced potters and photo essays for several making processes. |
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Machining of Ceramics and Composites $9.84 Presenting modern advances in the machining of ceramics and composites, this work offers broadly based, fundamental information for selecting the appropriate machining processes and parameters, developing successful manufacturing strategies, and designing novel machining systems. It focuses on scientific and engineering developments affecting the present and future of machining processes. |
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Principles of Ceramics Processing $178.23 This popular reference offers a clear understanding of the scientific principles of ceramics processing required for the development and production of new advanced ceramics. In the latest edition significant new material has been added to the chapters on raw materials, liquids and surfactants, vapor deposition, printing, coating processes and firing. Contains several new features including processing flow diagrams, tables summarizing important points, 100+ new figures as well as descriptions of defects and their causes which are either itemized in the text or summarized in a table. Also includes numerous problems and examples following each chapter. An Instructor’s Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available from the Wiley editorial department. |
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British Studio Ceramics $44.57 This detailed and comprehensive survey charts the entire history of British studio ceramics from the emergence of modern ceramics from the Victorian factories around 1900 to the wide variety of extraordinary work being produced today. All the best-known potters such as Leach, Hamada, Cardew, Rie, and Coper are examined in depth in terms of their different areas of interest and influence. An extensive appendix gives information on 200 leading makers with their identifying marks and cross-references with a list of museums where their work can be seen. Lavishly illustrated throughout with some 250 color photographs, this is a book for the collector needing in-depth information or for those who just want an introduction to this important and beautiful work. |
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Mechanical Behaviour of Ceramics $37.61 Although the basis for understanding the brittle fracture strength of ceramics was established by A. A. Griffith in 1920, much of our detailed knowledge was developed during the 1970s. This book was first published in 1979, when the science of the mechanical behaviour of engineering ceramics had reached a consolidated stage and was being applied ever increasingly to engineering situations. The bulk of the information was still scattered in scientific journals and this volume sought to consolidate these. This book presents the scientific foundations of mechanical behaviour and demonstrates how these can be used in engineering situations. The emphasis is on principles, illustrated by a careful selection of experimental data. This book will continue to have value as a reference work on this exciting subject. |
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Fashion Household Ceramics Round Wall Decorative Plates $17.99 The Ceramics Decorative Plates is a great gift that will be treasured for many years. A beautiful pattern stands in the middle of the Ceramics Decorative Plates. The Ceramics Decorative Plates can add that special touch for your home decor or collection! |
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Solid Color Ceramics Home Decorative Salad Bowl $33.39 The Solid Color ceramics Home Decorative Salad Bowl is the great accent in both formal and casual interior. The handy ceramics bowl is perfect for stowing cereal, salads, fruit and more. The spectacular decorative ceramics bowl enjoys displaying and using. Apart from these, the ceramics dinnerware makes a perfect gift for ornaments lovers. |
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Contemporary British Studio Ceramics $59 In Britain today the output of excellent ceramics seems more eclectic than elsewhere. This stylish and wide-ranging survey comprises examples of clay art by one hundred major artists, covering the period from the late 1980s through 2009. Drawn from the Diane and Marc Grainer Collection, it includes works by Allison Britton, Edmund de Waal, Kate Malone, Grayson Perry, Julian Stair, Steve Dixon, and Nick Arroyave-Portela, among others. The selection balances functional objects and sculpture; hand-built, thrown, and molded techniques; varieties of scale and color; and cerebral and emotional content. All the ceramics here are rooted in the materiality of clay. The properties of the raw material, from its soft, malleable texture to the alchemy of slips and glazes, are at the core of the artists’ passion. And, as the text reveals, the younger generation is moving into new directions of art practice. |
