Get the Best Results From Your Electric Kiln&break;&break;Electric kilns offer the ceramist safety, convenience, and reliability and have gained tremendous popularity among a wide range of ceramists.&break;&break;In this third edition of Electric Kiln Ceramics, noted ceramist and teacher Richard Zakin provides information to help you make the best possibly use of your electric kiln.&break;&break;Beginning with an introduction to electric kilns and the various clays and glazes best suited to their use, the book addresses all aspects of using these kilns, including appropriate ceramic surfaces, imagery creation strategies, loading and firing, and safety practices.&break;&break;Dozens of clay body and glazy recipes formulated specifically for use in electric kilns&break;&break;Step-by-step photos and directions for several processes, including clay mixing, glazy testing, sprigging and stamping&break;&break;Extensive information on the structure of the electric kiln, how to maintain it, and how to purchase the kiln that's right for you&break;&break;Essays and interviews with noted ceramists who fire in electric kilns

Electric Kiln Ceramics (Ceramic Handbooks)

ZAKIN, Richard

Arts & Photography

Krause+publications

Get the Best Results From Your Electric Kiln Electric kilns offer the ceramist safety, convenience, and reliability and have gained tremendous popularity among a wide range of ceramists.
 In this third edition of Electric Kiln Ceramics, noted ceramist and teacher Richard Zakin provides information to help you make the best possibly use of your electric kiln.
 Beginning with an introduction to electric kilns and the various clays and glazes best suited to their use, the book addresses all aspects of using these kilns, including appropriate ceramic surfaces, imagery creation strategies, loading and firing, and safety practices.
<ul>
<li>
 Dozens of clay body and glazy recipes formulated specifically for use in electric kilns</li>
<li>
 Step-by-step photos and directions for several processes, including clay mixing, glazy testing, sprigging and stamping</li>
<li>
 Extensive information on the structure of the electric kiln, how to maintain it, and how to purchase the kiln that's right for you</li>
<li>
 Essays and interviews with noted ceramists who fire in electric kilns</li>
</ul>

Electric Kiln Ceramics: A Potter's Guide to Clays and Glazes

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Chilton Book Company

A fascinating blend of the technical and aesthetic aspects of ceramics, this second edition features historical background information, analysis of image creation strategies, and numerous technical photos. Photo essays show such processes as raku, throwing on a wheel, slab construction, hand forming in a press mold, working with colored clay, creating a mold-formed vessel, and several others.
 Potters will find invaluable information on buying and formulating clays, creating form in clay, clay imagery, ceramic surfaces, choosing and applying glazes, firing clay bodies, analysis of glaze recipe types and kiln designs, and much more. Also included are dozens of clay body and glaze recipes.
 This greatly expanded and updated edition features more than 300 beautiful color photos of the most innovative work being done in the ceramics field today.

Ceramics: Mastering the Craft

Chilton Book Co.

Electric Kiln Ceramics : A Guide to Clays and Glazes

Krause Publications, Inc.

Follow author Richard Zakin on a global survey of techniques for creating sculpture, vessels, and wall pieces. Ceramists will find complete instructions and learn the advantages and disadvantages of forming methods. Plus, it includes tips aplenty on the art of combining forming methods.

Hand-Formed Ceramics: Creating Form and Surface

Get Inside the Minds of 36 of Today's Leading Ceramic Artists In Ceramics - Ways of Creation, noted ceramist Richard Zakin shares insights from 36 contemporary ceramic artists, exploring the ideas that rive and inspire them to create and the way they make their visions real. By following the work and ideas of these artists, readers will gain an understanding of the inspiration that drives the creative process - from its beginning stages to the removal of the piece from the final fire.
 Zakin addresses both the intangible and material aspects of ceramic creation. Because the featured artists represent the broad spectrum of contemporary ceramic creation - from pottery to sculpture - the book is a comprehensive and fascinating study of the current ceramic art scene. Illustrated with more than 200 exciting color photographs of the artists and their work, it is sure to inspire and delight anyone interested in ceramic art.

Ceramics: Ways of Creation

A fascinating blend of the technical and aesthetic aspects of ceramics, this second edition features historical background information, analysis of image creation strategies, and numerous technical photos. Photo essays show such processes as raku, throwing on a wheel, slab construction, hand forming in a press mold, working with colored clay, creating a mold-formed vessel, and several others.
&amp;break;&amp;break;Potters will find invaluable information on buying and formulating clays, creating form in clay, clay imagery, ceramic surfaces, choosing and applying glazes, firing clay bodies, analysis of glaze recipe types and kiln designs, and much more. Also included are dozens of clay body and glaze recipes.
&amp;break;&amp;break;This greatly expanded and updated edition features more than 300 beautiful color photos of the most innovative work being done in the ceramics field today.

Krause Pubns Inc

Get the Best Results From Your Electric Kiln&amp;break;&amp;break;Electric kilns offer the ceramist safety, convenience, and reliability and have gained tremendous popularity among a wide range of ceramists.
&amp;break;&amp;break;In this third edition of Electric Kiln Ceramics, noted ceramist and teacher Richard Zakin provides information to help you make the best possibly use of your electric kiln.
&amp;break;&amp;break;Beginning with an introduction to electric kilns and the various clays and glazes best suited to their use, the book addresses all aspects of using these kilns, including appropriate ceramic surfaces, imagery creation strategies, loading and firing, and safety practices.
<ul>
<li>&amp;break;&amp;break;Dozens of clay body and glazy recipes formulated specifically for use in electric kilns</li>
<li>&amp;break;&amp;break;Step-by-step photos and directions for several processes, including clay mixing, glazy testing, sprigging and stamping</li>
<li>&amp;break;&amp;break;Extensive information on the structure of the electric kiln, how to maintain it, and how to purchase the kiln that's right for you</li>
<li>&amp;break;&amp;break;Essays and interviews with noted ceramists who fire in electric kilns</li>
</ul>

Electric Kiln Ceramics: A Guide to Clays and Glazes

Art, craft, and technology combine in vases, bowls, and other masterworks by a pioneer of studio ceramics in America.

Charles Fergus Binns: The Father of American Studio Ceramics : Including a Catalogue Raisonne

Carney, Margaret

Binns, Charles Fergus

Evans, Paul

Strong, Susan R.

International Museum of Ceramic Art at Alfred

Hudson Hills Pr

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Electric Kiln Ceramics (Ceramic Handbooks)

Electric Kiln Ceramics: A Potter's Guide to Clays and Glazes

Ceramics: Mastering the Craft

Electric Kiln Ceramics : A Guide to Clays and Glazes

Hand-Formed Ceramics: Creating Form and Surface

Ceramics: Ways of Creation

Ceramics: Mastering the Craft

Electric Kiln Ceramics: A Guide to Clays and Glazes

Charles Fergus Binns: The Father of American Studio Ceramics : Including a Catalogue Raisonne