Ceramics, mosaic and glass: artworks

This vintage book is a complete and beginner-friendly guide to modelling with clay and wax, including directions for bronze and silver chasing and embossing, carving in marble and alabaster, and moulding and casting in plaster of Paris.

This book is the result of more than fifteen years of research.

Stained glass has been one of the chief glories of Britain's churches - and, later, grand houses and public buildings - since Norman times.

This is the black and white paperback edition of Pattern, published in hardback in 2016 by Saltyard Books.

Stop jamming up your cupboards with empty Mason jars!

'Clay contains infinite possibilities in its transmutations, evidenced on the shelves of our homes, our galleries and museums.

This new edition of Eric Yates-Owen and Robert Fournier's classic book on British studio potters' marks contains new and revised entries for many potters, with up-to-date information about the artists' styles, marks and addresses.

The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques provides a comprehensive guide to the tools, materials and techniques of ceramic art.

**WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD**Edmund de Waal uncovers the history of a family through a turbulent century through 264 objects.

The term 'jar' refers to any man-made shape with the capacity to enclose something.

The term 'jar' refers to any man-made shape with the capacity to enclose something.

Skin Crafts discusses multiple artists from global contexts who employ craft materials in works that address historical and contemporary violence.

Skin Crafts discusses multiple artists from global contexts who employ craft materials in works that address historical and contemporary violence.

This step-by-step guide will encourage the reader to explore the full range of surface treatment techniques and help them to give a professional finish to their work by guiding them to an appropriate finish choice.

Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of the samurai with "e;The Great Age of the Samurai - The Warrior's Long Journey from Ancient Japan to Modern Times"e;.

This book explores the persona of the artist in Archaic and Classical Greek art and literature.

This book explores the persona of the artist in Archaic and Classical Greek art and literature.

This book explores the cliché of ''the city of seven hills'' and how, since antiquity, it has shaped experience of the city.

This book explores the cliché of ''the city of seven hills'' and how, since antiquity, it has shaped experience of the city.

Discover the world of Japanese ceramics: From Raku to KutaniImmerse yourself in the fascinating world of Japanese pottery!

This cohesive edited volume showcases data collected from more than seven thousand ceramic artifacts including pottery, figurines, clay pipes, and other objects from sites across South America.

This Element seeks to demonstrate how ceramics forward study of Egyptian society writ large, identifying key research questions and qualitative and quantitative methods.

This Element seeks to demonstrate how ceramics forward study of Egyptian society writ large, identifying key research questions and qualitative and quantitative methods.

Explores the developing cultural tensions and connections that created a ''sister-art'' movement between creative visual art and its literary counterparts.

A compelling examination of the ultimate global commodity, blue and white porcelain, from kiln to consumers across the globe.

A compelling examination of the ultimate global commodity, blue and white porcelain, from kiln to consumers across the globe.

Sheds light on the motivations that lay behind the adoption of pottery, the challenges that had to be overcome.

In this book, Liz James offers a comprehensive history of wall mosaics produced in the European and Islamic middle ages.

In this book, Liz James offers a comprehensive history of wall mosaics produced in the European and Islamic middle ages.

This book explores the nature of creativity in the European Bronze Age through developments in pottery, textiles, and metalwork.

This book is a comprehensive and in-depth study of a mysterious state of China''s Warring States Period (476–221 BCE): the Zhongshan.

This book is a comprehensive and in-depth study of a mysterious state of China''s Warring States Period (476–221 BCE): the Zhongshan.

This richly illustrated book is a comprehensive study of visual humour in ancient Greece, emphasising works created in Athens and Boeotia.

This richly illustrated book is a comprehensive study of visual humour in ancient Greece, emphasising works created in Athens and Boeotia.

A study of fine pottery made by the Etruscans from the seventh to the fourth century BC.

This is an up-to-date account of the different kinds of information that can be obtained through the archaeological study of pottery.

This is an up-to-date account of the different kinds of information that can be obtained through the archaeological study of pottery.

This book examines the rich corpus of mosaics created in Crete during the Roman and Late Antique eras.

This book examines the rich corpus of mosaics created in Crete during the Roman and Late Antique eras.

The material and visual culture of the Islamic World casts vast arcs through space and time, and encompasses a huge range of artefacts and monuments from the minute to the grandiose, from ceramic pots to the great mosques.

This definitive volume vividly chronicles the glass artist's remarkable work and unique methods as they evolved over the course of his career.

This is the first volume to bring together archaeology, anthropology, and art history in the analysis of pre-Columbian pottery.

In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, much of what is now the southwestern United States was known as Alta California, a remote part of New Spain.

The ancient Maya produced a broad range of ceramics that has attracted concerted scholarly attention for over a century.

"e;It is rare to find a book on art that presents complex aesthetic principles in clear readable form.

An illustrated guide to the fundamentals of pottery making with straightforward, expert instruction and four projects for the beginner potter.

The potters' views of Canada have a many-sided appeal, linking the world of artists, printmakers, and photographers to the ceramics industry.

Join the home pottery revolution!

Explore the human form in depth, from concept sketches and armatures to detailed instructions for constructing legs, torso, arms, hands, and head from clay.