Ash Glazes

Phil Rogers (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

144 Seiten

1992
A & C Black Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7136-3440-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This handbook provides information on how to make and use ash glazes, as well as a survey of some of the leading ash glaze potters and their work. Wood ash is relatively easy to obtain, whether in town or country, and provides a direct link with potters of old.

Inhalt

A brief history of wood ash glazes; the growing plant; what is wood ash?; collecting and preparing wood ash; glazes, what are thay and how do they work?; making glazes: testing your ash, what characteristics do you want in your glaze?, mixing the glaze, methods of blending materials, applying the ash glaze, the use of slips with ash glazes, firing the glaze, glaze faults; ash-like glazes without ash; survey of some ash glaze potters; other potters who use ash glazes; ash glaze recipes; ash analyses; molecular weights.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.1.1992
• Reihe/Serie: Ceramics
• Zusatzinfo: 100 b&w and 50 colour illustrations, glossary, index
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 219 x 276 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Malen / Zeichnen
• ISBN-10: 0-7136-3440-5 / 0713634405
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7136-3440-2 / 9780713634402
• Zustand: Neuware