Series: Ceramics Handbooks

The ultimate guide to understanding and creating dry glazes. This book covers everything you need to know to understand and create dry glazes. Dry glazes are used by many potters—Lucie Rie and Hans Coper are well-known examples—and often by ceramicists creating sculpture, where a shiny glaze is not appropriate. Learn all about slips and engobes, oxides and stains, matt glazes...

An essential guide to low firing and producing natural finishes without using glazes. Low-firing and Burnishing explores the techniques of firing and finishing at low temperature without using glazes or electric kilns. Many ancient cultures and contemporary potters use methods of low firing, adding slips and burnishing pieces to create a more natural finish. As these techniques can be achieved...

A comprehensive guide with recipes for making your own lustres and techniques for applying and firing them. A lustre is a thin layer of metal deposited onto the surface of the pot during firing, producing a lustrous surface. Lustres are highly sought after, creating fabulous surfaces that can captivate and enchant. They can appear in colours such as golds, coppers,...