Ash Glazes: Techniques and Glazing from Natural Sources

by Phil Rogers, Richard Coles (Foreword by), Mike Dodd (Introduction)

Overview

Fully updated and revised, with new photographs and glaze recipes, this is the third edition of this classic guide to ash glazes.

Forever curious and eager to learn new things about ceramics, Phil Rogers constantly tinkered with clay bodies, glaze formulae and approaches to firing. This volume is his seminal work on transforming ash into glaze: an essential text for all potters and ceramicists with additional relevance today with its focus on prioritising the use of natural resources.

Ash Glazes examines the practicalities of collecting and testing wood ashes, demonstrates the process of making them into glazes and offers a step-by-step guide to using them to decorate your pots.

This edition, updated and revised by Hajeong Lee Rogers, is a celebration of pottery at its best. Starting with an introduction to the history of ash glazes, then moving on to a wide range of practical advice and methods, the book is enlivened by photographs of the work of potters from around the world, who use ash in colourful and imaginative ways. It provides true inspiration for working potters and delight for all those interested in contemporary ceramics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789940947
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	10/31/2023
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	283,465
Product dimensions:	8.80(w) x 11.35(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Phil Rogers was one of Britain's leading potters and advocates for his craft. From his studio near Rhayader in Powys, Wales, he created work that drew on eclectic styles, from medieval German salt-glazed wares to 15th-century Korean porcelain. A passionate promoter of the use of natural materials in glazes, he is widely regarded as one of the giants of UK ceramics. His work is held by museums around the world, including the V&A, the British Museum and the Museum of Modern Ceramic Art in Japan.

Hajeong Lee Rogers grew up in South Korea where she later studied crafts at Sungshin Women's University and won the National Award for Craft Art in 2005 for a large ceramic sculpture. Hajeong joined her husband Phil Rogers in Wales in 2011 and started working in her own studio, making tableware with a fusion of traditional Korean techniques and patterns influenced by William Morris. Her work is included in the Reeves Collection, Washington and Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Preface to the Third Edition
Foreword
Author Preface
A Brief History of Wood Ash Glazes
The Growing Plant
What is Wood Ash?
Collecting and Preparing Wood Ash
What are Glazes and How do they Work?
Making Glazes
Ash-like Glazes without Ash
Potters' profiles
Katherine Pleydell-Bouverie
Terry Bell-Hughes
Mike Dodd
Lis Ehrenreich
John Jelfs
Dick Lehman
Jim Malone
Eric James Mellon
Jim Robison
John Thies
Tom Turner
Phil Rogers
Showcase
Ash Glaze Recipes
Ash Analyses & Molecular Weights
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Afterword

Editorial Reviews

The most useful and definitive guide to the various uses of wood ashes in glaze application.” —Mike Dodd, internationally acclaimed potter

“Potters, young and old, will delight in the updates, and our continuing experiments and revelations will be fitting tributes to all that Phil and Hajeong have contributed to our field.” —Mark Hewitt, author of 'The Potter's Eye'

“For those seeking a single reference work which both introduces the topic but also gives you the tools, knowledge and encouragement to experiment in your own environment this is undoubtedly the definitive choice.” —Westcountry Potters

“There is no doubt this third edition of Ash Glazes provides true inspiration not only working potters, collectors and those interested in contemporary ceramics, but for the broader view it provides in supporting the resurgence of ceramics as a craft form in current British culture.” —Midlands Potters Association

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