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| Preface | |
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| Shaping the Past | |
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| An Introduction to Clay | |
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| A Record of Humanity in Clay | |
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| The Geologic Origins of Clay | |
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| Types of Clay | |
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| Early Ceramics Technology | |
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| Evolving Techniques | |
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| Early Western Asia and the Mediterranean | |
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| Improved Ceramics Technology | |
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| Glazes | |
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| The Minoans | |
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| Mycenae | |
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| Greece | |
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| The Etruscans | |
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| Rome | |
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| Asia | |
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| Early Japan | |
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| China | |
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| Korea | |
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| Japanese Old Tomb Period (c. A.D. 300-600) | |
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| Western Asia | |
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| Islamic Ceramics | |
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| India | |
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| Africa | |
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| Nok (c. 500 B.C.-A.D. 200) | |
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| Ife (c. A.D. 800-1400) | |
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| Benin (c. A.D. 1250-1897) | |
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| Ritual Ceramics | |
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| Foreign Influences | |
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| Early Techniques | |
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| Contemporary Techniques | |
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| Changing Crafts in Changing Times | |
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| Indigenous America | |
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| Mesoamerica | |
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| The Isthmus Area | |
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| South America | |
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| North America | |
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| Northern Indigenous Cultures | |
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| Europe | |
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| Spain | |
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| Italy | |
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| Northern Europe | |
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| Britain | |
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| Studio Pottery | |
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| The United States | |
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| Colonial Ceramics | |
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| Architectural Ceramics | |
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| U.S. Pottery in the 1920s-40s | |
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| Sculpture in the 1920s-40s | |
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| Worldwide Interaction | |
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| East Meets West | |
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| Twentieth-Century Art Influences | |
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| Converging Influences | |
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| Ceramics and the Art World | |
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| Ceramics in Architecture | |
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| The Vessel | |
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| The Global Clay Community | |
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| Shaping the Present | |
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| The Artist's Vision | |
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| The Creative Process | |
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| Sources of Imagery | |
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| Drawing | |
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| Aesthetics and Technique | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| The Work Space | |
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| Health and Safety | |
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| Tools | |
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| Working with Clay | |
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| Types of Clay | |
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| Formulated Clay Bodies | |
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| Choosing a Clay Body | |
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| Mixing Clay Bodies | |
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| How to Mix Clay | |
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| Handbuilding | |
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| Working in Three Dimensions | |
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| Sculpting Solid | |
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| Pinching | |
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| Building Hollow | |
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| Coiling | |
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| Slabs | |
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| Keeping Your Work Damp | |
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| Drying Your Work | |
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| Drying Sculpture Before Firing | |
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| Repairing Dry Work | |
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| Mixed Media | |
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| Postfiring Construction | |
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| Adhesives | |
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| Postfiring Reinforcement | |
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| Throwing on the Wheel | |
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| Form | |
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| Wheel Forms | |
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| Types of Wheels | |
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| Contrast and Connect | |
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| The Production Potter | |
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| Making a Teapot | |
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| Composite Pots | |
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| Postfiring Construction | |
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| Altered Wheel-Thrown Forms | |
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| Working with Molds | |
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| Hump Molds | |
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| Press Molds | |
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| Making Plaster Molds | |
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| Slip Casting | |
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| Making Tiles | |
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| Texture, Color, and Glaze | |
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| Unglazed Surfaces | |
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| Precautions | |
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| Color in Clay Bodies | |
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| Underglazes | |
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| Overglazes | |
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| Glaze Tests | |
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| Mixing Glazes | |
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| Applying Glazes | |
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| Ready to Fire | |
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| Common Glaze Problems | |
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| Postfiring Color | |
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| Firing | |
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| Starting to Fire | |
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| Precautions | |
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| The Firing Process | |
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| Glaze Firing | |
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| The Glaze Kiln | |
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| Supporting and Firing Tiles | |
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| Sculpture in the Kiln | |
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| Wood Firing | |
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| Salt-Vapor Firing | |
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| Raku Firing | |
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| Postfiring Smoking | |
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| Pit Firing | |
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| Installations, Large-scale and Architectural Works | |
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| Installations | |
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| Ceramics and Architecture | |
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| The Commission Process | |
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| Setting Up Your Studio | |
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| Wheels | |
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| Kilns | |
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| Clay Processing Equipment | |
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| Glazes in Your Studio | |
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| Spray Booth | |
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| Plaster in Your Studio | |
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| Health and Safety | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Clay and Glaze Recipes; Related Charts | |
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| Clays and Glazes Formulated for Testing | |
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| Glaze Additives in Relation to Suspension and Application | |
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| Clay, Slip, and Glaze Recipes from Ceramists | |
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| Percentage Charts: Clays, Frits, Feldspars, and Opacifiers | |
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| Chemicals and Materials | |
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| Colorants and Opacifiers | |
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| Temperatures, Cones, Kiln Colors; Measurements | |
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| Centigrade and Fahrenheit; Orton and Seger Cones | |
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| Useful Measurements and Equivalents in U.S.A. and Metric Systems | |
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| Calculating Glazes; Related Charts | |
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| Changing the Flux in a Glaze | |
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| Calculating Glazes Using Chemical Analysis | |
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| Atomic Weights of Elements Used in Ceramics | |
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| Molecular and Equivalent Weights | |
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| Formulas of Some Feldspars | |
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| Installation, Repair; Adhesives | |
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| Types of Plasters and Their Uses | |
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| Preplanning for Installation | |
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| Repair, Adhesives, and Colorants | |
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| Sources of Health Information, Materials, and Equipment | |
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| Sources of Health and Safety Information | |
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| Sources of Equipment and Materials | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Index | |