The Complete Guide to High-Fire Glazes: Glazing & Firing at Cone 10 by John Britt
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- Pub. Date: August 2007
- 184pp
- Sales Rank: 55,504
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: August 2007
- Publisher: Lark Books NC
- Format: Paperback, 184pp
- Sales Rank: 55,504
- Series: A Lark Ceramics Book Series
- ISBN-13: 9781600592164
- ISBN: 1600592163
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With hundreds of recipes for some of the most popular and enduring high-fire glazes, this reference will prove a boon to ceramists who want to master this complex and versatile aspect of the art. 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. 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. An exhaustive index of subjects and a separate index of glaze recipes will help ceramists find what they need, quickly and easily.
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Complete Guide to High-Fire Glazes: Glazing and Firing at Cone 10by Anonymous
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August 08, 2008: I am a semi-professional ceramicist and love this book. If you high-fire and need a source for high-fire glazes this book is for you. Glazes in all the colors of the rainbow, recipes, and scientific explanations that are easy to understand can all be found in this book.
Complete Guide to High-Fire Glazes: Glazing and Firing at Cone 10by Anonymous
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November 27, 2004: The Complete Guide To High-Fire Glazes is a highly practical reference especially for ceramic artists - potters and sculptors who glaze their work, put it in a kiln, and then wait and see what comes out. Written by a practicing ceramicist of 20 years' experience, The Complete Guide To High-Fire Glazes uses full-color photographs, charts, and extensive detail to instruct artists in exactly what to expect when placing their work under fire. From technical information about the oxides that make up glazes, to a walkthrough of all aspects of cone 10 glaze-making including mixing the glaze and firing procedures for fuel and electronic kilns, to means of controlling a kiln's firing temperature and atmosphere for each type of glaze, hundreds of glaze recipes, and much more, The Complete Guide To High-Fire Glazes is a 'must-have' for any dedicated ceramicist and a treasure simply to browse for its wealth of beautiful ceramic works for everyone else.
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