Ceramic Transfer Printing

Description

The ultimate guide to the potential of ceramic transfer printing as a creative medium. This book is ideal for anyone wishing to combine ceramics with print and transfers, a very exciting area which has enormous scope for creativity. Ceramic transfers or decals are one of the prime methods of decorating industrially-made ceramics. They also offer exciting creative potential for studio-based artists or designer-makers. A ceramic transfer is traditionally made by printing ceramic ink onto a special paper and allows pictures, patterns or text to be transferred onto ceramic forms - 2D and 3D. Importantly, print can achieve distinct aesthetic effects on ceramics that are not possible by using other decoration methods such as hand painting. Drawing on over twenty years of experience, Kevin Petrie offers a focused analysis of the potential of ceramic transfer printing as a creative medium. Discover the specific materials and techniques for making versatile screen-printed ceramic transfers - from the 'low tech' to the more sophisticated. In this book, you can also explore other approaches by artist researchers as well as recent developments with digital transfers. A range of case studies shows the potential and diversity of the transfer printing approach in this area, which extends beyond ceramics to include printing on enamel, metal and glass.

Kevin Petrie is a well known writer and ceramic artist and is Head of the School of Art and Design and Professor of Glass and Ceramics at the University of Sunderland which has one of the best glass courses in the UK. He is best known for 'blending' printmaking and glass/ceramics for creative use.

Petrie shares his wisdom, experience and techniques in this very comprehensive work ... a serious reference tome for both the student and the artist. * London Potters News * New and exciting ... Well produced offering a clear and well-structured layout in both its historical analysis and new technical developments ... Highly recommended. * South Wales Potters' Newsletter * This title is the first in a new series called The New Ceramics, with which the publisher will offer a contemporary vision of different areas of ceramic art. In this case concerning the transfer of images on ceramic, support was studied from traditional techniques to the use of computers. * [Translated from] Revista de Libros *