Glazes for Special Effects

Glazes for Special Effects contains chapters on crystals and various types of crystalline glazes, the technique of copper reduction glazes, the accumulation and use of ash for wood ash and plant ash glazes and embellishments such as lustre and underglaze decoration.

The book also presents a raku demonstration and an explanation of the differences in philosophy and practice between Japanese and American approaches to making raky ware. Other subjects include porcelain body compositions on which to use the glazes, colouring oxides for porcelain slip, localised reduction firing, Arabian lustre glazing, soluble salts decorating, and how to make your own frits. There are also tables of complex ash glazes and of formulas for commercial frits. Thirty-three full colour plates illustrate the variety of special colours, the richness of surface, and the depth of texture obtainable with crystal formations, copper reds, lustre decoration, and other effects presented in the book.