Ceramic technology for potters and sculptors /

• Main Author: Cuff, Yvonne Hutchinson (συγγραφέας.)
• Other Authors: Bramhald, Peter
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996.
• Subjects: Κεραμική; Ηλεκτρονικά βιβλία

Table of Contents:

• Essential chemistry
• The natural process: the crystallization of minerals and formation of rocks
• The changing landscape and the evolution of clay
• Clay deposits and the mineralogy of clay
• Workshop practice and the theory of kiln firing
• The ceramic process: reversing the natural process
• Preparing and testing natural clay for workshop use
• Clay bodies: using blends of natural clays
• Clay bodies for specific purposes using dry raw materials
• The clay-glaze relationship, clay slips, and casting slips
• Introduction to glazes and glaze development
• The life history of a melting glaze and glaze formulation
• Theory of color and the right glaze for the color
• Appendix 1. Basic chemistry of use to ceramists
• Appendix 2. Test tiles and model making
• Appendix 3. Equipment and procedures.