Complete Guide to Paper Clay: Mixing recipes; Building, finishing and firing; 10 practice projects
Freeing clay from technical constraints, lightening pieces, modeling large, slender forms. .. These ceramicists’ dreams become reality with paper clay!

Complete Guide to Paper Clay thoroughly and accurately introduces this versatile material of clay and fibers, and showcases its distinctive characteristics and advantages. Liliane Tardio-Brise illustrates step by step the reactions of paper clay to the usual techniques of ceramics—pinch building, coils, slabs, wheel throwing, etc. The cellulose fibers in paper clay give it new properties that typical clay cannot attain. Rehydrating paper clay pieces brings back their suppleness and allows them to accept deformations, easily repair cracks, and be built on with new clay pieces. Paper clay lends itself to all finishes, can be air dried and/or fired, and, because the fibers burn off when fired, finished pieces are lighter and can be built taller and still maintain their stability.

Explore the many possibilities of paper clay with the ten projects in the book, which each use very different properties of the clay to a variety of effects. Once you see the versatility of paper clay, you’ll be ready to try your own sculptures in this adaptable medium.

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Complete Guide to Paper Clay: Mixing recipes; Building, finishing and firing; 10 practice projects
Freeing clay from technical constraints, lightening pieces, modeling large, slender forms. .. These ceramicists’ dreams become reality with paper clay!

Complete Guide to Paper Clay thoroughly and accurately introduces this versatile material of clay and fibers, and showcases its distinctive characteristics and advantages. Liliane Tardio-Brise illustrates step by step the reactions of paper clay to the usual techniques of ceramics—pinch building, coils, slabs, wheel throwing, etc. The cellulose fibers in paper clay give it new properties that typical clay cannot attain. Rehydrating paper clay pieces brings back their suppleness and allows them to accept deformations, easily repair cracks, and be built on with new clay pieces. Paper clay lends itself to all finishes, can be air dried and/or fired, and, because the fibers burn off when fired, finished pieces are lighter and can be built taller and still maintain their stability.

Explore the many possibilities of paper clay with the ten projects in the book, which each use very different properties of the clay to a variety of effects. Once you see the versatility of paper clay, you’ll be ready to try your own sculptures in this adaptable medium.

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Complete Guide to Paper Clay: Mixing recipes; Building, finishing and firing; 10 practice projects

Complete Guide to Paper Clay: Mixing recipes; Building, finishing and firing; 10 practice projects

by Liliane Tardio-Brise
Complete Guide to Paper Clay: Mixing recipes; Building, finishing and firing; 10 practice projects

Complete Guide to Paper Clay: Mixing recipes; Building, finishing and firing; 10 practice projects

by Liliane Tardio-Brise

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Freeing clay from technical constraints, lightening pieces, modeling large, slender forms. .. These ceramicists’ dreams become reality with paper clay!

Complete Guide to Paper Clay thoroughly and accurately introduces this versatile material of clay and fibers, and showcases its distinctive characteristics and advantages. Liliane Tardio-Brise illustrates step by step the reactions of paper clay to the usual techniques of ceramics—pinch building, coils, slabs, wheel throwing, etc. The cellulose fibers in paper clay give it new properties that typical clay cannot attain. Rehydrating paper clay pieces brings back their suppleness and allows them to accept deformations, easily repair cracks, and be built on with new clay pieces. Paper clay lends itself to all finishes, can be air dried and/or fired, and, because the fibers burn off when fired, finished pieces are lighter and can be built taller and still maintain their stability.

Explore the many possibilities of paper clay with the ten projects in the book, which each use very different properties of the clay to a variety of effects. Once you see the versatility of paper clay, you’ll be ready to try your own sculptures in this adaptable medium.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780811770699
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 11/01/2022
Pages: 168
Product dimensions: 8.01(w) x 9.88(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

Liliane Tardio-Brise, ceramist, has been running a workshop in Alsace, France, for almost 20 years. Scientifically trained, she gives precise and informative instruction, enabling her students to comprehend the properties as well as the processes of working with paper clay.

Table of Contents

Contents

AN INTRODUCTION

TO PAPER CLAY9

At the Heart of the Matter 11

Clay11

Paper20

Paper Clay and Its Properties27

How to Make Paper Clay 47

Basic Recipe for Making Paper Clay47

Fiber Content of Paper Clay52

Consistencies of Paper Clay56

How to Use Paper Clay59

Pinch Building59

Coil Construction63

Slab Technique66

Throwing79

Casting82

Armatures85

Miscellaneous Techniques89

Assembly96

Modifications99

Repairs100

Finishing104

Drying109

Firing110

PAPER CLAY PROJECTS115

Mosaic 116

Platter119

Box122

Cat126

Body Casting129

Antelope132

Statuette135

Prehistoric Animal139

Rooster142

Giraffe146

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