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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Author's note and acknowledgements | |
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| Material, method and process | |
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| Understanding material and processes | |
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| The consequence of form | |
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| Choosing a method of making | |
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| Clay body and casting slip | |
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| Properties of a clay body and casting slip | |
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| Ingredients | |
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| Types of clay bodies | |
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| Formulating a clay body recipe | |
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| Using colouring oxides and ceramic pigments | |
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| Preparing a plastic clay body or plemp body | |
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| Preparing a casting slip or plemp body | |
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| Storing | |
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| Preparations prior to making | |
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| Taking size and weight into consideration | |
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| Means of transport | |
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| Foundation base in general | |
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| Foundation base for large and complex pieces | |
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| Handbuilding | |
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| Coiling and slab-building | |
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| Throw-and-coil method | |
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| Slabs and tiles | |
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| Extruding | |
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| Modelling a solid piece | |
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| Building around a core | |
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| Multi-segmented pieces | |
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| Finishing and smoothing | |
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| Joining and mending | |
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| Using Moulds | |
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| Moulds and mould systems | |
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| Materials for moulds and model-making | |
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| The model | |
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| Considerations before making a mould | |
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| Making a casting mould | |
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| Making a sculpture mould | |
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| Drying moulds | |
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| Summary of the main points | |
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| Slipcasting | |
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| Press-moulding | |
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| Plemping | |
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| Smooth surface | |
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| Joining and mending | |
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| Drying | |
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| Drying shrinkage | |
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| Tension build-up | |
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| Drying stages | |
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| Critical drying phase | |
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| Drying conditions | |
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| Controlled drying | |
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| Controlled fast drying | |
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| When is a piece dry? | |
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| Firing Biscuit | |
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| Kilns | |
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| Loading a kiln for biscuit firing | |
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| Biscuit firing | |
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| Analysing faults apparent after biscuit firing | |
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| Glazes and (sinter) engobes | |
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| Sintering and fusion | |
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| Properties of a glaze and (sinter) engobe | |
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| Ingredients | |
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| Formulating a glaze | |
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| Formulating engobes | |
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| Formulating a sinter engobe | |
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| Testing a glaze or (sinter) engobe | |
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| Preparing and applying glazes and (sinter) engobes | |
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| Painting and decoration | |
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| Maiolica | |
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| Underglaze | |
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| Onglaze | |
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| (Precious metal) lustre | |
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| Terra sigillata | |
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| What makes a good terra sigillata? | |
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| Preparing a batch of terra sigillata | |
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| Terra sigillata and colour | |
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| Applying terra sigillata | |
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| Firing temperatures | |
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| Terra sigillata recipes | |
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| Firing glazes | |
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| Loading a glaze kiln | |
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| Glaze firing | |
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| Once-firing | |
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| Reduction firing | |
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| Analysing faults apparent after the glaze firing | |
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| Non-ceramic treatment | |
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| Etching | |
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| Sandblasting | |
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| Painting | |
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| Gluing | |
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| Advanced section: clay | |
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| What is clay? | |
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| Testing a clay body | |
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| Testing a casting slip | |
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| Testing a plemp body | |
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| Advanced section: glaze | |
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| What is a glaze? | |
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| Testing glazes and (sinter) engobes | |
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| Advanced section: terra sigillata | |
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| Determining a terra sigillata recipe | |
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| Unity formulas and percentage analyses | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Glaze calculation software | |
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| Suppliers list | |
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| Names of participants 1991-2003 | |
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| Index | |