Potter's Bible by Scott, Marylin -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Contents Introduction Hand tools Studio Equipment Chapter 1 Clay and Pottery Bodies

Natural clay Testing clay Earthenware Stoneware Porcelain Paper clay Colored clay Raku clay Clay additives Reclaiming clay Preparing clay

Chapter 2 Forming Methods

Pinching Lidded pinch pot Coiling Coiled fruit bowl Slabbing Slabbing with molds Slabbed cheese dish Press molding Mixing plaster for molds Thowing: centering Throwing a cylinder Trimming Thrown lids Spouts and handles Thrown and altered bottle Hand-built pots Thrown pots

Chapter 3 Texture and Pattern

Incising and sgraffito Stamping and rouletting Inlaying Mishima vase Sprigging Piercing Burnishing Agateware Hand-built agate leaf form Surface texture Enhanced forms

Chapter 4 Painting and Printing

Slip decoration Slip decoration with sgraffito Pouring and dipping slip Slip trailing Feathering and marbling Painting with slip Banding and combing Mocha jug Using resists Underglaze colors Underglaze printing Slip-decorated pots Slip decoration effects

Chapter 5 Glazes and Post-Firing Techniques

Decorative use of glazes Applying glazes Painting glazes Majolica fruit bowl Salt and soda glazes Crystalline glazes On-glaze enamels Lusters Stamping and sponging luster Metal leaf Different glaze effects Inventive Techniques

Chapter 6 Technical Resources

Slips and engobes Glazes and coloring oxides Earthenware glaze recipes Raku, stoneware, and porcelain glaze recipes Macrocrystalline glaze recipes Textured glaze recipes Kilns Kiln temperature Packing and firing Saggar and pit firing Raku firing Smoke firing Health and safety

Glossary Index Credits Copyright

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