Ceramics Handbooks
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Designed as a follow-up to Kiln Building", this book offers radical new ideas and different approaches to an old subject. The book is not intended to be a complete guide to building kilns, instead it provides basic essential guidelines for the beginner, along with many images of a variety of types of kiln, giving inspiration and a fresh look at kiln building. Minimal text and images cover the new developments in the field, giving new insights to old-hand kiln builders and broadening the horizons for beginners."
The "Ceramics Handbooks" are a series of highly illustrated, practical handbooks for both working potters and students wanting to experiment in a new area, and for teachers. Each title deals with a specific ceramic topic or technique. This title presents a guide to building a kiln - what materials to use, construction methods, the firing equipment needed and pitfalls involved. It includes plans for building a variety of kilns such as oil-burning, wood-firing, raku, salt-glaze and single and two chambered kilns. It also discusses some more specialized approaches to firing with examples of paper kilns, Roman pit firing, fire tree construction and direct site firings. There are also instructions on building a glassblowing furnace.
This book discusses the clays, glazes and equipment available to sculptural ceramicists and includes manipulation methods and techniques, kilns and firing methods. The author looks at the work of some of the international artists who are currently producing sculptural ceramics, including new, young potters as well as that of more established artists.