Ceramic Arts Daily Announces the Release of a New Free Resource for Ceramic Artists and Educators

Online, January 6, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Ceramic Arts Daily, a blog and website serving active potters, ceramic artists, and ceramic arts educators worldwide, announces the release of an exciting free resource: Ceramic Carving Tool Techniques: Bringing the Ceramic Surface to Life. This free download is an excellent resource for ceramic art educators and artists interested in trying this expressive and compelling firing method.

One of the best ways to make a piece of clay work your own is to literally put your mark on it. In Ceramic Carving Tool Techniques: Bringing the Ceramic Surface to Life, you will learn to go further, bringing the form and surface of your work together into a signature style using a variety of carving tools in combination with carving techniques like sgraffito, etching, wire-cutting, relief carving and more.

Ceramic Carving Tool Techniques: Bringing the Ceramic Surface to Life can be downloaded here:
http://ceramicartsdaily.org/free-gifts/ceramic-carving-tool-techniques-bringing-the-ceramic-surface-to-life/

Ceramic Carving Tool Techniques: Bringing the Ceramic Surface to Life includes the following:

Advice on the Best Tools for Carving, Cutting, Scratching, and Slashing Clay
by Robin Hopper
No matter how you want to approach the surface of your clay work, knowing what tool work best for each job - or even what tools are available - is a great way to get started.

Scratching the Surface: Carving Intricate Sgraffito Designs
for Color and Depth
by Wayne Bates
Even the simplest clay carving techniques can yield complex results with a little planning and ingenuity. Adding and altering layers of information will help to build a surface that will expand your visual vocabulary.

Carving Low-Relief Surface Designs into Wet Clay
by Ann Ruel
Relief carving can truly blur the line between form and surface. Carving a surface to the point of removing parts of the form creates textural depth and striking visual effects. It can be time consuming and challenging, but careful planning makes the final product worth it!

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