Oriental glazes / Michael Bailey.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Oriental Glazes offers a complete overview of the art of high fire reduction glazing, which can be notoriously difficult to master. Michael Bailey has provided in-depth research to bring a wide variety of Oriental glazes to the reader with explanations, notes, and direction where needed. He discusses recipes, chemical make-up, and troubleshooting, and examines current artists' use of these unique glazes. A wide variety of techniques and glazes are presented, from celadons and tekmokus to the more specialized tea dust and hare's fur.

Oriental Glazes is an instructive guide that emphasizes firing in a flame kiln (using gas, oil, propane, or wood), with the oxygen supply restricted at the top end of the firing. This creates the reducing effect that brings about the changes, especially to the metallic coloring oxides copper and iron, that produce the subtle and beautiful qualities associated with the classic Far Eastern glazes.

This clear and practical volume offers a starting point for beginners and a rich source of recipes and approaches to the established potter. With his logical, organized format and encouraging tone, Bailey's handbook is a clear and comprehensive guide on how to produce these striking glazes today.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Acknowledgements (p. 6)
• Chapter 1 Introduction (p. 7)
• Chapter 2 Making glazes (p. 9)
• The applied glaze (p. 9)
• The glaze-making materials (p. 10)
• Chapter 3 Using graphs to study glazes (p. 12)
• The unity formula (p. 12)
• The percentage analysis (p. 13)
• Chapter 4 Kilns and firing (p. 15)
• Natural gas, propane and oil kilns (p. 15)
• Wood kilns (p. 16)
• Reduction firing (p. 16)
• Pyrometry (p. 19)
• Chapter 5 The low iron glazes (p. 22)
• Transparent glazes--hitting the eutectic (p. 22)
• Finding a transparent glaze
• Slop glaze
• Fired glaze
• Transparent glazes using boric oxide
• Celadons (p. 31)
• The high alkaline glazes (p. 43)
• Ash glazes
• Synthetic wood ashes
• Alkalis
• Alkaline earths
• High alkaline and alumina glazes
• The high alumina glazes (p. 56)
• Semi-transparent satin and satin matts
• Lowering the maturing range of shino glazes
• The high silica glazes (p. 62)
• Juns
• Low alumina Juns
• Titanium dioxide Juns
• Phosphorous pentoxide Juns
• Boron Juns
• Nuka
• Summary for the low iron glazes (p. 69)
• Chapter 6 The high iron glazes (p. 71)
• Tenmokus (p. 71)
• Finding a black tenmoku
• Tea-dust tenmokus
• Oil-spot and hare's fur tenmokus
• Iron reds
• Kaki tenmokus
• High iron 'ash' type glazes
• The high iron glazes--an overview (p. 93)
• Chapter 7 Copper glazes (p. 94)
• Copper reds (p. 94)
• Copper blues and greens (p. 104)
• Chapter 8 Plotting the raw materials (p. 110)
• The possibilities for two ingredients (p. 110)
• The possibilities for three ingredients (p. 111)
• Ideas for adjusting a glaze (p. 111)
• Chapter 9 Glaze calculation and analysis (p. 113)
• Appendix 1 Health and Safety (p. 115)
• Glazes and glazing (p. 115)
• Kilns and firing (p. 116)
• Appendix 2 Glossary (p. 117)
• Appendix 3 Typical percentage composition of raw materials (p. 121)
• Appendix 4 Typical percentage composition of materials (p. 122)
• Appendix 5 Calculations for using a synthetic wood ash (p. 123)
• Appendix 6 Temperature equivalent chart for Orton pyrometric cones (p. 124)
• Bibliography (p. 127)
• Index (p. 128)

Author notes provided by Syndetics