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.