Nerikomi: The Art of Colored Clay

A fully illustrated examination of the use of color in clay, outlining its history and exploring the styles and techniques of the leading modern makers.

Nerikomi is the use of colored clay to build a piece's decoration into its very fabric before forming and firing. A variety of techniques including stacking, slicing and stretching the clays results in a multicolored loaf, highly patterned slices from which are used to create ceramic forms. The possibilities are endless. This beautifully ill...