Ceramic Sculpture: Methods and Processes

Art is not for the few - it is for all of us. And anyone can learn the art of ceramic sculpture from this comprehensive volume for the beginner as well as the more advanced ceramist. Sculptor John B. Kenny provides all the essential information so that you can start right in and create works of ceramic art. Tools and equipment, methods of shaping clay, forming figures, creating portraitures, methods of molding, and kilns and firing are all described in detail. Mr. Kenny teaches you aesthetic, decorative and practical ceramic art with step-by-step photos for over 45 projects from human forms to ceramic lamps. More than 688 drawings and 80 black and white and color photos of finished objects make all the procedures easy to understand.