Mastering Raku
Making Ware * Glazes * Building Kilns * Firing
Published on 6. March 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-4547-0367-9 (ISBN)
Description
This is a comprehensive, hands-on, technique-based book with a beautiful inspirational gallery. From firing to finishing, this definitive reference on raku - now in paperback - is a must-have for artists of all skill levels. Ceramists will be informed and inspired by this attractive hands-on book, which focuses on techniques, not projects. It's packed with ideas, designs and recipes and covers every aspect of the raku process: types of clay, forming techniques, decoration, glazes, kilns and kiln construction, and much more. A beautiful gallery of works from around the world provides extra creative motivation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Asheville
United States
Product notice
With flaps
Illustrations
full colour throughout, includes photographs
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 216 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4547-0367-9 (9781454703679)
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Person
Steven Branfman enjoys an international reputation as a successful potter, writer, teacher and businessman. Articles by or about him have appeared in Ceramics Monthly, The Crafts Report, Clay Times, Boston Globe, Studio Potter, and Pottery Making Illustrated.