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Author Ros i Frigola, Maria Dolors, 1947-

Title The art & craft of ceramics / [Maria Dolors Ros i Frigola].

Imprint New York, N.Y. : Lark Books, 2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  738 Ros    ---  Available
Description 160 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Note "Techniques, projects, inspiration"--Cover.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 160) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Contemporary ceramics -- The evolution of ceramics in the 20th century -- Raw materials -- Clays -- Mining and preparation of clays -- Clay bodies -- Characteristics of clay -- Tools and their uses -- Tools and equipment -- Mold-making tools -- Tools and equipment for throwing on the wheel -- Glazing and decorating tools -- Kilns and firing methods -- Kiln furniture -- Firing temperature -- Firing -- Production processes -- Handbuilding and throwing -- Pinching -- Coil building -- Slump molds -- Mold production -- Waste molds -- Press molds -- Slip-cast molds -- Making plaster wheel molds -- The potter's wheel -- Glaze techniques -- Glazes -- Raw and fritted glazes -- Characteristics of glaze ingredients -- Low-fire glazes -- Stoneware glazes -- Copper reds -- Ash glazes -- Raku -- Paper clay -- Decorative techniques -- Slips -- Colored clay bodies -- Underglazes -- Step by step -- Hollowing out solid forms -- Slab building, by Ivet Bazaco -- Throwing a large vessel in two sections / Josep Mates -- Making a large oval vessel with salts / Carlets -- Coil-building a bowl / Yukiko Murata -- Sculpting vessels / Barbaformosa -- Gallery -- Glossary.
Subject Pottery craft.
Added Title Art and craft of ceramics
ISBN 9781579909123
1579909124

 
    
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