Thomas Hoadley

Nerikomi (eBook, ePUB)

The Art of Colored Clay

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A fully illustrated examination of the use of color in clay, outlining its history and exploring the styles and techniques of the leading modern makers.

Nerikomi is the use of colored clay to build a piece's decoration into its very fabric before forming and firing. A variety of techniques including stacking, slicing and stretching the clays results in a multicolored loaf, highly patterned slices from which are used to create ceramic forms. The possibilities are endless. This beautifully illustrated introduction by accomplished nerikomi specialist Thomas Hoadley includes:

- A brief history of the origins and international styles of colored clay

- A section dedicated to the most honored Japanese Masters of nerikomi

- Stunning and highly varied examples of nerikomi work from around the world

- Step-by-step examples of many of the techniques that they employ

Whether you simply enjoy the beauty of multicolored clay or are seeking inspiration to enrich your own nerikomi project, this essential volume will reward your repeated viewing.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781789941708
• Artikelnr.: 69743866

Autorenporträt

Thomas Hoadley received a BA in Studio Art from Amherst College and an MS in Ceramics from Illinois State University. He has studied and apprenticed with Vermont potter Malcolm Wright who brought the traditions of the Japanese Karatsu-style wood-fired pottery to the United Sates. Thomas then moved to the Berkshires in Massachusetts to establish his pottery studio.

His work is in the permanent collection of the White House, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Henry Ford Community College. His art is featured in The Complete Potter: Porcelain (1994), The White House Collection of American Crafts (1995), Contemporary Studio Porcelain (2003) and Naked Clay (2004).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface A Colorful History Early Chinese and Korean Colored Clay Ceramics Agateware Twentieth
century Japan Japanese Masters Matsui Kosei
Ito Sekisui V
Ogata Kamio
Kondo Takahiro
Nishi Koichi The Nerikomi Technique: One Artist's Approach Colored Clay Worldwide Hans Munck Andersen
Janny Baek
Curtis Benzle
Angela Burkhardt
Guallini
Mandy Cheng
Ben Davies
Mieke Everaet
Dorothy Feibleman
Barbara Gittings
Robert Hessler
Cody Hoyt
Narumi Ii
Francoise Joris
Maria ten Kortenaar
Judy McKenzie
Anne Mossman
Aya Murata
Jongjin Park
David Pottinger
Kanako Sahashi
Lorraine Shemesh
Tsuneharu Tanaka
Larissa Warren
Dorothee Wenz
Lotte Westphael
Henk Wolvers Conclusion Acknowledgments Bibliography Glossary Thomas Hoadley: Resume and Publications Index