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.
Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Burnished pottery in history 2. About burnishing 3. Burnishing with terra sigillata 4. Smoke-firing and black-firing 5. Pit-firing 6. Saggar firing 7. Raku firing techniques: horsehair and naked raku 8. Finishing touches Bibliography List of suppliers Contributing artists Glossary Index
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.
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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