Copper Red Glazes

Copper Red Glazes
Author: Robert Tichane
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Copper compounds
ISBN: 9780873416634

Potters everywhere will welcome "Copper Red Glazes", the ultimate reference for this tricky but stunning glaze. Finally potters can master ancient secrets without expensive and frustrating experimentation. 50 color photos.

Ash Glazes

Ash Glazes
Author: Phil Rogers
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2003-02-12
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780812237214

Ash Glazes has been designed as an introduction and practical handbook to this glazing technique, covering the history of ash glazes and the practicalities of collecting and testing wood ashes and transforming them into glazes. It will provide inspiration for working potters and delight all those interested in contemporary ceramics.

Chinese Glazes

Chinese Glazes
Author: Nigel Wood
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1999
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780812234763

Chinese pottery has long been esteemed not only for its beauty and delicacy but also for the utility and efficiency evident in the potter's skill.

The Complete Guide to High-Fire Glazes

The Complete Guide to High-Fire Glazes
Author: John Britt
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2007
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781600592164

"With recipes for mixing, testing, applying, and firing hundreds of high-fire glazes, this fully illustrated reference will help all ceramists gain a better understanding of glazes and the factors that make them work."--Book Jacket.

New Ceramics: Special Effect Glazes

New Ceramics: Special Effect Glazes
Author: Linda Bloomfield
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2020-09-17
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1912217899

From drippy and crackle to ash and lichen glazes, experienced ceramicist Linda Bloomfield guides you through the world of special effect glazes. Beautifully illustrated with pieces from both emerging and established potters that showcase stunning copper oxide-blues, metallic bronzes and manganese-pink crystal glazes, Special Effect Glazes is packed full of recipes to try out: from functional oilspot glazes using iron oxide, to explosive lava glazes. In this informative handbook discover how you can create these fantastic effects and learn the basic chemistry behind glazes in order to adjust and experiment with your unique pieces. Discussed are materials and stains, how to find them and how they affect the colour and texture of the glaze, alongside practical fixes to familiar glaze-making problems. Special Effect Glazes is essential for any ceramicist interested in creating eye-catching glazes and wanting to develop their knowledge of glaze-making, or experiment with their own formulas to achieve the perfect finish.

Colour in Glazes

Colour in Glazes
Author: Linda Bloomfield
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2022-01-13
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1789941172

An essential handbook for studio potters working towards achieving a fantastic spectrum of colourful glazes. Colour in Glazes teaches you all the methods for achieving colour in glazes, focusing on colouring oxides in detail, including the newly available rare earth oxides. Find out about the types of base glazes and the fluxes used to make them in relation to colour response as well as using colouring oxides to achieve depth and variety of colour, rather than resorting to commercial ceramic stains. Discover the practical aspects of mixing, applying, testing and adjusting glazes, and explore a large section of test tiles and glaze recipes for use on white earthenware, stoneware and porcelain fired in electric, gas and salt kilns. This new edition, fully updated and revised, contains advances in technology and new discoveries in the Periodic Table. It is an infallible handbook to achieving the colour you want, and to help you broaden your palette.

The Complete Guide to Mid-range Glazes

The Complete Guide to Mid-range Glazes
Author: John Britt
Publisher: Lark Ceramics Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781454707776

According to Ceramics Monthly, most potters glaze their pieces at mid-range temperatures--and this complete studio guide eliminates the guesswork from the popular process. Along with hundreds of recipes, it explores mixing, application, specific firing and cooling cycles, and much more. See how to boost colors, achieve results that equal high-fire glazing, and stretch your boundaries with new techniques.

Mastering Cone 6 Glazes

Mastering Cone 6 Glazes
Author: Ron Roy
Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2020-01-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781635618853

Master potters John Hesselberth and Ron Roy present this practical guide to making and using cone 6 glazes. Artists will be able to quickly learn the basics of glaze chemistry and firing, and even formulate their own appealing glazes. Mastering Cone 6 Glazes is an invaluable resource for do-it-yourself potters of all ages and experience levels.

The Potter's Book of Glaze Recipes

The Potter's Book of Glaze Recipes
Author: Emmanuel Cooper
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2004-08-31
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780812237719

The Potter's Book of Glaze Recipes is a must for potters and ceramicists of all abilities interested in creating their own glazes.

Glazes Cone 6

Glazes Cone 6
Author: Michael Bailey
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2001-07-03
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780812217827

The exceptionally wide variety of glazes and glazing techniques possible at this popular temperature are fully explored in this excellent resource.