Making Marks: Discovering the Ceramic Surface

Professional studio potter Robin Hopper, drawing from nearly 50 years of experience, offers a wealth of ceramic surface decoration possibilities?some rarely ever exposed?in this brand new all-inclusive guide! The expansive range of techniques provided in Making Marks, together with the straightforward tips for successful use, is a formula guaranteeing remarkable results for potters, teachers, students, collectors, or anyone with an interest in ceramics. From the fundamentals (basic approaches to drawing, color theory, glaze development, and spatial development) to the clay processes (decoration with tools, adding and removing marks, and use of liquid and color clays), and from the pigment processes (variables of colorants, brush, stamp, spray, and pencil marks, and resistance techniques) to the glazing and firing processes (glaze application methods, heat and flame, vapor and fume, and multiple fired surfaces), this guide contains everything readers want and need to know?there has never been a more complete guide on decorative techniques for ceramic surfaces!

Professional studio artist, teacher, ceramic historian, lecturer, and consultant, Robin Hopper has been working in the field of ceramics since 1955?nearly 50 years! Born in London and trained there at Croydon College of Art, he is primarily a studio potter. Robin has developed studios in both England and Canada, with working experience on four continents. Robin is author of Staying Alive: Survival Tactics for the Artist, The Ceramic Spectrum: A Simplified Approach to Glaze and Color Development, Functional Pottery: Form and Aesthetic in Pots of Purpose, and the updated and expanded edition of Clay and Glazes for the Potter, all published by Krause Publications. He now makes his home in Victoria, British Columbia.