Ebook: Ceramics - Mastering the Craft

Cover; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; Foreword; Further Thoughts; Introduction; Chapter 1: Understanding Ceramic Materials; Chapter 2: Ceramic Color; Chapter 3: Clay Bodies: Making and Buying; Chapter 4: Ceramic Forms: Vessels, Sculpture, and Wall Pieces; Chapter 5: Creating Form in Clay; Chapter 6: Clay Imagery; Chapter 7: Ceramic Surfaces; Chapter 8: Glazes; Chapter 9: Glaze Recipe Types; Chapter 10: Glaze/Firing Combinations; Chapter 11: Glaze Making and Testing; Chapter 12: Glaze Application; Chapter 13: Kilns and Kiln Designs; Chapter 14: Kiln Loading; Chapter 15: Kiln Firing.;A fascinating blend of the technical and aesthetic aspects of ceramics, this second edition features historical background information, analysis of image creation strategies, and numerous technical photos. Photo essays show such processes as raku, throwing on a wheel, slab construction, hand forming in a press mold, working with colored clay, creating a mold-formed vessel, and several others. Potters will find invaluable information on buying and formulating clays, creating form in clay, clay imagery, ceramic surfaces, choosing and applying glazes, firing clay bodies, analysis of glaze recipe t.