Editor: Anderson Turner
This Ceramics Monthly handbook is written by and about artists and experts, these articles cover a wide range of materials, recipes, and techniques used in the glazing of work by both studio potters and ceramic artists. This book is a great example of how the modern potter uses a combination of trial-and-error discoveries along with information from scientists and engineers in the field to achieve unique effects that are the signature of the current ceramic art movement.
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1. Materials
- Color and the Ceramic Surface: Alchemy or Science? by Robin Hopper
- Ordering Raw Materials by Jeff Zamek
- Additives for Glazes by Jeff Zamek
- Glaze Material Substitutions by Jeff Zamek
- Gerstley Borate and Colemanite by Jeff Zamek
- Substitutions for Gerstley Borate by Jeff Zamek
- Is Barium Carbonate Safe? by Jeff Zamek
- Using Rare Earth Colorants by David Pier
- Using Soluble Colorants at Stoneware Temperatures by Kurt Wild
- Formulating Glazes by Richard A. Eppler
2. Recipes
- Versatile Cone 06-6 Clays and Engobes by Gerald Rowan
- Cone 06-6 Vitreous Engobes by Gerald Rowan
- Variation with One Base Glaze by Melvin D. Rowe
- Electric Kiln Copper Reds by Robert S. Pearson and Beatrice I. Pearson
- More Electric Kiln Copper Reds by Robert S. Pearson and Beatrice I. Pearson
- Cone 5 Blue Glazes by Dwain Naragon
- Cone 5 White Glazes by Dwain Naragon
- Cone 5 Oxidation Glazes by Anthony Bellesorte
- Hobart Cowles White Glazes by Lili Krakowski
- Hobart Cowles Tan and Brown Glazes by Lili Krakowski
- Hobart Cowles Blue and Green Glazes by Lili Krakowski
- Black Friday by Jeff Zamek
- Cone 6 Oxidation Slips and Glazes by Gerald Rowan
- A Palette of Cone 6 Oxidation Glazes by Jeff Dietrich
- Cone 08-6 Self-Glazing Clays by Gerald Rowan
- Cone 5-6 Reduction Glazes by Paul Woolery
- Cone 6 Reduction: Great Glazes and Smart Savings by Rick Malmgren
- Cone 3-6 Data Bank Glazes by Harold J. McWhinnie
- Cone 4-6 Oxidation Glazes by Harold J. McWhinnie
- A Cone 6-10 Glaze Palette by Harold J. McWhinnie
- Cone 3-8 Rutile Glazes by Harold J. McWhinnie
- Lichenlike Surfaces by Lana Wilson
- The Fugitive Blue Chun by Emman Okunna
- Awka Oil-Spot Glaze by Emman Okunna
- Converting to Oxidation Glazes by Melvin D. Rowe
3. Techniques
- Glaze Dipping: Tubs and Tongs by Bennett Welsh
- Bob Reed: Landscape and Motion by Von D. Allen
- China Paint: The Ultimate Low Fire by Paul Lewing
- Old Glazes, New Words by John Chalke
- Layered Cone 6 and Cone 06 Glazes by Lana Wilson
- When Bad Glazes Happen to Good Potters: An Unsolved Mystery by Cynthia Spencer
- Jim Koudelka’s Layered Contraptions by Daniel Duford
- Five Steps to Stop Glaze Shivering by Jeff Zamek
- A Garden Niche by Trevor E. Youngberg
- Wood-Ash Glazing at Cone 6 by Harry Spring
- Kathleen Guss and Stephen Robison by Clive Clintonson
- George McCauley by Peter Held
- Wayne Bates by Sandy Miller Sasso
- Eight Steps to Stop Crazing by Jeff Zamek
- Glaze Crawling: Causes and Corrections by Jeff Zamek
- A Wood-Fired Look from an Electric Kiln by Richard Busch
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