Painting Porcelain: In the Meissen Style

by Uwe Geissler

Overview

The classic porcelain painting from Meissen ranks among the most beautiful and precious of all that the porcelain art has produced. The author shows, in many colored step-by-step illustrations, how the porcelain painter can personally create decorations in the Meissen manner. Especially popular are the thirty-six flower motifs and the classic onion pattern, as well as the green grapevine decoration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764302800
Publisher:	Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date:	08/28/1997
Series:	Schiffer Craft Book
Pages:	124
Sales rank:	823,882
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 12.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

	Foreword	4
	Painting on the Glaze	6
	Concept	6
	Cross-section of a Plate	6
	Advantages and Disadvantages	6
	Cutting, Etching and Rubbing	7
	Decoration Variations	8
	Meissen Flower Painting	9
	The 36 Most Often Used Flower Motifs	9
	Combining Basic Flowers in Decorative Garlands	44
	Decoration on the Glaze: Hunting Scenes	50
	Motifs Chosen from Photos, Paintings or Nature Studies	50
	The Painting Technique	51
	Composition, Freehand and Stenciled	52
	Applying the Paint	53
	Step-by-step Painting of a Dominant Part of the Picture	54
	Decoration on the Glaze: Wild Fruits	58
	Painting Fruits on Concave and Flat Surfaces	59
	The Painting Technique	60
	Decoration on the Glaze: Landscapes and Buildings	64
	Step-by-step Painting on a Wall Plate	64
	Decoration on the Glaze: Purple Indian Decor	68
	Making the Stencil and the Design	68
	Purple Indian Decor	69
	Drawing Lines	69
	Step-by-step Painting on a Plate	70
	Decoration on the Glaze: Onion Pattern	72
	Symbolism and Pattern Variations	72
	The Formation	73
	Decoration on the Glaze: Grapevines	78
	Making the Stencil	78
	Color and Arrangement of the Garpevines	78
	Composition of the Pattern	82
	Completed Porcelain Painting	84
	A Short History of the Development of Meissen Painting	110
	Appendix	115
	Glossary	115
	Bibliography	117
	Photo Credits	117
	The Author	118