Description |
144 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
Note |
Includes index. |
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. |
Subject |
Polymer clay craft.
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ISBN |
0823040658 paperback $21.95 |
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