Clay and Glazes for the Potter
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781258812805
Subjects: Pottery; Clay; Glazes
Description: Discusses the geological make up of clay, various kinds of clays and the history of the various glazes.
Table of contents: title: Geologic origins of clay; title: chemical cmposition of clay; title: physical nature of clay; title: dry fireing and clay; title: kinds of clay; title: clay bodies; title: mining prepareing clay- nature of glass and glazes; title: early types of glazes; title: oxides and ther function in glaze forming; title: glaze materials; title: glaze calculations; title: practical problems in glaze formulas; title: practical problems in glaze calculations; title: types of glazes; title: originating glaze formulas; title: fritted glazes; title: glaze textures; title: glaze mixing; title: fireing glazes; title: glaze flws; title: englobes; title: underglaze; title: overglaze; title: reduction fireing; title: special glazes; title: laboratort tests on clay