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

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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

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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 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

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"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.

Glazes for Special Effects

Glazes for Special Effects
Author: Herbert H. Sanders
Publisher:
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1974
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN:

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"Contains chapters on crystals and various types of crystalline glazes, the technique of copper reduction glazes, the accumulation and use of ash for wood ash and plant ash glazes and embellishments such as luster and underglaze decoration. The book also presents a raku demonstration and an explanation of the differences in philosophy and practice between Japanese and American approaches to making raky ware. Other subjects include porcelain body compositions on which to use the glazes, coloring oxides for porcelain slip, localized reduction firing, Arabian luster glazing, soluble salts decorating, and how to make your own frits. There are also tables of complex ash glazes and of formulas for commercial frits."--Dust jacket.

Cone 5-6 Glazes

Cone 5-6 Glazes
Author: Bill Jones
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Ceramics
ISBN: 9781574983364

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This book features the research of more than thirty potters and glaze enthusiasts who have dedicated hundreds of hours of research into finding and understanding materials and glazes that provide the right effect for their pottery.

Amazing Glaze

Amazing Glaze
Author: Gabriel Kline
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2018-12-18
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 0760361037

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"This book made me fall in love with glaze all over again." —Ben Carter, author of Mastering the Potter’s Wheel Whether you look forward to glazing your work or are guilty of saying "I hate glazing!" Amazing Glaze is for you. Join author and Odyssey Clayworks founder Gabriel Kline on a journey that makes glazing less intimidating and more fun. Start in the "glaze kitchen" where you'll set yourself up for success, then move on to learning the tools and techniques for getting your glaze right every time. Along the way, Gabriel shares dozens of tried-and-true recipes and combinations for both mid-range and high-fire glazes. The recipes and foundational techniques of Amazing Glaze are just the beginning. Learn about layering with slip and underglaze, work with resists, and combine techniques to take your glazing above and beyond. Whether you're after crystalline effects, an elusive red, or a crash-course in applying decals it's all here. A variety of artist features and stunning gallery work from today's top artists will leave you inspired and ready to get glazing.

The Handbook of Glaze Recipes

The Handbook of Glaze Recipes
Author: Linda Bloomfield
Publisher: Herbert Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-05-22
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1912217481

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An essential resource for all potters, containing a broad range of glaze recipes and clay bodies, illustrated with helpful test tiles.

Oriental Glazes

Oriental Glazes
Author: Michael Bailey
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2004-08-18
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780812218909

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This book shows how best to achieve oriental glazes by discussing materials, glaze analysis and recipes, kilns and fuel, and reduction firing techniques.

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

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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.