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New Potter's Companion Tony Birks Collins revised edn 1982 To read the New Potter's Companion is to bring pleasure and real encouragement to everyone interested in pottery making, at all levels and by whatever technique. For those who believe that a complex craft cannot be learned from a book Tony Birks has a real contribution to make, for he understands the problems of technique and design which are common to all fields of ceramics, and he prepares the beginner for pitfalls as well as providing the solutions which make this book into a reference work for the experienced potter. In this new and enlarged edition of a book originally designed as a companion guide for evening class students, sections have been written to cover the popular casting and extruding techniques, and there are new glazes described without mystique or complexity for the enterprising student. ' ... packed with lots of helpful information, the book leads the amateur potter carefully through every stage of the procedure ... Very clear photographs and diagrams show how the making is done.' 4to. Fine in a VG++ wrapper. 765 gms £7.00 |
The Potter's Complete Book of Clay and Glazes James Chappell Watson-Guptill 3rd prtg 1979 Clay and glazes-the lifeblood of the potter's craft-are presented in this handbook as a straightforward system of formulas with instructions for mixing, application, and firing. These formulas have been devised and tested by the author in his own studio and are now available to potters in this easy-to-follow, cross-referenced format. The book provides full information on clays and clay bodies, from digging your own to adjusting for defects. Among the clay bodies presented are earthenware, soft stoneware and stoneware, porcelain, raku, Egyptian paste, and oven and rangetop bodies, along with information on coloring clay bodies and engobes. A wide range of glazes is presented with instructions for glaze preparation and mixing. These include earthenware glazes, single-fire glazes, wide-firing-range glazes, porcelain glazes, slip glazes, salt and vapor glazing, and cup and spoon measures. In the stoneware glaze category, the author gives formulas for soft stoneware glazes, celadons, copper reds, and ash glazes. Glaze defects, testing, and adjustments are also discussed, along with glaze colorants and stains. Results of both oxidation and reduction firing are noted for each suitable clay-body type and glaze. The book is appended with temperature charts and other reference material, and a special section lists glaze compounds and substitutions. A collection of clay body and glaze formulas for immediate use, The Potter's Complete Book of Clay and Glazes is an indispensable reference source for every potter: teacher, student, professional, and serious amateur. 448 pages. 1500 formulas. Temperature Charts. Clay Analysis Charts. Bibliography. Glossary/Index. Large 4to. VG++ in a VG++ wrapper. 1570 gms £22.00 |
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Studio Porcelain Peter Lane, F'word by David Leach Pitman House 1st 1980 Porcelain is the most demanding and exquisite of all pottery mediums and today an increasing number of studio potters are responding to its challenge, with many of their pieces becoming collectors' items. This book brings into focus for the first time the exciting innovations in contemporary studio porcelain and reveals the working methods and ideas of some of the leading potters from Britain, Europe and North America. A brief outline of the historical tradition of porcellanous wares is followed by an appraisal of modern developments in design and form. Peter Lane discusses the potters approaches to working with porcelain; their sources of stimulus; and how they best exploit its special qualities of translucency, delicacy, purity and strength. The many different techniques for making and decorating porcelain are explained in detail with sections on throwing, turning, hand-building, slip-casting, glazing and firing. Superbly illustrated with 100 colour photographs and over 200 black and white pictures, Studio Porcelain will be an inspiration to potters, and of lasting value to collectors and everyone who admires fine ceramics. A wide variety of porcelain from more than one hundred potters is illustrated in this book, including: • carved pieces by Karl Scheid (West Germany) and Jacqueline Poncelet • fluted ware by David Leach • organic forms by Peter Simpson, Mary Rogers, Christa and Johannes Gebhardt (West Germany) • sculptural work by Ruth Duckworth and Richard Shaw (USA), Glenys Barton and Mary Keepax • refined shapes by Geoffrey Swindell and Lucie Rie • pieces from the fantasy world of Ruth and Alan Barratt-Danes 4to. Maroon cloth covered boards with gold titling to spine; very, very slight wrinkling to rear of dustwrapper, otherwise VG++ in a VG++ wrapper. 1115 gms £15.00 |
Building Pottery Equipment Roger Harvey & Sylvia & John Kolb Pitman 1st UK 1975 Here, for the first time, is a book that shows how to build all the equipment necessary to set up a pottery workshop. Until now, this knowledge has been handed down by word of mouth from teacher to student and from professional to apprentice. But now, this unique guidebook to building pottery equipment makes it available to students, teachers, and professional potters. Included in this book are plans and instructions for dry and wet clay mixers; a clay-drying box; kick wheels and motor-driven wheels with frames made of welded steel, pipe, or wood, including the wheel-head, the pan, and the seat; hand tools such as a slab-cutter, a banding wheel, a cut-off wire, ribs, and trimming tools. A large part of the book is devoted to specific directions for building kilns—including catenary-arch, sprung-arch, salt-glazing, wood-firing, raku, and vermiculite-insulated kilns—with a discussion on firing kilns and adapting them for different fuels; using temperature controls and safety devices; and making kiln furniture. A concluding chapter surveys the studio setups of several well-known potters, furnishing ideas for the layout of an efficient workshop. The explicit directions given in the text are accompanied by 400 drawings and diagrams, as well as photographs of completed equipment. The authors also include a source list to guide the reader in buying the parts, materials, and tools required, and charts to help him determine gas-burner port sizes and the number of bricks needed to build a sprung-arch kiln. The advantage of custom-built equipment is obvious: you can tailor-make your equipment to fit your own personal needs, while keeping construction and operating costs down. For every serious potter, this book is an essential reference source, unique in its field. 208 pages. 81/4 x 11. 400 black and white illustrations. Material sources. Charts. Index. Large 4to. Wear to dustwrapper (front foldover almost detached) but in protective plastic cover. VG++ in a VG+. 905 gms £32.00 |
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Chinese Stoneware Glazes Joseph Grebanier Pitman/Watson-Guptill 1st 1975 The ancient Chinese were master potters, and their glazes were miraculous. Contemporary potters, fascinated by the variety of subtle, vibrant colors and surface textures produced by the ancient Chinese, have sought to identify, analyze, and reproduce these glazes with chemical and visual accuracy. This book represents one potter's success in re-creating some of the most famous Chinese stoneware glazes, particularly those of the Sung dynasty, which many authorities consider the greatest age of Chinese pottery. The author explains how he re-creates light blue Chun; blue-gray and blue-green Kuan; a broad spectrum of celadons; dark blue-and-brown mottled glazes; copper red and peach bloom; turquoise; oil spot, hare's fur, and tea dust temmoku; Tz'u-chou; as well as several new, Chinese-inspired glazes. Supplementary information includes material on clay bodies and slips, glaze calculation, methods of calculation with certain special materials, and how to make and use synthetic wood ash—an essential component of Chinese glazes. Also included are a table of chemical contents of raw materials and a table of atomic weights, as well as a comprehensive glossary. Masterpieces from museum collections highlight the 16 pages of full-color plates, accompanied by color photos of the author's re-creations of the glazes. The recreations are reproduced in close-up detail to illustrate the visual effects of the glazes. Chinese Stoneware Glazes offers the serious potter the opportunity to rediscover the techniques—and the beauties—of a lost art. Indented bump to top of fontr board and small indent to top of rear board, minor creasing + wear to the dustwrapper, otherwise VG++ in a VG++ wrapper. 612 gms £50.00 |
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