This fully-illustrated step-by-step guide clearly takes the student, the amateur, and the professional restorer through each stage of restoration, tackling the simple, the difficult, and the seemingly impossible jobs by providing practical information on every aspect of the ceramic repair process. With chapters on materials and tools; examination and identification of a ceramic body; cleaning; rebonding; filling, modeling and molding; retouching; as well as an international glossary of materials and a suppliers list, REPAIRING POTTERY AND PORCELAIN is sure to become a staple for every collector and potter.
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This fully-illustrated step-by-step guide clearly takes the student, the amateur, and the professional restorer through each stage of restoration, tackling the simple, the difficult, and the seemingly impossible jobs by providing practical information on every aspect of the ceramic repair process from the simplest plate to the most complex figure. With chapters on materials and tools; examination and identification of a ceramic body; cleaning; rebonding; filling, modeling and molding; retouching; as well as an international glossary of materials and a suppliers list, Repairing Pottery and Porcelain is sure to become a staple for every collector and potter.
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LESLEY ACTON and PAUL McAULEY are professional ceramic restorers. Acton runs a conservation studio that does work for both museums and private individuals. She also teaches courses at various adult education institutes. McAuley is currently a conservation officer in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
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Interesting and informative book on repairing pottery,
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Repairing Pottery and Porcelain is an in-depth guide to repairing pottery and porcelain. It gets pretty technical at times, but it is written in such a way that a beginner can easily learn the art of pottery repair. Instead of offering only one solution to a problem (i.e. cleaning), it offers many, explaining the differences in each.
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A restorer is a resourceful inventor and innovator.,
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This review is from: Repairing Pottery and Porcelain: A Practical Guide, 2nd edition (Paperback)
Most people think of a restorer as someone who uses the right glue and can match color. A restorer is really more than that. In my restoration classes I teach new restorers how to think outside the box. Glue and paint is fine, but get past that. A restorer should be willing to go into uncharted teritory and experiment with possibilities. I think this book is on the right track.
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Repairing pottery and porcelain,
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This review is from: Repairing Pottery and Porcelain: A Practical Guide, 2nd edition (Paperback)
I love this book. It is full of details and pictures. It is a great starter book for those who have never restored porcelain. It is really helpful and also details the equipment and materials needed.
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Many people assume that once broken, a ceramic object has come to the end of its useful life. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
porcelain restoration glaze, fine surface polyfilla, airbrush colours, ceramic repair, porous wares, tinting power, impression compound, break edges, powder pigments, old adhesive, ceramic body, moulding material, magic tape, casting material, gold size, bronze powders, impression material, stick method, extraction equipment, colour matching, zinc white Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Many people assume that once broken, a ceramic object has come to the end of its useful life. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
porcelain restoration glaze, fine surface polyfilla, airbrush colours, ceramic repair, porous wares, tinting power, impression compound, break edges, powder pigments, old adhesive, ceramic body, moulding material, magic tape, casting material, gold size, bronze powders, impression material, stick method, extraction equipment, colour matching, zinc white Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Chinese porcelain by Anthony Du Boulay in Back Matter
- The Materials and Techniques of Painting by Jonathan Stephenson in Back Matter
- An Illustrated Dictionary of Ceramics: Defining 3,054 Terms Relating to Wares, Materials, Processes, Styles, Patterns, and Shapes from Antiquity to t by George Savage in Back Matter
- Conservation and Restoration of Ceramics (Conservation and Museology) by Susan Buys in Back Matter
- Delftware Tiles by Hans Van Lemmen in Back Matter
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- Porcelain Repair and Restoration by Nigel Williams in Back Matter
- Hands in Clay : An Introduction to Ceramics by SPEIGHT in Back Matter
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