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Pottery,9780844200118
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Pottery


Author(s): Gale, John
ISBN10:  0844200115
ISBN13:  9780844200118
Format:  Paperback
Pub. Date:  3/1/1998
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill

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SummaryTable of Contents
A comprehensive introduction for the beginner, and a useful reference for the more experienced potter, TEACH YOURSELF POTTERY contains step-by-step instructions that equip the reader with the knowledge and skills necessary to progress from simple to advanced pottery techniques. Illustrations.
Acknowledgements
Introduction 1(2)
Part One: The Meaning of Pottery 3(3)
1 A definition
3(1)
2 Types of pottery
3(3)
Part Two: Clay 6(27)
1 Types of clay
6(4)
2 Other pottery bodies
10(3)
3 The preparation of clay
13(11)
4 The preparation of slips for casting and decoration
24(3)
5 Testing new slips and clays
27(1)
6 Storage of ceramic materials
27(3)
7 Reclaiming dry, unworkable or used clay
30(1)
8 Making a plaster slab
30(3)
Part Three: Methods of Working Clay 33(71)
1 Thumb or pinch shapes
33(3)
2 Coiled shapes
36(6)
3 Thrown shapes
42(32)
4 Turning
74(7)
5 Slab shapes
81(6)
6 Moulded shapes
87(6)
7 Simple mouldmaking
93(8)
8 Tiles
101(3)
Part Four: Decoration before Firing 104(14)
1 Incising
104(1)
2 Impressing
105(1)
3 Relief
105(2)
4 Inlaying
107(1)
5 Marbling
107(2)
6 Sgraffito
109(2)
7 Slip trailing
111(2)
8 Resist
113(1)
9 Slip painting
114(1)
10 Underglaze painting
114(2)
11 Burnishing
116(2)
Part Five: Glazes 118(38)
1 A definition
118(1)
2 The nature of a glaze
119(1)
3 Materials for making glazes
119(6)
4 Types of glazes and glaze recipes
125(4)
5 Colouring agents
129(5)
6 Other glazes
134(5)
7 Glaze mixing
139(3)
8 Glaze testing
142(1)
9 Glaze application
143(6)
10 Decoration with glazes and pigments
149(4)
11 Glaze faults
153(3)
Part Six: Firing 156(31)
1 Kilns
156(6)
2 Kiln furniture
162(1)
3 Temperature indicators and controllers
163(5)
4 Biscuit firing
168(5)
5 Glaze firing
173(4)
6 Firing cycle
177(2)
7 Special firings
179(8)
Glossary of Terms 187(14)
Imperial Measures and the Metric System 201(2)
Materials and Equipment for the Beginner 203(6)
Suppliers of Pottery Materials and Equipment 209(2)
Further Reading 211(2)
Index 213

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