Miranda Forrest

Natural Glazes

Collecting and Making

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explains how to collect materials to make your own glazes. It gives practical instructions about sourcing and harvesting material from your local environment, mixing a glaze, testing samples, applying the glaze, and firing the work.

Produktdetails

• New Ceramics
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 362g
• ISBN-13: 9781912217526
• ISBN-10: 191221752X
• Artikelnr.: 50195230

Autorenporträt

Miranda Forrest is a working ceramicist and graduate of the BA Honours degree at the Glasgow School of Art. Based on the beautiful and remote Outer Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland, she develops her glazes from locally collected ingredients and the surrounding environment inspires her work.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. What is a ceramic glaze? 2. Recognising
natural glaze materials 3. Preparation of materials 4. Glazes derived from
rocks 5. Glazes derived from plants and animals 6. Making your glaze 7.
Glaze application and firing 8. Found clay bodies 9. Raku 10. Artists who
work with natural materials 11. Gallery 12. Health and safety Conclusion
Bibliography Index