Maiolica By. Daphne Carnegy
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This book is a practical guide to the materials, techniques and processes of maiolica. This thorough and clear coverage of the subject is informative, colourful and amply illustrated with work by contemporary makers. Maiolica is a well established and traditional medium which is still used today in a wide variety of ways. After a brief historical overview of the subject, the book looks first at the basic essentials, covering the materials and processes involved covering clay bodies, glazing and pigments and firing, and then moves on to explore surface treatments in depth. It describes all the usual techniques associated with maiolica such as brushwork, sgraffito, wax resist, stencils, sponging and on-glaze decoration, as well as some more unusual methods and combinations. Colour photos are used throughout, with both step-by-step photos and examples of work by worldwide contemporary practitioners.
About the Author
Daphne Carnegy has been a maiolica practitioner and teacher for over 25 years. She is currently teaching at City and Islington College.
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Maiolica practice explored and pioneered Written by Colin Gilingham
As a student at Camborne College Redruth Cornwall in my final terms of their (closing) Fda in contemporary ceramics, I was guided to Matthias Ostermann and Daphne Carnegie by my tutor Bea Duxbury, initialy hooked by a visit to Rob Bibby`s studio last summer. All the historical and practical answers are so carefully and exhaustively covered, techniques and aesthetics, and 20th century developments from William Newland to today; this book along with Matthias Ostermann`s New Majolica has given me all the written instruction and background knowledge I shall need, for history or practical guidance for the foreseeable future - and so many references for further investigation.
20th Apr, 2012 -
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