Mid Range Glazes Beginners by Phlean Ryan (4 results)

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - You bought the clay, mixed a glaze recipe off the internet, fired it at cone 6 exactly as written - and got crawling, crazing, or a color that looked nothing like the photo.Mid-range is where most working potters actually glaze, but most beginner books either wave at the chemistry or bury it in a materials-science textbook.Mid-Range Glazes for Beginners is a complete, ground-up foundation in cone 5-6 glaze chemistry, built for potters who want to understand what a recipe is actually doing instead of just trusting it.Inside, you'll learn how to: - Read a glaze recipe like a potter, not a chemist - what silica, alumina, and flux are each doing, and why their balance decides whether a glaze runs, crazes, or holds- Use colorants and oxides with real confidence, from iron and cobalt through the full palette, with an accurate feel for how small a 'small amount' actually is- Build a genuine test-tile practice, including line blends, so every glazing decision rests on a fired result instead of a guess- Apply glaze the way working studios do - dipping, pouring, spraying, and layering - and know when each one is the right call- Diagnose and fix the defects that stop beginners cold: crazing, pinholing, crawling, and blistering- Glaze functional ware safely, with a clear understanding of what 'food-safe' actually requires- Work within real constraints, with guidance on community studios and shared kiln access for potters without a kiln of their ownWritten specifically for the home and studio potter with no chemistry background, the book builds every concept from the ground up before you need it - nothing assumed, nothing taken on faith. By the final chapter, a glaze recipe stops being an opaque list of powders and becomes a set of materials doing a job you can recognize and predict.If you're ready to stop guessing at cone 5-6 and start understanding it, open Mid-Range Glazes for Beginners and run your first test tile today.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. You bought the clay, mixed a glaze recipe off the internet, fired it at cone 6 exactly as written - and got crawling, crazing, or a color that looked nothing like the photo.Mid-range is where most working potters actually glaze, but most beginner books either wave at the chemistry or bury it in a materials-science textbook.Mid-Range Glazes for Beginners is a complete, ground-up foundation in cone 5-6 glaze chemistry, built for potters who want to understand what a recipe is actually doing instead of just trusting it.Inside, you'll learn how to: Read a glaze recipe like a potter, not a chemist - what silica, alumina, and flux are each doing, and why their balance decides whether a glaze runs, crazes, or holdsUse colorants and oxides with real confidence, from iron and cobalt through the full palette, with an accurate feel for how small a "small amount" actually isBuild a genuine test-tile practice, including line blends, so every glazing decision rests on a fired result instead of a guessApply glaze the way working studios do - dipping, pouring, spraying, and layering - and know when each one is the right callDiagnose and fix the defects that stop beginners cold: crazing, pinholing, crawling, and blisteringGlaze functional ware safely, with a clear understanding of what "food-safe" actually requiresWork within real constraints, with guidance on community studios and shared kiln access for potters without a kiln of their ownWritten specifically for the home and studio potter with no chemistry background, the book builds every concept from the ground up before you need it - nothing assumed, nothing taken on faith. By the final chapter, a glaze recipe stops being an opaque list of powders and becomes a set of materials doing a job you can recognize and predict.If you're ready to stop guessing at cone 5-6 and start understanding it, open Mid-Range Glazes for Beginners and run your first test tile today. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…