Glazes - for the Self-reliant Potter (GTZ, 1993, 179 p.)

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Acknowledgements

1. Introduction and scope

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1.1. Glaze making using local materials as far as possible

1.2. Glaze and clay systems

2. The nature of glazes

2.1. Glass and glaze, benefit of glaze

2.2. Glaze making is difficult

2.3. History of glazes

2.4. Classification (earthenware, stoneware etc.)

3. Temperature ranges and requirements

3.1. What is temperature?

3.2. Low temperature range 900-1100°C

3.3. High temperature range 1100-1300°C

3.4. Firing systems and glaze effects

4. Decisions

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4.1. Selecting your best firing temperature

4.2. Market factors

4.3. Strength requirements

4.4. Investment and production costs

5. Simple glaze theory

5.1. Basic chemistry

5.2. Glaze structure

5.3. Effect of heat

5.4. Melted glaze behavior

5.5. Interface between glaze and body

5.6. Cooling and crystal formation

5.7. Transparency and opacity

5.8. Shiny or matt glaze

6. Obtaining glaze materials

6.1. Materials suppliers

6.2. Materials from natural sources

6.3. Other sources of materials

6.4. Storing, packaging and labeling

7. Frits and fritmaking

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7.1. Why make frits?

7.2. Frit production

7.3. Frit kilns

8. Preparation of glazes

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8.1. Raw materials requirements

8.2. Grinding glaze materials

8.3. Weighing, mixing, using batch cards

8.4. Sieving

8.5. Suspending and binding agents

8.6. Density specific gravity

8.7. Old glazes, problems

8.8. Test your glazes!

8.9. Commercial production of glazes

9. Glaze application

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9.1. Work place, cleaning area

9.2. Application methods

9.3. Density, binders, glaze thickness

9.4. Waxing

9.5. Single-fire glazing

9.6. Handling, drying before firing

9.7. Salt glazing

10. Decoration

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10.1. Decoration and design

10.2. Glaze decoration

10.3. Engobe decoration

10.4. Terra sigillata

11. Glaze problems

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11.1. Introduction to glaze problems

11.2. Trouble-shooting checklist

11.3. Specific problem explanations

12. Developing glazes

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12.1. Modifying existing glazes

12.2. Basic equipment

12.3. Testing methods

12.4. Developing a base glaze

12.5. Modifying a base glaze

12.6. Colored glaze

13. Glaze oxides

14. Quality control

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14.1. Raw materials control

14.2. Glaze preparation control

15. Health and safety

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15.1. Machinery

15.2. Dust

15.3. Toxic materials

16. Glaze formula calculations

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16.1. Glaze formula chemistry

16.2. Seger formula

16.3. Frit calculation

Appendix

Glaze Recipes

Color Pigments

Ceramics Elements and Oxides

Common Glaze Raw Materials

Chemical Analysis of Glaze Materials

Table of Standard Sives

Table of Seger Cone Formulas

Table of Seger Cones

Table of Orton Cones

Conversion Table for Pint Weights

Density

Dry content of a liquid

Twaddell scale

Properties of fuels

Metric system

Temperature conversion formula

Bibliography