| Description |
1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Clayworks in Art Therapy: Plying the Sacred Circle; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Note on How to Use the Book; 1. Devising the Claywork Experience; 2. Methodology; 3. Clay and its Processes; 4. Alternative Clays; 5. Ceramic Techniques and Processes; 6. Techniques in Figurative Sculpture; 7. Developmental Considerations in Clayworks; 8. Figurative Sculpture and Case Material; 9. Claywork and Group Process; 10. Claywork in the Community; 11. The Ceramic Vessel; 12. The Functional Form in Art Therapy; 13. The Culminating Fire; Glossary; Bibliography; Subject Index; Author Index |
| Summary |
Clay is universally recognized as a medium of creative expression, and it also has great potential for therapeutic application. These two properties of clay are celebrated together in a book that explores the history, theory and techniques of claywork in eliciting therapeutic outcomes. Vignettes and case material explain and expand the text, which interweaves an appreciation of clay in art with many practical suggestions for its use in therapy. By according equal status to aesthetic outcomes and artistic integrity, the author offers a new and holistic approach to claywork. Practitioners and ed |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-219) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Art therapy.
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Modeling -- Therapeutic use.
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Children.
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Art Therapy
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Aluminum Silicates -- therapeutic use
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Child
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art therapy.
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children (people by age group)
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Theory Of Art.
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Creative Therapy (Eg Art, Music, Drama)
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MEDICAL -- Allied Health Services -- Occupational Therapy.
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Children
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Art therapy
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Modeling -- Therapeutic use
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
141750160X |
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9781417501601 |
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184642318X |
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9781846423185 |
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9781843107064 |
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1843107066 |
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1283904446 |
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9781283904445 |
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