Description
Jayne Houston, Published 1983. Plastic comb binding, 83 pp.; 28 cm; First Edition (stated on title page); color plates of finished china throughout, full-page line drawings for tracing, pencil fruit border pp. 4-5.
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Condition & notes
In Very Good condition. Light blue card front cover under a clear plastic protective sheet, plain chipboard rear cover; plastic sheet rippled, creased and scuffed, card beneath clean; light soiling to rear cover. Comb binding tight; leaves and covers 3-hole punched throughout, as issued for binder use. Interior bright and unmarked. Step-by-step china painting manual for fruit subjects: apples, blackberries, grapes, currants, cherries, plums, strawberries, oranges and mixed fruit, each with a palette list, instructions for every painting and firing (typically three to four firings at cone .017), a color plate of the finished piece (tile, cake plate, plaque, tankard, coffee set, cookie jar, fruit bowl, compote) and a line drawing to trace. Includes short sections on fruit categories, color composition and light. Houston self-published a series of seven comb-bound instruction books between 1973 and 1983 (Portraits, Birds, Dresden Flowers I and II, Flowers, Fruit, A Collection of Studies), and a line of overglaze colors was sold under her name; both remain in distribution through china-painting suppliers as of 2026. Contents: Mixed fruit, pencil drawing; Dedication; Introduction; Fruit categories; Color composition; Light; Apples (instructions, apples on tile, apples on cake plate, line drawings); Instructions for painting small fruit; Blackberries, cherries, grapes and plums; Blackberries on plate; Blackberries on plaque; Blackberries and wild roses; Grapes (grape plate, grapes on tankard, grapes on tile); Currants (on plate with black rim, on coffee pot, sugar and creamer, on plate); Cherries on cookie jar; Plums on fruit bowl; Strawberries on compote; Oranges on plate; Mixed fruit on plate; Mixed fruit on fruit bowl; Fruit tile; line drawings for each subject pp. 62-83.