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The use of low-fire techniques became a popular method of furthering that objectification and blurring the memory of clay as a utilitarian medium.
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Working with computer-generated studies, Lawrence and West provide fascinating new information on "glaze fit" that shows how thermal expansion properties in the glaze and body can be both predicted and controlled to prevent cracking and crazing.
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Frank and Janet Hamer describe the origin of clay, its chemical and physical properties, and how to work with it. A Special Edition of Pottery Glazes is also included. Recipes for glazes, slips and clays fired at 1200 °C.
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In the work of the common-ordinary-man there lie depths of truth in human expression. These potters made things according to a common spirit... not mainly to express themselves. In the making they express commonly what was inherent in their culture.
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Electric Kiln Ceramics demonstrates that, despite professional bias in favor of gas or fuel-fired kilns, electric-kiln firing can produce real—and very beautiful—ceramics.
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Fournier has written a thoroughly researched, and beautifully illustrated volume that identifies techniques, materials and all matters concerning pottery.
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Master potter Robert Fournier has created a clearly organized dictionary of pottery forms from all nations and all time periods that will stand as a source of instruction and inspiration to craftsmen everywhere.
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Alan Caiger-Smith, a potter with an international reputation who has made a special name for himself by successfully reviving the art of lustre, covers the whole subject from Abbasid Iraq to the late 20th century.
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The Mud-Pie Dilemma is a book about a master potter whose dedication to his craft is so intense that he willingly accepts the challenge to weave a life of creative commitment with economic survival.
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Pioneer Pottery is one of the classic texts in Ceramic literature. Its author, Michael Cardew, was one of the seminal figures in British ceramics and his book, written partly in response to his time spent in Africa, has influenced generations.
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Written with practical wisdom and appealing common sense, and illustrated with over 100 diagrams and photographs, The Potters Alternative is a significant contribution from a man who devoted his life to making potters more self-reliant.
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The Potter's Craft was really the first book in America (truly definitive about all aspects of ceramics art), that actually helped people get into ceramics in a serious way. It also set the basic structure for many books on ceramics that followed.
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Challenging the popular assumption that clay must be bisqued in order to have glaze applied, the author explains, step-by-step, how to apply glazes to unfired clay at a wet, leather-hard, or dry state.
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Describes the ways by which pottery can be made in the field, without benefit of the well-equipped studio. It shows how students and experienced potters today can use primitive methods to better understand the nature of clay and fire.
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A complete and contemporary introduction to a traditional art. Includes glaze recipes, instructions for building a variety of kilns, line drawings and over 100 black and white photographs.
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Alan Caiger-Smith, who is himself a distinguished tin-glaze potter, traces the development of painted tin-glaze pottery from the beginning to the present day with great precision.
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