Oriental Glazes BOOK Ceramics Pottery Chemistry Origins

Oriental Glazes: Their Chemistry, Origins, and Re-Creation by Nigel Wood.  Paperback book published by Pitman/Watson Guptill 1978, 96 pages with black and white photographs.  Nigel Wood traces here the develop­ment of some of the finest Oriental glazes over more than a thousand years of experiment and innovation, from the earliest Chinese lime glazes through to the modern glazes used in the porcelain factories of Ching-te Chen. He describes in depth the chemistry, analyses and construction of Far Eastern glazes and, by reviving a simple but neglected method of glaze calcula­tion, shows how accurate reconstructions of these superb glazes can be made with common Western pottery raw materials, without the need for atomic weights or molecular formulae. By concentrating on the essential chemistry of the glazes, the book explains how the Chinese could have produced their magnificent glazes from very simple recipes, while maintaining a standard that makes them suitable for use today on modern industrial stonewares and porcelains.  Many of the book's recipes have been tried and tested over years of regular production in the author's own pottery. Of paramount importance is the fact that this book supplies dozens of analyses of Far Eastern glazes, together with full instructions for turning them into actual glaze recipes-thereby providing the practising potter with the potential for endless experiment and discovery of his own.  This book is in good condition.  The cover is in fair condition.  There is some wear to the edges, corners (some bumping) and to the top and bottom of the spine (some creasing to the bottom of the spine).  The front cover bottom area has some marks.  The front and back covers bottom edges (spine as well) have some fading.  There is yellowing overall and the front cover has a few stains.  There is some shelf wear overall as well as some minor marks and scuffs.  The book itself is in very good condition.  There are some marks and minor wear to the outer edges and corners. The front endpaper has a mark where a sticker has been removed, some minor marks and there is a name and date written here as well.  There is some yellowing of the pages throughout.  Overall a good copy, the cover has wear.

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