The Potter's Book of Glaze Recipes

by Emmanuel Cooper

Overview

Emmanuel Cooper's classic guide to making glazes is now available in a thoroughly revised new edition. Cooper provides potters with an introductory section on glaze materials, coloring, mixing, and the application of glazes, as well as information on health and safety issues. This essential guide also features over 400 recipes ranging from opaque, matte, and transparent glazes to crystalline and black iron glazes, organized according to their varying temperature ranges.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780812237719
Publisher:	University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Publication date:	08/31/2004
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Emmanuel Cooper is a leading British potter, prolific author, and longtime editor of Ceramic Review. His Ten Thousand Years of Pottery, now in its fourth edition, is also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Glaze Materials
Glaze Temperature and Classification
Colouring Glazes
Mixing the Glaze
Applying the Glaze
Adjusting the Glaze
Health and Safety

THE GLAZE RECIPES

Earthenware Glazes
1050°C-1100°C (1922°F-2012°F)
—Transparent glazes
—White, cream, opaque and matt glazes
—Coloured and decorative glazes

Earthenware Glazes
1100°C-1150°C (2012°F-2102°F)
—Transparent and semi-transparent glazes
—White, cream, opaque and matt glazes
—Decorative and coloured glazes

Medium Temperature Stoneware Glazes
1200°C-1220°C (2192°F-2228°F)
—Transparent and semi-transparent glazes
—White, cream, matt, and opaque glazes
—Coloured, decorative and crystal glazes
—Base glazes for oxide additions
—Brown and black iron glazes—olive to black

Stoneware Glazes with a Wide Firing Range
1200°C-1260°C (2192°F-2300°F)
—Transparent and semitransparent glazes
—White, cream, matt, and opaque glazes
—Coloured and decorative glazes
—Green, brown, and black iron glazes

High Firing Stoneware Glazes
1250°C-1280°C (2282°F-2336°F)
—Transparent and semitransparent glazes
—Opaque, matt, white, and cream glazes coloured glazes
—Crystalline, decorative and local reduction glazes
—Green, brown and black iron glazes

Appendices

List of Materials
Conversion Tables
Further Reading
Suppliers