Potters Book of Glaze Recipes
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (803 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0713419970 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"A great book for serious ceramicists!" according to Mike Wadas. This book is a great reference for those who are interested in mixing their own oxides for making custom glazes. Why spend a ridiculous amount of money for pre-made when you can mix up something better? This book is packed with recipes for a wide range o. Ellie said Pottery glaze recipes. This book is so informative with regard to making glazes to apply to your pottery before firing. There are formulas for low fire, mid firing and high firing. Many of the formulas have pictures depicting what your results should be. But as all potters kno. Review from an experienced potter Natalie E. Harrop I am thrilled with this new book I recently purchased, I have had Emmanual Cooper's other books on glazing and recipes - and found them most informative and the glazes pretty true to explanationI also have found that they are quite stable - we fire in th
From the PublisherEmmanuel Cooper is a leading British potter, prolific author, and longtime editor of Ceramic Review. His Ten Thousand Years of Pottery, now in its fourth edition, is also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
. His Ten Thousand Years of Pottery, now in its fourth edition, is also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Emmanuel Cooper is a leading British potter, prolific author, and longtime editor of Ceramic Review
A brief note follows each glaze, describing its appearance and suggesting variations on the basic formula by adjustments in thickness of application, firing method or metal oxide levels. Emmanuel Cooper has his own pottery studio in London, is a ceramics teacher and the co-editor of "Ceramic Review" magazine.. The book also contains a listing of basic glazing materials, metric conversion tables and a list of suppliers in the UK and the USA. The recipes are then listed according to temperature tolerance and the ingredients are given as parts by weight, with the additional colouring oxides expressed as percentages. Ju