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Paperclay for Ceramic Sculptors, A Studio Companion:2008 New Edition

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Learn the most up to date which traditional clay construction rules carryover and which traditional rules are not helpful or may even even counterproductive. Make the most of your studio or teaching time.

This volume is packed with commonly asked questions and answers like the original spiral handbook of 1993. Highlights include paper clays extended versatility regarding sculpture, armature making, hand-building, coil, firing, glazing, casting, slip casting, plaster mold, prototypes and more. Find charts and illustration for artists who want to mix custom test batches in their studio, how and what kind of papers can be recycled, as well as project possibilities

For the K-12, or special needs parent or teacher, it devotes a special chapter dedicated to concerns of children and basic beginners.

For Potters, it has a chapter just for you.

For Sculptors and Muralists: Make sure you know how to get the best use of your time when handling, casting, etc.

For Researchers, Engineers, and Advanced Study: Find a chapter completely devoted to how and why the unorthodox methods work from the view of micrographs, etc. Find research possibilities in recycling, water filtration, environment reclaim, medicine as in bone replacement, spacecraft, museum antiquities conservation, and more.

What is inside: Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Beginners Head Start: High Success Basics.

Chapter 2. Studio Use Hand-building Basics, Wet on Dry, Carving, Cutting, Dipping, Armatures.

Chapter 3. Life Scale Sculpture Advance Assembly, Installation, also Sand-cast or Plaster Chapter

4. Potters Report from the Wheel

Chapter 5. Ingredients: Recycled Papers and Clays

Chapter 6. How to Mix your Own Batches, Recycle Paper

Chapter 7. Resources: Recipes, Firing, Finish, Plaster, Industrial Applications,Index

The information from Rosettes research was first published as a spiral handbook edition in 1993. it was updated and enlarged as more artists verified success and made contributions to the emerging field over the years.

44 pages, paperback. over hundred BW photos illustrations fill each page, detailed index, Print Version:ISBN 978-0-09638793-7-0 paperback$22.00 USA and Canada. EBook Version: ISBN 978-0-09638793-9-4 ebookCompletely re-edited and throughly updated Spring 2008. New ISBN replaces previous version out of print and out of date.

May be ordered from suppliers listed, or<<<<<Order online paper back or E-Book>>>>> Order by Phone24/7 toll free order line 1-800-247-6553; Major Credit Cards or Check Accepted,Art Seed Books and Media,Publisher, PO Box 9060, Seattle, WA 98109 USA