The potter's studio clay & glaze handbook : an essential guide to choosing, working, and designing with clay and glaze in the ceramic studio
(2009)
By:
Zamek, Jeff
Nonfiction
Book
Series:
Call Numbers:
738.1/ZAMEK,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Beverly, Mass. : Quarry Books, 2009
DESCRIPTION
176 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781592535224, 1592535224
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
NOTES
I: Setting up shop -- Follow the clay: a sensible working studio -- A potter's tool chest -- 2: The nature of clay -- What is clay? -- Acquiring clay: buy premixed or mix your own? -- Choosing a ceramics supplier -- Clay body formulas -- Testing clay body formulas -- Troubleshooting clay imperfections -- 3: Glazes -- Glaze chemistry -- Adjusting and testing glazes -- Glaze technique -- Troubleshooting glazes -- 4: Heating ceramic materials -- Inside the kiln -- Firing methods -- Troubleshooting S-crack issues