Guides: Studio Arts: Materials & Process Research @ Pitt: Modern/Contemporary Artists' Materials & Processes

In this example of searching for more on modern/contemporary art materials, we'll do a keyword search. We will search in PittCat:

From PittCat, click Advanced Search.

Enter "contemporary" in the first search box, "materials" in the second search box, and "art" in the third, and search

Narrowing down your results with more directed keywords and subject headings will help you find the resources that you're looking for.

Contemporary AND sculpture AND materials

Modern AND painting AND materials

Contemporary AND art AND process

3D AND printing AND art

Include specific names of materials in your searches.
Search for specific art movements to learn more about the materials and processes used by artists aligned with that movement
Search for specific artists who use/d a material or employed a process that you're interested in learning more about.

Willem de Kooning: The Artist's Materials by Susan F. Lake
This in-depth study of the paintings of Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) from the 1940s through the 1970s breaks new ground in its analysis of the artist's working methods and yields new information about previously unreported materials.
Hacking the Digital Print: alternative image capture and printmaking processes, with a special section on 3D printing by Bonny Pierce Lhotka
In this book, you'll learn how to create unique images using tools you make and modify yourself. Lhotka shows you how to use analog distortion filters, custom textures, and lens modifiers to create images that look like you made them, not an app. You'll also learn how to re-create classic printmaking techniques using non-toxic digital alternatives, including a water-based transfer solution that's safe to use anywhere, whether it's the studio, classroom, or kitchen counter.
Wonder Wood: A Favorite Material for Design, Architecture, and Art by Barbara Glasner; Stephen Ott
Wonder Wood presents this timeless material as it is being used today and how it can be used in the future. It also documents a selection of current international projects and processes, making-ofs, and experiments by 120 internationally renowned designers, architects, and artists, whose creative and innovative approach to the material makes their work compelling.

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