PITMAN'S CRAFT FOR ALL SERIES

CHINA DECORATION

DORIS MABON

CONTENTS
PREFACE
OVERGLAZE PAINTING
Equipment—Varieties of china—The first lesson— The brushwork method — Finishing handles — Using the turntable — Concerning colours: full range: blending—Stippling—How the colours fire —Lettering—Pen-work on china—Children's table ware—Naturalistic treatment—Lustres—Gold and silver decoration—Chinese relief decoration.
NON-FIRING METHODS
Opaque and transparent enamels—Teaching children by the non-firing method
UNDERGLAZE DECORATION
Colours: other requisites—Preparing the biscuit— Suitable designs—Painting on the biscuit: first method—Clouded colour effects—Painting on the biscuit: second method—Stencilling on biscuit ware—Lettering on the biscuit: line decoration— Coloured pottery: terra-cotta—Preparing pottery for glazing and firing: combining over and under-glaze

Modern and old-time pottery: museum visits— Hints and suggestions

19 x 13 cm. 120 pp.

Very good condition, some handling marks to the paper covered boards, light spotting to the page edges, contents clean and tidy.