Pottery
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton Eudcational, Kent - UK
Published: 1984 Reissed
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; label: Part One : The Meaning of Pottery
title: 13; title: 1. A definition; title: 2. Types of pottery; label: Part Two : Clay
title: 15; title: 1. Types of clay; title: 2. Other pottery bodies; title: 3. The preparation of clay; title: 4. The preparation of slips for casting and decoration; title: 5. Testing new slips and clays; title: 6. Storage of ceramic materials; title: 7. Reclaiming dry, unworkable or used clay; title: 8. Making a plaster slab; label: Part Three : Methods of Working Clay
title: 41; title: 1. Thumb or pinch shapes; title: 2. Coiled shapes; title: 3. Thrown shapes; title: 4. Turning; title: 5. Slab shapes; title: 6. Moulded shapes; title: 7. Simple mouldmaking; title: 8. Tiles; label: Part Four : Decoration before Firing
title: 125; title: 1. Incising; title: 2. Impressing; title: 3. Relief; title: 4. Inlaying; title: 5. Marbling; title: 6. Sgraffito; title: 7. Slip trailing; title: 8. Resist; title: 9. Slip painting; title: 10. Underglaze painting; title: 11. Burnishing; label: Part Five : Glazes
title: 140; title: 1. A definition; title: 2. The nature of a glaze; title: 3. Materials for making glazes; title: 4. Types of glazes and glaze recipes; title: 5. Colouring agents; title: 6. Other glazes; title: 7. Glaze mixing; title: 8. Glaze testing; title: 9. Glaze application; title: 10. Decoration with glazes and pigments; title: 11. Glaze faults; label: Part Six : Firing
title: 179; title: 1. Kilns; title: 2. Kiln furniture; title: 3. Temperature indicators and controllers; title: 4. Biscuit firing; title: 5. Glaze firing; title: 6. Firing cycle; title: 7. Special firings; label: Glossary of Terms
title: 208; label: Imperial Measures and the Metric System
title: 222; label: Materials and Equipment for the Beginner
title: 224; label: Suppliers of Pottery Materials and Equipment
title: 230; label: Further Reading
title: 233; label: Index
title: 235