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This book covers techniques of firing and finishing at low temperature without using glazes. A step-by-step practical approach and beginner's guide, which includes burnishing, terra sigillata, smoke-firing, pit-firing, saggar firing and raku techniques.

About the Author

Sumi von Dassow makes burnished pottery, teaches at a centre for traditional arts, and runs occasional pit-firing workshops. She contributes articles for Ceramics Monthly and Pottery Making Illustrated. The American Ceramic Society have previously published books by her; Barrel, Pit and Saggar Firing, in 2001, and Electric Kiln Pottery in 2003.

Reviews

'A must book not only for beginners but also for the experiences if just for the pictures alone' * Kent Potters newsletter, January/February 2010 *
'well produced, as usual, with many good photographs of the techniques and of the finished works' * London Potters *
'A very useful reference work if starting out on burnishing &low fired finishes for pots' * London Potters *

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