CERAMICS Pottery Glazes NEW Out Earth Into Fire Obstler

 

OUT OF THE EARTH INTO THE FIRE

A Course in Ceramic Materials For the Studio Potter

by  Mimi Obstler

 

2001  The American Ceramic Society, Westerville, Ohio

• 2nd Edition hardcover
• 319 pages
•  11.2 x 8.7 x 0.9 inches
• BRAND NEW still in plastic

 

This second edition book written by Mimi Obstler studies glazes by examining the connection between the raw materials of the earth and the surface of a ceramic form. This second edition includes updated text, revised and expanded appendixes, plus 50 color photos to make this an even more valuable resource for potters who want to develop a true mastery of their materials.

CONTENTS:

1. Introduction

2. The Geological Connection

• Objectives
• Trial-and-Error Method
• Classification System: The Structure of Glazes and Claybodies
• Firing Temperature and Atmosphere
• Lab I

3. Glaze Cores

• Feldspars and Rocks
• Additional Glaze Cores
• Lab II

4. Clays and Claybodies

• Introduction
• What is Clay?
• The Firing Process and Its Effect on a Claybody
• Kaolins
• Ball Clays
• White Stoneware
• Glaze Function
• Fire Clays
• Stoneware Clays
• Iron-Rich Melter-Rich Clays
• LAB III

5. Auxilary Melters

• Introduction
• Calcium Oxide Minerals
• Lab IV
• Lab V
• Borate Minerals
• Lab VI
• Magnesia Minerals
• Zinc Minerals
• Lab VII

6. Auxilary Silica and Alumina Minerals

• Silica
• Alumina
• Lab VIII
• Conclusion
• LabIX

7. Appendixes

 

Keywords & phrases:  Nepheline Syenite, colemanite, melter, silica, Wollastonite, Spodumene, ball clay, alumina, Petalite, zinc oxide, Dolomite, Rotten Stone, Lepidolite, claybody, Borate, kaolinite, magnesium carbonate, bentonite, boric oxide, Talc

 

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