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An essential handbook for the studio potter working towards achieving a fantastic spectrum of colourful glazes.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. A brief history of colour in glazes
2. Principles of glaze chemistry
3. Glaze materials
4. Base glazes
5. Colouring oxides and colour development
6. Mixing glazes
7. Applying glazes
8. Testing glazes
9. Firing
10. Correcting glaze faults
Glossary
Appendices
Suppliers
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Linda Bloomfield trained as a materials scientist before fulfilling her dream of becoming a potter. She has made thrown porcelain tableware in her West London studio since 2003 and sold her various ranges through Liberty and Harrods, as well as to Jamie Oliver's Barbecoa Restaurant and Michelin-starred restaurant The Clove Club. She has written several best-selling books on ceramic glazes.