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Polymer clay creative traditions : techniques and projects inspired by the fine and decorative arts / Judy Belcher ; principal photography by Steve Payne.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Watson-Guptill Publications, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: 144 pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0823040658
  • 9780823040650
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 731.42 22
LOC classification:
  • TT297 .B45 2006
Contents:
Preface : our most versatile art medium -- Introduction : the history of polymer clay -- Materials : clays, tools, supplies -- 1. Glass traditions -- Glass lampwork -- Demonstration : skinner blend -- Demonstration : two-color tessellation -- Demonstration : encased beads -- Demonstration : Chinese eye beads -- Mosaics -- Fused and slumped glass -- Gallery : glass traditions in polymer clay -- 2. Metal traditions -- Mokume gane -- Demonstration : hills and valleys -- Demonstration : texture stamping -- Enameling -- Demonstration : enamel pin -- Annealing metal powder -- Gallery : metal traditions in polymer clay -- 3. Fiber traditions -- Ikat fabric -- Bargello -- Kente cloth -- Mudcloth -- Demonstration : black-and-white mudcloth -- Demonstration : mudcloth beads -- Batik -- Demonstration : batik jewelry -- Quilting -- Demonstration : stitched clay quilting -- Gallery : fiber traditions in polymer clay -- 4. Painting and drawing traditions -- Georgie O'Keeffe -- Demonstration : O'Keeffe flowers -- Gustave Klimt -- M.C. Escher -- Demonstration : Escher geometric -- Georges Seurat -- Demonstration : Seurat pointillism -- Jackson Pollock -- Gallery : painting and drawing traditions in polymer clay -- 5. Stone, bone, and wood traditions -- Chatoyant stone techniques -- Demonstration : chatoyant checkerboard and jellyroll canes -- Demonstration : chatoyant stamped images -- Bone simulations -- Wood simulations -- Intarsia -- Demonstration : parquetry box and pin -- Gallery : stone, bone, and wood traditions in polymer clay -- 6. Sculpture and ceramics traditions -- Sculpture -- Demonstration : triangle horse -- Ceramics -- Demonstration : mishima and decorative layers -- Demonstration : metallic raku -- Demonstration : crackle raku -- Printed decoration -- Gallery : sculpture and ceramics traditions in polymer clay.
Summary: The past and present meet in a sourcebook of ideas, inspiration, and instruction that seeks to help crafters who have discovered that polymer clay is versatile and easy to use.
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Includes index.

Preface : our most versatile art medium -- Introduction : the history of polymer clay -- Materials : clays, tools, supplies -- 1. Glass traditions -- Glass lampwork -- Demonstration : skinner blend -- Demonstration : two-color tessellation -- Demonstration : encased beads -- Demonstration : Chinese eye beads -- Mosaics -- Fused and slumped glass -- Gallery : glass traditions in polymer clay -- 2. Metal traditions -- Mokume gane -- Demonstration : hills and valleys -- Demonstration : texture stamping -- Enameling -- Demonstration : enamel pin -- Annealing metal powder -- Gallery : metal traditions in polymer clay -- 3. Fiber traditions -- Ikat fabric -- Bargello -- Kente cloth -- Mudcloth -- Demonstration : black-and-white mudcloth -- Demonstration : mudcloth beads -- Batik -- Demonstration : batik jewelry -- Quilting -- Demonstration : stitched clay quilting -- Gallery : fiber traditions in polymer clay -- 4. Painting and drawing traditions -- Georgie O'Keeffe -- Demonstration : O'Keeffe flowers -- Gustave Klimt -- M.C. Escher -- Demonstration : Escher geometric -- Georges Seurat -- Demonstration : Seurat pointillism -- Jackson Pollock -- Gallery : painting and drawing traditions in polymer clay -- 5. Stone, bone, and wood traditions -- Chatoyant stone techniques -- Demonstration : chatoyant checkerboard and jellyroll canes -- Demonstration : chatoyant stamped images -- Bone simulations -- Wood simulations -- Intarsia -- Demonstration : parquetry box and pin -- Gallery : stone, bone, and wood traditions in polymer clay -- 6. Sculpture and ceramics traditions -- Sculpture -- Demonstration : triangle horse -- Ceramics -- Demonstration : mishima and decorative layers -- Demonstration : metallic raku -- Demonstration : crackle raku -- Printed decoration -- Gallery : sculpture and ceramics traditions in polymer clay.

The past and present meet in a sourcebook of ideas, inspiration, and instruction that seeks to help crafters who have discovered that polymer clay is versatile and easy to use.

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