Glazes for Special Effects

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1974. Cloth, 151 pages, illustrations; 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, edges lightly soiled. Stated First Printing. Price-clipped dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "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 luster 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, coloring oxides for porcelain slip, localized reduction firing, Arabian luster 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." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Crystals; Crystalline glazes; Other types of crystalline glazes; Copper reduction glazes; Wood ash and plant ash glazes; Luster ware; Underglaze decoration; Raku ware; Tables; Glossary.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.