iandol on tue 12 jun 01
My Inter-library Loan Service has advised me that there is a new book =
about to be published if this has not already happened.
Author ; Mark Burleson.
Title ; The Ceramic Glaze Handbook : materials, techniques, formulas.
Publisher ; Lark Books, New York.
ISBN 1-5799-0292-2=20
Dewey No 738.1/27 21
Has anyone seen this yet? If yes, does it have anything new in the way =
of Philosophy, Science or Technology of glazes and glazing which would =
make it superior to the well know standard books on this topic?
This came in answer to an inquiry for Taylor and Bull, Ceramic Glaze =
Technology which they could not get because my ref. had insufficient =
information.
Any information appreciated. Regards,
Ivor Lewis, Redhill, South Australia.
Stephen Grimmer on tue 12 jun 01
Ivor,
If it's the one I saw at NCECA, it's mostly a coffee table book: pretty
pictures and recipes to try.
Steve
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Stephen Grimmer
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
> From: iandol
> Subject: New Glaze Book
>
> My Inter-library Loan Service has advised me that there is a new book about to
> be published if this has not already happened.
> Author ; Mark Burleson.
> Title ; The Ceramic Glaze Handbook : materials, techniques, formulas.
> Publisher ; Lark Books, New York.
> ISBN 1-5799-0292-2
> Dewey No 738.1/27 21
> Has anyone seen this yet? If yes, does it have anything new in the way of
> Philosophy, Science or Technology of glazes and glazing which would make it
> superior to the well know standard books on this topic?
> This came in answer to an inquiry for Taylor and Bull, Ceramic Glaze
> Technology which they could not get because my ref. had insufficient
> information.
> Any information appreciated. Regards,
> Ivor Lewis, Redhill, South Australia.
>
David Hendley on tue 12 jun 01
Dear Ivor,
Re: The Ceramic Glaze Handbook : materials, techniques, formulas, by
Mark Burleson:
I do not own this book, but looked at it for 10 minutes in March. In my
opinion, it is entirely too elementary for someone with your background and
experience. It's not about the 'Philosophy, Science or Technology' of
glazes,
but more a handbook to get art students started thinking about and using
glazes. For what it is, it looks like a fine book, with lots of
inspirational
photos of finished works, and clear step-by-step instructions for making
and using glazes.
David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas
hendley@tyler.net
http://www.farmpots.com
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From: "iandol"
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Subject: New Glaze Book
My Inter-library Loan Service has advised me that there is a new book about
to be published if this has not already happened.
Author ; Mark Burleson.
Title ; The Ceramic Glaze Handbook : materials, techniques, formulas.
Publisher ; Lark Books, New York.
ISBN 1-5799-0292-2
Dewey No 738.1/27 21
Has anyone seen this yet? If yes, does it have anything new in the way of
Philosophy, Science or Technology of glazes and glazing which would make it
superior to the well know standard books on this topic?
This came in answer to an inquiry for Taylor and Bull, Ceramic Glaze
Technology which they could not get because my ref. had insufficient
information.
Any information appreciated. Regards,
Ivor Lewis, Redhill, South Australia.
jay s. gertz on wed 13 jun 01
The Mark Burleson book: _The Ceramic Glaze Handbook : materials,
techniques, formulas_ is an excellent work on glazing for beginners and
intermediate potters. For advanced potters the photographs are
inspirational. Mark runs the Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts here
in Asheville, NC ("subsidary" to Highwater Clays, in fact right next
door). I know Mark, so I'm a little prejudiced. Lark Books is
published here in Asheville, and as far as format, information, and
how-to-do-it type material, they are without parallel in the publishing
field. Kathy Triplett's book on handbuilding and Don Davis's on
throwing are highly recommended as well.
jay
P.S. I am receiving no financial recompense from Lark or Odyssey. ;+}
jay s. gertz
(jgertz@bulldog.unca.edu)
(828) 251-6627
John Hesselberth on wed 13 jun 01
Just another couople comments on this book by Mark Burleson. The front part
is a good book for beginners. It presents the material in reasonably clear
and understandable way without getting all bogged down in technospeak. It
does not even mention the unity formula, though, so it is strictly
qualitative information. That is why I would not consider it a good book
for an intermediate glaze formulator.
HOWEVER, the recipes in the last third of the book I have to wonder about.
Half of the earthenware/raku recipes and about a third of the mid-fire
recipes contain an ingredient called "Gerstley Borate substitute". I think
we all know there isn't a universal one-to-one substitute for GB. Therefore
this is not a book for beginners. Substantial testing and, probably,
reformulation work would have to be done for these recipes to be useful. I
have to question whether or not these recipes should have been published in
March 2000 when it was known in January 1999 that GB was disappearing.
Seems like publication should have been held up until the recipes were
redeveloped. If Mark monitors Clayart I'd like to hear his view of this
situation.
And yes, I know that GB is suppossedly going to reappear on the market. I
think anyone who uses it for anything other than tiding them over until they
redevelop their recipes to a reliable ingredient is being taken for a ride.
Just another opinion.
Regards,
John
John Hesselberth on wed 13 jun 01
Oops, I seem to be running a year behind today.
The Burleson book was published in March 2001 and it was known GB was
disappearing in about January 2000. Still over a year gap, but I apologize
for the incorrect dates.
John
Web site: http://www.frogpondpottery.com Email: john@frogpondpottery.com
"The life so short, the craft so long to learn." Chaucer's translation of
Hippocrates, 5th cent. B.C.
Ron Roy on thu 14 jun 01
You may want to correct the section on crazing - in glaze faults - Mark has
it exactly wrong.
Crazing happens because the glaze contracts more during cooling than the
body - shivering and dunting happen because the glaze does not contract
enough compared to the clay during cooling.
I'm not saying there is no value in this book but I do think it is
important to correct misinformation - I did find some parts attractive.
RR
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Paul Lewing on thu 14 jun 01
John Hesselberth wrote:
> Half of the earthenware/raku recipes and about a third of the mid-fire
> recipes contain an ingredient called "Gerstley Borate substitute".
I noticed that too. I just figured that the author thought of these
recipes as starting places, and that GB was so variable anyway, people
were probably going to have to fiddle with them even if they used that.
But I did wonder if he'd noticed that two of the cone 6 recipes, printed
right after each other with different names, were the exact same recipe,
and they look different in the two pictures.
Paul Lewing, Seattle
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