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Ceramics in America 2011 $68.99 Now in its eleventh year of publication, Ceramics in America is considered the journal of record for historical ceramic scholarship in the American context. Included in 2011 edition: * The Chinese Scholar Pattern: Style, Merchant Identity, and the English Imagination–Sarah Fayen Scarlett * Digging Up Salem’s Golden Age: Ceramic Use among the Merchant Class–George Schwartz * Ceramic Treasures among Seventeenth-Century Trash: A 1660s Cellar Deposit–Al Luckenbach and John E. Kille * The Stoneware Years of the Thompson Potters of Morgantown, West Virginia, 1854-1890–Richard Duez and Don Horvath with Brenda Hornsby Heindl * Cap-Hole Oyster Jars: A Racial Message In The Mud; or Shipping Crassostrea Virginica–Ivor Noel Hume * Mind Mud: Ai Weiwei’s Conceptual Ceramics–Garth Clark Plus ten New Discoveries and six new book reviews |
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The Art of Handbuilt Ceramics $31.55 Potters have been using traditional handbuilding methods for generations, but new methods are now eagerly being tried, inspiring a host of discoveries in contemporary ceramics. This book begins with an historical and cultural overview of world ceramics, then moves on to an introductory section for beginners. With the aid of clear instructions and step-by-step photos, the novice learns all the traditional handbuilding and glazing methods. In addition, the author’s special interest in surface decoration introduces innovative new ways of monoprinting on clay and texturing with clay slips. Advanced students are then shown how to explore the exciting possibilities of paperclay. This comparatively new medium, which is extremely strong and versatile, allows artists to scale new heights of creativity. Fully illustrated with color photos, "The Art of Handbuilt Ceramics" includes all the information necessary to progress from beginner to artist. |
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Household Ceramics Wall Decorative Plate $26.39 This Ceramics Decorative Plate resists staining and cracking, is nonporous so Ceramics Decorative Plate won’t harbor bacteria, and is heat resistant. This Ceramics Decorative Plate is a great tool to protect countertops, serve cheeses and cold-cuts, and transport food from one area to another. Every design is thoughtfully detailed for functionality in use, clean up and storage |
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Slab-Built Ceramics $23.64 The slab-building technique for creating ceramics has been around for centuries and remains a popular construction method for artists today. The basic aspects and astounding versatility of slab-building is unveiled in this lushly illustrated survey. The working methods of 16 international ceramists are covered in detail and accompanied by images of their sculptures and vessels as well as hints on making the most of the slab-built technique. A gallery of pieces from 14 other contemporary artists is also provided as well as photographs and studies of several historical slab-built pieces. |
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Ceramics from Islamic Lands $35.22 "This splendid catalog serves as the most current and magnificently illustrated introduction to Islamic ceramics now available. Essential."–"Choice" Islamic pottery–the fine ceramics made in the lands of Islam, from the Arab world and Turkey through Iran and into Central Asia–is one of the hidden treasures of world ceramics. It has often been overshadowed by the ceramic legacy of China and Europe, yet it cedes nothing to these great traditions in technical inventiveness and beauty of design. Through close trading links and cultural interchange, Islamic potters have played a crucial role in the development of these other ceramic cultures. A catalogue of the al-Sabah collection in Kuwait–one of the few truly great collections in private hands–this richly illustrated volume presents a comprehensive history of ceramics from Islamic lands and portrays the unfolding story of Islamic pottery over its thousand-year history. Over four hundred pieces are described, providing both an examination of individual items and an overall history of the subject. Clear and informative introductory essays cover the study and collecting of Islamic pottery over the past hundred years, and trace its technical and chronological history, from the first fine wares made in the eighth century to the destructive impact of European industrialization in the nineteenth century. The individual objects, illustrated with some nine hundred color pictures, are grouped by type and geographically. A "Choice" Outstanding Academic Title. 921 color illustrations. |
