The Complete Guide to High-Fire Glazes: Glazing & Firing at Cone 10 (A Lark Ceramics Book)
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (885 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1600592163 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 184 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
An exhaustive index of subjects and a separate index of glaze recipes will help ceramists find what they need, quickly and easily.. He offers a thorough examination of glaze materials, chemistry, and tools, and presents the basics of mixing, application, and firing procedures. There’s a wealth of information on various type of glazes, including copper, iron, shino, salt/soda, crystalline, and more. Author John Britt, who served as Clay Coordinator at the respected Penland School of Crafts, has personally tested many of the recipes, and carefully reviews every one. With hundreds of recipes for some of the most popular and enduring high-fire glazes, this reference will prove
Happy Pyro Chemists Handbok Violet I dig this book. As a studio ceramicist for roughly 12 years, I love making glazes, and experimenting. Yet, I haver yet to find my results matching up with the images in the recipe/photo examples. Perhaps more info given as per what exactly was don't to achieve the glaze results would be more realistic. Spraying-vs-dipping. High/low reduction -vs- light or heavy oxidation. And image examples of both/all results wo. There are many excellent quality photos of test tiles and some nice pieces A stellar book that explains the properties of elements and oxides in glazes, the firing methods, heat work, and testing glazes by line blends. Glazes are categorized by color as well as sections on special effect, iron, and salt glazes. There are many, many recipes and options here along with brief discussions about the characteristics of various glazes (shinos, tenmokus, celadons, etcetera). There are many excel. "John Britt never disappoints! Buy this!" according to Rebecca L. I love these recipes! John Britt is a great resource for pottery. His glaze recipes are always reliable and you know you're getting a quality, tried and true recipe. There's little to worry about when trying on of his glazes for the first time. Aside from the recipes in this book, Britt offers up a ton of knowledge on the subject of high fire ceramics. I recommend this book to every potter interested in high fire.