Electric Firing: Creative Techniques

Edited by Anderson Turner

Softcover: 135 pages
Publisher: The American Ceramic Society (2008)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-157498294-7
Dimensions: 11" x 8.5" x 0.4"
Shipping Weight: 1.5 lbs.

Electric kilns are a wonderful thing! They're so readily available and relatively simple to install that any artist can take advantage of the incredible potential this tool has to offer. Nearly every ceramic artist now uses an electric kiln in some capacity in their studio because electric kiln in some capacity in their studio because electric firing offers a control and dependability not found in any other type of firing. As the popularity of electric kilns has increased over the past few decades, manufacturers and suppliers made this tool even more versatile. Advances in controllers, energy efficiency and kiln materials makes it possible for studio potters to take advantage of this tool for relatively little investment in both money and time. And suppliers have developed and offer a vast array of thousands of products developed specifically for use in the electric kiln. In Electric Firing: Creative Techniques, you'll discover the contributions of studio artists who use electric kilns. They eagerly share their experimentations, their research and their artistic successes so you can build on what they've learned. You'll find up-to-date information on processes, glazes, tools, materials and techniques. If you have an electric kiln, you know some of the benefits of owning one. In this book you'll discover some of its many possibilities. Part of the American Ceramic Society's Ceramic Arts Handbook Series.

In this fantastic collection readers will be inspired by the range of techniques covering many facets of pottery making and surface treatments. They'll also get information on materials, maintenance, glazes or even how to make wood- or gas-fired kiln out of an old electric kiln. From Pennsylvania redware and lusters to maintenance and glazes, ceramic artists will find the electric kiln capable of most anything. There seems to be no limit to the possibilities.