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Fragiles: Porcelain, Glass & Ceramics $62.86 Not long ago, porcelain, glass and ceramics were almost exclusively used to make ostentatious objects best suited for display in grandmother’s cabinet. But now these classic materials are experiencing a renaissance. Today, they are increasingly being utilised in playful ways by a new wave of designers and artists, who are inspired by Modernism’s clear forms as well as an ironic depiction of figures, kitsch and the Romantic. Armed with these influences and an expanded repertoire of forms made possible by technological developments such as rapid prototyping, these designers and artists are manifesting their creative visions in unconventional objects made of these fragile materials. Fragiles is an eclectic collection of such contemporary work. This book presents industrial applications made from porcelain, glass and ceramics such as the exclusive, futuristic tableware now in use in avant-garde restaurants around the world. It also features artistic glass objects by Arne Quinze and Jerszy Seymour as well as striking porcelain products by Jurgen Bey, Marcel Wanders and Jaime Hayon. In addition to these projects by renowned creatives, Fragiles also contains an exciting selection of recent cutting-edge work by emerging talents. The examples shown in Fragiles range from the experimental to evocative retroinspired reinterpretations. The spectrum and quality of these innovative projects shows a current generation of designers and artists just how relevant and challenging working with these traditional materials can be. |
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Iznik: The Artistry of Ottoman Ceramics $53.47 Walter B. Denny, Professor of Art History at the University of Massachusetts, offers new perspectives on one of the most popular Islamic art forms. Covering both Iznik pieces de forme and the famous Iznik titles that decorate Ottoman imperial monuments, the book integrates the entire spectrum of Iznik production, both titles and wares, with the broader artistic tradition in which it originated. Professor Denny begins with a discussion of the particular nature of Islamic art under the Ottomans. He then examines the relationship between the court style of Istanbul and the cermaic ateliers in Iznik in nearby Bithynia, and the crucial role of two styles dubbed by the author the "enchanted forest" and "heavenly garden" (the saz and aux quartre fleurs styles) and their creators, Shah Kulu and Kara Memi. Finally, he covers Iznik works with human or animal imagery, the patronage of non-Muslim communities within the Ottoman Empire, and the chronicle of destruction and damage of tiled monuments due to war, earthquake, and fire. The book ends with a look at the extraordinary ‘ storical legacy of Iznik ceramics, from early imitations in the Ottoman Empire and Europe to the astonishing appearance of ceramics in the Iznik style created by European studio potters in the nineteenth century. The first study of Iznik ceramics to combine these different thematic elements, the book reflects Professor Denny’s ambition, almost thirty-five years after completing his doctoral dissertation on Iznik tiles and after well over a dozen publications on the subject, to create a comprehensive overview of this beautiful and popular art form. |
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Utopic Impulses: Contemporary Ceramics Practice $32.64 "Utopic Impulses: Contemporary Ceramics Practice" brings together nine essays and twenty artist projects to explore ceramics as a socially responsible practice. By framing particular ceramics practices as utopic impulses, this anthology envisions new and stimulating conceptions of how studio ceramics contribute to the social and political fabric of their time. The nine essays by artists and theorists well-known in the field, including Paul Mathieu and Leopold Foulem, make a case for the importance and value of studio ceramics in the public sphere. The artist projects in "Utopic Impulses" reflect influences and contexts arising from both local and global concerns. Drawing from a full spectrum of examples, the projects include functional wares, design for industry, conceptual, community-based projects and large-scale installations by artists such as Greg Payce, Jeannie Mah, Sin-Ying Ho, Thrse Chabot, Jamelie Hassan, Anne Ramsden, Diane Sullivan and Les Manning. Each artist project consists of generous visual documentation supported by an artist statement. While the majority of contributors are Canadian, several are from Australia, Ireland and the UK. Bringing together innovative and forward-thinking examples of theory, history and studio practice, this volume will appeal to students, academics and practitioners of ceramics and craft culture in general. |
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Make It in Clay: A Beginner’s Guide to Ceramics $40.44 This introductory guide to ceramics is geared to a simple, beginning studio situation. The text provides descriptions of basic tools, materials, and techniques paired with ample illustrations of processes to help beginners get started in clay. |
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Ceramics for Beginners: Wheel Throwing – Book $15.99 In the same bright, open design as the well-received Ceramics for Beginners: Hand Building, this second entry in the series offers an introduction to the mechanics of wheel-thrown ceramics. Artist Emily Reason takes the beginner ceramist through nine projects featuring functional objects. Color bands point the reader to related information on various techniques and small gallery sections provide inspiration. |
