Description
Book SynopsisThe ultimate guide to understanding and creating dry glazes. This book covers everything you need to know to understand and create dry glazes. Dry glazes are used by many potters - Lucie Rie and Hans Coper are well-known examples - and often by ceramicists creating sculpture, where a shiny glaze is not appropriate. Learn all about slips and engobes, oxides and stains, matt glazes and low alumina surfaces, textured and pitted glazes as well as what makes up dry glazes and how to create them. The book is beautifully illustrated with famous artists' work, as well as many test tiles of examples of dry glazes with their corresponding recipes, making it a valuable resource for ceramicists working in this area or anyone curious to explore the medium.
Trade Reviewthere is much here for the glaze enthusiast * Ceramic Review, January/February 2010 *
This book covers everything you need to know to create a range of glazes * London Potters, February/March 2010 *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. What makes a dry glaze dry? 2. Health and safety 3. Developing the surface and visual texture 4. Slips and engobes 5. Alkaline glazes: rich in sodium, potassium and lithium 6. Boron, lead and zinc matts 7. Calcium and magnesium matts 8. Barium and strontium matts 9. Special effects glazes 10. Colouring oxides and raku-fired matts References Bibliography Glossary List of suppliers Index
