Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Library Resources

Technical and Historical Books and Videos–

"Sculpting Clay", By Leon Nigrosh, "Images in Clay Sculpture", by Charolette F. Speight, "Sculptural Ceramics", by Ian Gregory, "Plaster Mold and Model Making", by Charles Chaney and Stanley Skee, "Moldmaking", by Donald Frith, "PaperClay for Ceramic Sculptors; Studio Companion", by Rosette Gault, U.S. Gypsum Industrial Plasters & Gypsum Cements", "An Atlas of Anatomy For Artists", by Fritz Schider, "Low-fire Ceramics", by Susan Wechsler, and "Modelling the Head in Clay", by Bruno Lucchesi, and "Modelling the Figure in Clay", also by Lucchesi.

Two videotapes will be used as informational resources in the classroom: "Sculpting the Portrait: Male Head in Terra Cotta", and "Sculpting the Reclining Figure". Both films document the methods used by sculptor Bruno Lucchesi.

Periodicals –

American Ceramics, Ceramics Art and Perception, Sculpture, Ceramics Monthly, Studio Potter, Ceramics: Technical. All of the following magazines have very interesting ideas and information pertaining to sculpture.

Online visual resources
www.ArtAxis.org, Access Ceramics: http://accessceramics.org/index.php?state=result_set&field=artist&field_id=21, Ceramic Database: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gusstiffpottery/sets/72157600047044355/

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