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Ceramics For Beginners Hand Building $24.95 Ceramics are always popular with crafters, and hand building with low-fire earthenware is a natural place to start. Artist Shay Amber will inspire even the most intimidated beginner. Amber guides ceramists through all the basics, from selecting the right clay body to embellishing the surface with fabulous decorations and gorgeous glaze treatments to setting a firing temperature. She teaches how to pinch forms, create coils, make flat slabs, work with simple molds and armatures, and ornament your piece with stencils, slips, underglazes, terra sigillata, and more. Each technique is laid out in easy-to-follow step-by-step photos with projects in progress and stunning gallery images. Amber introduces a unique, easy-to-follow method for constructing a beautiful slab-built piece, and all the necessary templates are included. A dozen projects-including a pinched Tea Bowl, coil-built Espresso Cup Set, and luminous Lantern showcase the key methods. Comprehensive and accessible, this illustrated introduction will become the standard on the potters bookshelf. |
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Ceramics for Beginners: Hand Building $24.14 Ceramics are always popular with crafters, and hand building with low-fire earthenware is a natural place to start. With its wealth of information and images, elegant design, and time-tested advice this beautiful new book by artist Shay Amber will inspire even the most intimidated beginner. Just as in her celebrated workshops, Amber guides would-be ceramists through all the basics, from selecting the right clay body to embellishing the surface with fabulous decorations and gorgeous glaze treatments to setting a firing temperature. She teaches how to pinch forms, create coils, make flat slabs, work with simple molds and armatures, and ornament your piece with stencils, slips, underglazes, terra sigillata, and more. Each technique is laid out in easy-to-follow step-by-step photos with projects in progress and stunning gallery images. Amber introduces a unique, easy-to-follow method for constructing a beautiful slab-built piece, and all the necessary templates are included. A dozen projects–including a pinched Tea Bowl, coil-built Espresso Cup Set, and luminous Lantern showcase the key methods. Comprehensive and accessible, this illustrated introduction will become the standard on the potter’s bookshelf. |
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Amerock BP1324W Ceramics 1-3/8 Round Knob, White $2.82 Amerock BP1324W Ceramics 1-3/8″ Round Knob, White Amerock BP1324W Ceramics 1-3/8″ Round Knob, White Features: Uncomplicated elegance. Create the perfect appeal with simple lines and subtle finishes that accent any d écor 1 x #8 32 x 1” Amerock BP1324W Ceramics 1-3/8″ Round Knob, White Specifications: Collection: Ceramics Diameter (Inches): 1.5 Finish: White Projection (Inches): 1.429 Type: Knob Model Variations: BP1324-W, BP1324, BP1324W Previously known as: BP1324-W |
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Rhythms, Cycles, Performances: Ceramics in Architecture $33.98 One of the essential effects of sustainability, not only in architecture, is the consideration to the objects’ life span. From the moment when a building is required to be highly efficient, it used to be an unknown dimension for architecture; the service life. However, for various reasons currently this new dimension became a part of the project variables: the buildings and their components actually live, with their own biorhythm. The progress has not only seen one direction but it’s a cocktail of solutions, in which from the most progressive sorts to the most traditional ones are blended. Ceramics symbolize this historical blend embracing unlimited possible futures in one material. Ceramics represent the millennial past of the inert material. On the other hand their soft nature, hardened by subsequent processes, allows any possibility to the form and technology. That makes ceramics as competitive as any other constructive material by their durability and low maintenance. |
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Persian Ceramics: 9th – 14th Century $42.29 In the complex and varied world of Islamic art ceramics play an important role. Medieval Persian ceramics, in particular, were extraordinary for their technical invention and imaginative, refined iconography achieving artistic results that would be difficult to surpass in the art of pottery. Compared with early Islamic art, works of art from medieval times make much greater use of figural decoration and forms. Alongside celebrated examples from some of the world’s most prestigious museum collections, this volume includes a series of hitherto unseen works. The impressive and technically sophisticated pieces include plates, bowls, ewers, jugs, jars, beakers, and spouted and shaped vessels. The book provides an exhaustive panorama of Persian ceramics, striking a perfect balance between technical, stylistic, and aesthetic analysis, which brings the reader closer to this art of exceptional quality and beauty. |