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| 9601 - THE ELECTRIC KILN |
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The Electric Kiln is a manual on how to install your electric kiln and what to do if something goes wrong with it. The book is also a guide on how to make the best use of your kiln to achieve the effects you want. Almost by definition it mostly deals with oxidation but there is also a section on reduction firing.
The Ceramics Handbooks give introductions to various topics and techniques relating to the use of clay. The books are aimed at the student or the practised potter who is experimenting in a new area. More than 20 titles are available in the series.
Author: Harry Fraser
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| 9603 - KILN BUILDING |
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Author: Ian Gregory
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| 9606 - WOOD FIRED STONEWARE & PORCELAIN |
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A guide to the ancient technique of woodfiring, explaining why it has become so popular. It illustrates the history, creation and artistry of wood-fired objects and contains examples of pottery and sculpture. It also analyzes the firing process and examines the use of different clays.
Author: Jack Troy
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| 9608 - RAKU |
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This is a completely re-designed edition of a very successful book, black and white images are replaced with colour and many new makers have been added to the gallery of artists, giving an overview of the contemporary scene. The book is a comprehensive overview of raku, covering the history, clay types and firing of raku, as well as the glazes, techniques and reduction processes. The new edition will also look at the development of raku over the last 20 years, and at changes in the way it is perceived.
Author: Tim Andrews
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| 9609 - SINGLE FIRING |
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Today, most ceramic courses recommend the multiple firing of pieces. However, this was not always the case and this book explains how this change came about. It also discusses the pros and cons of using single firing and dispels many of the myths that have arisen about it.
Author: Fran Tristram
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| 9610 - THE KILN BOOK |
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A manual on how to build kilns. This third edition is revised and updated, and contains new illustrations. It should be useful for anyone who is contemplating building their own kiln.
Author: Fred Olsen
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| 9611 - ART OF FIRING |
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A guide to the principles involved in firing kilns. White the author accepts that potters tend to fire kilns by "the seat of their pants", he firmly believes that a sound knowledge of the science involved is necessary to underpin the intuitive approach. In this book, Nils Lou discusses the structure of various fuel-burning kilns and explains how kilns work. He makes the point that for reliable results, the potter needs to know how pots react to atmospheric changes both inside and outside the kiln. He also explains how to diagnose problems so that results can be improved and poor firings eliminated.
Author: Nils Lou
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| 9613 - RAKU - investigation into fire |
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In Raku: Investigations into Fire, David Jones examines contemporary work in the light of the three hundred and fifty year old aesthetic that led to its development. He demonstrates how this can still inform current expression. This book explores the movements of though and the transmission of knowledge across continents as the sparse details concerning this seductive technique were communicated. The processes characteristic of Raku particularly crackle and lustre development are examined and explained.
Culminating in a questioning analysis of the contribution made by Raku to current practical and philosophical explorations into nature of clay and fire, this book is lavishly illustrated with images of new work and experiments with flame
Author: David Jones
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| 9614 - WOOD FIRED CERAMICS |
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Wood-firing ceramics have a long history, dating from medieval European and Japanese times. However, it is in the late 20th century that wood-firing has enjoyed a revival that has made it into one of the most active and vibrant areas of ceramics today. Wood-firers are to be found across the world with particularly active groups in Australia and New Zealand, the United States and Europe. In each of these areas, distinct developments have occured which have led wood-firing onto exciting paths. In this book Coll Minogue and Robert Sanderson look at the development of wood-firing ceramics over the last 30 years. They discuss the materials, kilns and firing techniques that have emerged, both for earthenware and stoneware, and they illustrate their text with the work and practices of an international group of artists.
Author: Coll Minogue, Robert Sanderson
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| 9615 - RAKU |
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Raku has long been a popular technique among potters. This book discusses the clays and glazes that are suitable for this technique as well as kilns and burners, and firing and post-firing techniques that are necessary for a successful Raku firing.
Author: John Mattieson
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| 9616 - ALTERNATIVE KILN |
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This book, by the author of Kiln Building, is designed as a sort of follow-up, offering radical new ideas and different approaches to an old subject. This book is not supposed to be a complete guide to building kilns, as we already have a couple of those, instead it will provide some 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 great images cover the new developments in the field.
It should give new insights to old-hand kiln builders and broaden the horizon for beginners.
Author: Ian Gregory
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| 9617 - RAKUVARIA 2 |
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| 9618 - ALTERNATIVE KILNS & FIRING TECHNIQUES |
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Ceramicists searching for new ways to fire their creations now have a wealth of options. Authors James Watkins and Paul Wandless, along with a group of distinguished artisans, demonstrate in detail how to build low-cost, low-tech, yet high-quality kilns and varied firing techniques.
Author: James C. Watkins & Paul Andrew Wandless
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| 9619 - KILN CONSTRUCTION |
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The purpose of this book is to dispel any concerns that many people have over kiln building and give them the confidence needed to build their own kilns, thus saving money and giving themselves great satisfaction and a better understanding of the workings of a kiln. This book is a comprehensive guide to building kilns.
Kiln Construction serves as a guide to kiln-building in a user-friendly way. It offers a thorough grounding in the basics and then examines three kilns in depth — brick by brick. These designs, showing gas, oil and wood-fired kilns, have been thoroughly tried and tested and are in regular use by well-known potters. Each of the kilns has diagrams and photos showing every step along the way.
This comprehensive guide to building kilns contains not only information on kiln building including methods, materials, fuels and kiln furniture, but it is also filled with step-by-step illustrations and instructions showing every facet of the building process. It takes you through every stage of kiln construction brick by brick, making kiln building not only possible, but easy for all.
Author: Joe Finch
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| 9620 - FIRED UP WITH RAKU |
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The origins of raku can be traced back hundreds of years to Japan, where it was used as the traditional method of creating clay bowls for the tea ceremony. Over the years potters have embraced and adapted the methods, celebrating the remarkable but unpredictable results achieved using raku techniques.
The author, who has specialized in raku for over twenty years, considers the origins of raku before offering over 300 glaze recipes. A selection of other potters also share their ideas, and with one hundred photographs of raku-fired pieces, Fired Up With Raku offers inspiration to all potters.
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| 9621 - SMOKE FIRING |
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Smoke firing covers all angles of this ancient firing method, used to both fire the work and decorate it with smoke patterns. It explains how it is used today in varied and exciting ways, and also unearths more recent developments and innovative techniques. Clear and colourful images demonstrate the process, showing sequences of artists in action. The book covers smoke firing using bonfires, various containers, earth pits, saggars and even kilns, with a chapter on how smoke firing can be used within education and workshops.
Fabulous illustrations also feature the work of the 30 artists represented, from 17 different countries. A truly international focus on smoke firing.
Author: Jane Perryman
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| 9622 - FIRING: PHILOSOPHIES WITHIN CONTEMPORARY CERAMIC PRACTICE |
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The firing of clay is one of the most significant developments in the history of humankind. It is a technological advance, now taken so much for granted, that many have forgotten the ancient power that fire and change excercised over the lives of our ancestors and their imaginations. This book is an attempt to redress that balance by investigating the place of firing in a contemporary context of myth, poetics, philosophy and technology.
Author: David Jones
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