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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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