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Ash Glazes
Robert Tichane shows you the wonderful and unpredictable effects of ash glazes made from various plants. He gives extensive detail on the chemical composition of ashes achieved by using different parts of trees (from root to leaves) and from using leaves of different plants (ranging from beech, oak to vegetables like cabbages and lettuce).
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Celadon Blues
A must for any serious potter trying to duplicate ancient chinese blue celedons. This book is not only a fascinating history on the subject, but a comprhensive study on the hows and whys of achieving this elusive glaze. Although not a book of formulas, one will recieve all the information one needs to easily duplicate this glaze in all its variations.
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Clay and Glazes for the Potter
This revised and expanded edition adheres closely to the editions published in 1957 and revised in 1973, with added sections devoted to health hazards and computer calculation programs and increased color information and expanded photographic images of both historical and contemporary work.
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Copper Red Glazes
This book contains everything a potter would want to know about how to obtain that elusive copper red glaze. Although not a book of formulas, it does go into specifics as to the how and why of firing, with a comprhaensive section on trouble shooting
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Crystalline Glazes
This is a well written book dealing with crystalline glazes. If you have tried to find material on crystalline glazes you will realize how scarce it is. I have tried four of her glaze formulas and followed her instruction on firing.
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Decorating and Glazing Pottery
This is a reader's entre to a rewarding pastime and a thousand-year-old tradition. The carefully chosen selection of pottery projects is divided into three main sections, each concentrating on a particular decorating method, including underglaze, glaze, and onglaze. Clear step-by-step instructions lead readers through each photographically illustrated project.
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Glazes and Glazing Techniques
A Glaze Journey by Greg Daly, this prolific contemporary Australian Artist, takes us through the step by step journey to testing and reaping that perfect ellusive glaze. It is a must-have for those interested in ceramic decoration, through glaze, and Greg Daly writes with an infectious enthusiasm that leaves you bursting to experiment yourself.
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Glazes Cone 6: 1240 Degree/2264 Degree F
This is not a recipe book or a catalog of glazes, nor is it a chemistry textbook. It focuses specifically on cone six oxidation (electrically-fired) glazes, with easy-to-understand charts of glaze properties, and simple explanations of the materials that create the different properties of glazes.
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