- Hardcover: 400 pages
- Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications Inc.,U.S.; 2nd Revised edition edition (28 Jun 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0823042030
- ISBN-13: 978-0823042036
- Product Dimensions: 28 x 21.8 x 3.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,222,318 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This reference book is designed for professional and amateur potters as well as for pottery students. Approximately 1250 formulas are presented in a form which is free of lengthy descriptions or technical jargon. This book is a revised edition and includes new chapters on fritted glazes and vitrified pottery for lower-temperature firing. There are 250 new recipes and 500 recipes that have been recently revised. All of the recipes for glazing are nontoxic.
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3.6 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews)
26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
excellent resource..., 1 Jan 2000
By stephanie-ann - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Potter's Complete Book of Clays and Glazes: A Comprehensive Guide to Formulating, Mixing, Applying and Firing Clay Bodies and Glazes (Hardcover)
...merely a tool, which definitley involves work on behalf of the reader. There are no pictures or test tiles to rely on; you have to try them yourself... a refreshing change from the results usually included in glaze books because you have to experiment and come up with your own results. I used the 1970's edition of this book as an undergraduate, which included the original recipes - not revised to exclude toxins - and while the revised edition is informative, it lacks the conversions for the "toxic" ingredients which many of us still use for the stunning results they provide. As a result some of the best recipes have been excluded from the new edition, and unfortunatley, the replacements and substitutions produce nowhere near the results gained from earlier editions. Still a good tool for the potter who enjoys glaze experimentation, but if you can score a copy of an unrevised edition(there are two- and they are out of print), you are sure to be pleased!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent compendium of formulas for glazes and clays, 17 Jan 1998
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Potter's Complete Book of Clays and Glazes: A Comprehensive Guide to Formulating, Mixing, Applying and Firing Clay Bodies and Glazes (Hardcover)
Chappel provides a complete compendium of formulas for various types of clays from low fire to porcelain. He provides extensive formulas for various types of glazes from low fire to cone 14. The formulas are arranged by type, color and includes speciality glazes such as crystaline glazes. He provides complete instructions for firing. In addition there is a good discussion of materials, substitutions and toxicity.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Lots of details but very few illustrations., 3 Jan 1999
By 100126.521@compuserve.com - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Potter's Complete Book of Clays and Glazes: A Comprehensive Guide to Formulating, Mixing, Applying and Firing Clay Bodies and Glazes (Hardcover)
I was disappointed by this book due to the lack of illustrations even if only of test tiles. If the author has tested these formulae I cannot understand why these illustrations were not included, but without them the reader is left having to conduct his own test to determine the effects achievable. If the author has not tested, then the book is little better than the lists of glazes available free on the internet. Either way the reader is left with a lot of work to do.
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