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Kenton Baker
Strasburg, PA, USA kentonbkr@hotmail.com Double Necked Vase Dimensions: 13 1/2″ H x 5 1/2″W Firing: unglazed stoneware, wood fired in an Anagama kiln I have been firing exclusively with wood as fuel and building wood fired kilns for many years. I strive to get the rich colors and effects of the flame on each... Read More
June 12, 2019
Frits Substitution Chart
kindly supplied by Frank Gaydos The frits listed on this page are divided into two sections: The first section is a cross reference of some available frits showing where you can substitute among different brands. The second section shows a breakdown of each frit into the Silica/Alumina Ratio, the Molecular Formula,and a Percentage Analysis.... Read More
June 12, 2019
Pyrometric Cones (Orton Standard)
Temperature Equivalent Chart (when heated at 150oC/hr*) Warning! Do not view cones above earthenware temperature with the naked eye as this may cause cataracts. View through welders goggles – sunglasses are not suitable as they filter out UV, but not the infra-red, which is the damaging wavelength in this case! Cone No. Centigrade Fahrenheit Visual Color... Read More
June 12, 2019
Robert Yellin
Ode to Japanese Pottery, Sake Cups and Flasks Review by Steven Goldate Having known Robert Yellin through his website on Japanese ceramics e-yakimono.net for some time now, I eagerly awaited the arrival of his hot-off-the-press book Ode to Japanese Pottery. I was not disappointed. On opening the package, an enticing setting of sake cup and bottle peered... Read More
June 12, 2019
Rock Glazes, Geology and Mineral Processing for Potters
Author: Steve Harrison Review by Damon Moon Material Matters – Steve Harrison’s Rock Glazes, Geology and Mineral Processing for Potters: A Personal Approach. Hot and Sticky Press 2003. ISBN 0 – 9750530 – 0 – 0. Available from http://ian.currie.to/sh/Steve_Harrisons_books.html. ‘For potters must be close to the earth where their materials are; pots are of the earth... Read More
June 12, 2019
Jack Doherty – Porcelain
Review by Steven Goldate Jack Doherty’s Porcelain is another in the ‘Ceramics Handbooks’ series by A&C Black (Published in the USA by the University of Pennsylvania Press). It’s a neat introduction to the topic for the student, hobby artist or budding studio potter. Doherty introduces us to the material via its origins in China’s Tang dynasty (618-906... Read More
June 12, 2019
Zillij in Fez
Written by Louis Werner Photographed by Peter Sanders Reprinted with kind permission of Saudi Aramco World. The 17th-century Nejjarine Fountain, retiled and repaired by two generations of master zlayjis of the Benslimane family. Photo Credits: Peter Sanders/Saudi Aramco World/PADIA Dressed in a flowing brown jellaba and peaked gray tarboosh, Abdelatif Benslimane wanders the narrow lanes of Old Fez, his eyes... Read More
June 12, 2019