The Technique of Pottery |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 37
Page 37
... thickness . But a little practice will soon show which method comes more easily . The result to be aimed at is a smooth round coil , even in thickness and with no weak spots . The thickness will vary according to the size of the pot ...
... thickness . But a little practice will soon show which method comes more easily . The result to be aimed at is a smooth round coil , even in thickness and with no weak spots . The thickness will vary according to the size of the pot ...
Page 110
... thickness even throughout , but there is no good reason why more clay should not be added to the thin places . There also seems no good reason for not adding more clay to make the models bigger than originally held in the hand , if they ...
... thickness even throughout , but there is no good reason why more clay should not be added to the thin places . There also seems no good reason for not adding more clay to make the models bigger than originally held in the hand , if they ...
Page 197
... thickness of the tiles to be made " or " ; the battens can be marked out in inches or in tile sizes . For hand- made tiles allow about one inch in eight inches for drying and firing shrinkage , but as this depends so much on the clay ...
... thickness of the tiles to be made " or " ; the battens can be marked out in inches or in tile sizes . For hand- made tiles allow about one inch in eight inches for drying and firing shrinkage , but as this depends so much on the clay ...
Contents
Chapter | 3 |
Glaze and its composition | 122 |
Colouring pigments | 145 |
Copyright | |
4 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
alumina ash glazes Ball clay base batt biscuit body bone china borax boric oxide bowl brush calcined calcium carbonate cast China clay China stone chuck clean cobalt coils colouring pigment cone copper damp decoration dish earthenware edge evenly felspar finger firing flat flint flux footring formula frit hand handle heat hollow inch inside iron jigger and jolley kiln lead glaze leather-hard lime litharge maiolica manganese materials metal mixed mixture mould Museum opaque oxidising painting pattern piece of clay pinched plastic clay porcelain possible potash pottery produce pulled quartz recipe refractory round salt sand sesquisilicate shrinkage sieve silica SiO2 slip smooth soda sodium sodium oxide soft glazes spout Stoke-on-Trent stoneware glaze studio potter surface temperature terra-cotta texture thickness thin things thrown shapes tiles tin glaze tool turned ware wheel دو