Colour in Glazes (New Ceramics)

The book is perfect, my Miss Lelia needs all the help she can get in this competitive world especially since her college bills have come due! As so many young people today the bills are impossible just starting out.

If you're like me, you were concerned about buying a relatively short book in paperback for thirty dollars. I hate paperback books, and that is one of the only drawbacks to this title. Otherwise, this is one of the few books on glazing from this century that is worth buying. It is a recipe book in part, but I probably wouldn't buy this book on that basis alone. The unique thing about this book is that it explains some of the complex scientific principles of glaze chemistry in terms that most people can understand. In fact, I would go so far as to say that if you don't understand now or don't understand after looking some stuff up, you probably shouldn't bother with formulating your own glazes. But, if you enjoy mixing and testing glazes, this book is a must have. Dr. Bloomfield has clearly explained the role that each of the common glaze components plays in a formula, with recipes and photos that illustrate those effects. It even goes into some of the off the wall ingredients that most people never use, such as rare earth colorants.I didn't buy this for the recipes, rather to better understand the role of each ingredient in glazes. I should also mention that I am not a chemist and I understand the principles set forth in this book. So, if you are like me, this is the book you have been waiting for. Well, still waiting for a hardback version.

Great book with a wide range of glaze possibilities in different cones. Since i work mainly in an electric kiln at cone 6 I'd of prefered more glazes in that temperature. But since I realize this was not a specialty Glaze Cone 6 book I knew that going in buying it. I highly recommend this book to anyone needing a general knowledge base and especially to anybody working in different cone temperatures and kiln atmospheres

This book is not for beginners in glaze mixing! It has many great tips and helpful information, but it is geared more to serious potters and those already well acquainted with glaze chemistry. It has great information about how different chemicals react together that would be very beneficial to those who are wanting to create a new or unique glaze.

This book is concise and intuitive. I have a large library of books for ceramics and this is one of my favorites.

Great material

Nice and informative glaze book, like the info it has in it pictures are nice explanations on different chemicals is very healful

This book rides an awkward boundary between science and practical studio use. In doing so, it fails to do either well. The chemistry behind the colors are sort of half-explained with useful tidbits here and there. And there are also recipes. But the theory explanations don't go deep enough to allow the user to readily understand and alter the recipes. At least it's considerably better than "The Handbook of Glaze Recipes" I just purchased by the same author...

Wer sich mit keramischen Glasuren beschäftigt, wird mit diesem Buch Freude haben. Gute Informationen über Glasuren im Allgemeinen und speziell über Farboxide und deren Wechselwirkungen mit anderen Glasurbestandteile, die erklären, warum manche Oxide in manchen Mixturen nicht den gewünschten Farbeffekt zeigen.

les recettes présentées font référence à des couleurs qui correspondent peu à mes goûts: trop basiques, cependant le contenu est complet et intéressant

J'ai voulu avoir ce livre pour avoir des informations et connaissances sur les émaux et leurs couleurs. Je suis céramiste et ces connaissances sont très utiles à l'élaboration des émaux et les précautions à prendre en considération, lors de leur élaboration. J'ai trouvé ce livre très utile et complet.

Libro utile in cui vengono descritte molte componenti dello smalto in ceramica. Ricette dettagliate per bassa e alta temperatura spiegate in modo semplice e chiaro.

I love this book. So very informative and written in laymen’s words even my students can understand reciepes, details and information given .