Take your ceramic surface design to the next level with these awesome ideas and projects for drawing, printing, painting and stenciling on clay.
New Ceramic Surface Design introduces a wide range of surface decoration techniques in an approachable and accessible way for everyone. Ceramic design expert Molly Hatch guides beginners and more advanced artists through various methods of creating designs on clay.
Readers will be introduced to several different and new ways to create their own imagery and content for the ceramic surface.
Techniques include Mishima, tape resists, rubber stamping, and doodling to create line art, stamping, nature resists, found objects, and shellac resists to create textures, and sticker resists, contact paper stencils, paper resists, and Sgrafitto to create shaped designs.
Detailed step photography and hand-drawn illustrations document the processes and show beautiful completed samples.
Templates and stencils are supplied for convenience in re-creating the surfaces outlined in the crafter's projects.
With so many ways to decorate clay surfaces in New Ceramic Surface Design, you'll create endless, gorgeous pottery designs!