Stoneware / Richard Dewar.

Includes index.

pt. 1. Terminology and Materials -- Terminology -- Materials -- Clay -- High-fired slips -- Vitreous slips -- High-fired glazes -- Silica -- Alumina -- Feldspar -- Stoneware glazes -- pt. 2. Firings and Kilns -- Quartz transformation -- Vitrification -- Kiln atmosphere -- Oxidised firing -- Reduction firing -- High-firing kilns -- pt. 3. Special Effects in Stoneware -- Celadon glazes -- Copper red glazes -- Ash glazes -- Crystalline glazes -- Vapour glazes -- pt. 4. The High Flyers among the High Firers -- May Ling Beadsmoore -- Nic Collins -- Sandy Brown -- Martin McWilliam -- Eric James Mellon -- John Calver -- John Jelfs -- Will Levi Marshall -- Suzy Atkins -- Aki Moriuchi -- Roger Lewis -- Dimitra Grivellis -- Billy Adams -- Peter Ilsley -- Brian Gartside -- Ashley Howard -- Herve Rousseau -- Pascal Geoffroy -- Thomas Bohle -- Hans and Birgitte Borjeson -- Monika Debus -- Robin Welch -- Derek Emms.

"The qualities and finishes that can be achieved with high firing appeal to many potters and ceramicists. However, firing clay at temperatures of about 1300[degrees]C imposes demands on the clay, glazes and kilns used that are not a problem with lower firings. In this book, Richard Dewar discusses the various considerations that need to be taken into account when working at these temperatures. He also shows the myriad of techniques and glazes that can be used to decorate this ware. The work of an international group of artists is used to illustrate these methods. The result is a useful reference book that will also provide inspiration for anyone wanting to work in this field."--Jacket.