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Teach Yourself Pottery, New Edition,9780658021480
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Teach Yourself Pottery, New Edition


Edition: 2nd
Author(s): Gale, John
ISBN10:  0658021486
ISBN13:  9780658021480
Format:  Paperback
Pub. Date:  2/20/2002
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography

Teach Yourself Pottery gives you examples of different techniques, from simple to advanced, for molding clay, packing and firing a kiln, decorating, and glazing.

Abundant color photography--on virtually every page--provides inspiration for:

  • Selecting materials and tools
  • Accomplishing suggested projects
  • Developing original ideas
  • Mastering skills and techniques
Introduction 1(1)
The meaning of pottery
2(2)
Types of pottery
Clay
4(15)
Types of clay
Other pottery bodies
The preparation of clay
The prepartion of slips for casting and decoration
Testing new slips and clays
Storage of ceramic materials
Reclaiming dry/unworkable or used clay
Making a plaster slab
Methods of working clay
19(39)
Thumb or pinch shapes
Coiled shapes
Thrown shapes
Turning
Slab shapes
Moulded shapes
Simple mould-making
Tiles
Decoration before firing
58(11)
Incising
Impressing
Relief
Inlaying
Marbling
Sgraffito (`scratched')
Slip trailing
Resist
Slip painting
Underglaze painting
Burnishing
Glazes
69(24)
The nature of a glaze
Materials for making glazes
Types of glaze and glaze recipes
Colouring agents
Other glazes
Glaze mixing
Glaze testing
Glaze application
Decoration with glazes and pigments
Glaze faults
Firing
93(18)
Kiln furniture
Temperature indicators and controllers
Biscuit firing
Glaze firing
Firing cycle
Special firing
Materials and equipment for the beginner 111(3)
Suppliers of pottery materials and equipment 114(1)
Further Reading 115(2)
Acknowledgements 117(1)
Index 118

John Gale is a practing artist and craftsperson and works in many disciplines including ceramics, painting and writing.


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