| Description |
160 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 160) and index. |
| Note |
"Techniques, projects, inspiration"--Cover. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Contemporary ceramics -- The evolution of ceramics in the 20th century -- Raw materials -- Clays -- Mining and preparation of clays -- Clay bodies -- Characteristics of clay -- Tools and their uses -- Tools and equipment -- Mold-making tools -- Tools and equipment for throwing on the wheel -- Glazing and decorating tools -- Kilns and firing methods -- Kiln furniture -- Firing temperature -- Firing -- Production processes -- Handbuilding and throwing -- Pinching -- Coil building -- Slump molds -- Mold production -- Waste molds -- Press molds -- Slip-cast molds -- Making plaster wheel molds -- The potter's wheel -- Glaze techniques -- Glazes -- Raw and fritted glazes -- Characteristics of glaze ingredients -- Low-fire glazes -- Stoneware glazes -- Copper reds -- Ash glazes -- Raku -- Paper clay -- Decorative techniques -- Slips -- Colored clay bodies -- Underglazes -- Step by step -- Hollowing out solid forms -- Slab building, by Ivet Bazaco -- Throwing a large vessel in two sections / Josep Matés -- Making a large oval vessel with salts / Carlets -- Coil-building a bowl / Yukiko Murata -- Sculpting vessels / Barbaformosa -- Gallery -- Glossary. |
| Subject |
Pottery craft.
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| Added Title |
Art and craft of ceramics |
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Ceramics |
| ISBN |
9781579909123 hardcover |
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1579909124 hardcover |
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