"This book is about the popular temperature for firing glazes known as cone 6 (1220[degree]C to 1240[degree]C). It can be used purely as a recipe book, providing many base glazes (ranging from shiny to very matt) and with illustrations suggesting colouring additions. On the other hand it is also a textbook explaining and exploring the chemistry behind glaze formulation. Special effects such as crystalline and lustre glazes and the processes of single firing and making brush-on glazes are examined, with recipes and tips for ensuring success in using them. A visual method of plotting glazes on a graph has also been used throughout the book, allowing comparisons to be made between glazes and helping to guide the potter towards decisions about how glazes can be altered and corrected."--Jacket.
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