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Every stage of the process of painting on porcelain is described - from using and combining colours, applying the design, sketching and shading, through to firing and finishing the final piece of porcelain. There are over 70 contemporary and traditional designs illustrated, with flowers, insects, birds and abstract designs being just some of the subjects used to decorate plates, teapots and eggs. The china painter should find practical instructions on several painting techniques; the hobby painter should discover how to combine and apply colour; and the miniaturist, illuminator, calligrapher and fabric painter should be interested by the designs.
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Painting on Porcelain
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Contents Introduction
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People
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Materials, equipment and techniques
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Religious themes
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Flowers and leaves
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Stylised designs
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Birds and beasts
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Glossary and index
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Introduction
Painting on porcelain is an art fonn which has always fascinated me. There really are so many possibilities, from plates and teapots to trinket-boxes and 8weetdishes, and over the twenty-five yean I have been painting on porcelain I have proba bly tried most of them! I also decided to make a special study ofpon:elain plaques, 10 as not to be tied to the shape of an object..
These plaques are geueraJ.ly smaU and modem, lletoff by II earefuUy ehosen border in a compl ementary colour. The bird, and floral paintings an! inspired byantique porcelain and earthenware. These pattel'llll hllve been interpreted and painted in watercolourt after studies made when visiting variou.s European museums. They will help painters - beginners or advanced - to getacquainted with thetechniqueof relief and sh:.. ding
of birds and !lowerB. Although many of my patterns have been iru pired by antique pieees in museums and private ooUed.ions, others are entirely the prod uct of my imagination. Inspiration comes from all quarters: people, nature. letters ort.he alphabet, early artists . .. and simply ou t of myown head. So mydesigns range from the strictJy traditional to the contemporary and abstract IOmething for eve!), taste. I hope the ideas in this book inspire you: the deaigna can be painted n ot only on porcelain but also en earthenware, wood, silk, fabric, or whatever $un!lce your imagination may suggest.. AnniGk Punt
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The darker the colour you wish to paint, the more you have torepeatthe process oranother roat orcolourand an intennediate firing .
blue, otter brown, or chestnut brown, and apply them in vertical banda with a broad brush without pressi ng hard. Fire at 7400c (1364°F ).
Colo ur ltUperimpoilitioD using IIiI: coloun Fir" /iring ; divid e up the earthenware tile into six vertical banda. Takeyellow, iron red or nasturtium red , rose pink, olive if"een or· ivy gr~n , turqu oise
&oond firing; now apply the l ame colours, in the I18me order, this time paintinC them in horiwntal
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