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The Potter's Craft by Charles F. Binns

The Potter's Craft by Charles F. Binns

by Charles Fergus Binns

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Author
Binns, Charles Fergus, 1857-1934
Title
The Potter's Craft: A Practical Guide for the Studio and Workshop
Credits
Produced by Mark C. Orton, tallforasmurf and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
TP: Technology: Chemical technology
Subject
Pottery
Category
Text
eBook-No.
40411
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40411
Release Date
August 4, 2012
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.The Potter's Craft A Practical Guide for the Studio and Workshop
  2. 2.By CHARLES F. BINNS — Director of the New York State School of Clay-Working and Ceramics ¶ Some time a Superintendent in the Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester, England — SECOND EDITION SECOND PRINTING — 26 PLATES AND 20 TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS — NEW YORK D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY, Inc. EIGHT WARREN STREET — Copyright, 1910, 1922 by D. Van Nostrand Company — All rights reserved, including that of translation into the Scandinavian and other foreign languages. — Printed in the United States of America — LANCASTER PRESS, INC. LANCASTER, PA.
  3. 3.PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
  4. 4.PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION
  5. 5.CONTENTS
  6. 6.LIST OF PLATES
  7. 7.INTRODUCTION The Present Need
  8. 8.CHAPTER I Applied Art
  9. 9.CHAPTER II Pottery
  10. 10.CHAPTER III Porcelain
  11. 11.CHAPTER IV The Nature and Properties of Clay
  12. 12.CHAPTER V The Preparation of the Clay
  13. 13.CHAPTER VI Mold-making and Plaster
  14. 14.CHAPTER VII Cases and Working Molds
  15. 15.CHAPTER VIII Building by Hand
  16. 16.CHAPTER IX The Potter's Wheel
  17. 17.CHAPTER X Turning
  18. 18.CHAPTER XI Making Large Pieces
  19. 19.CHAPTER XII Cups and Saucers and Plates
  20. 20.CHAPTER XIII Casting
  21. 21.CHAPTER XIV Tiles
  22. 22.CHAPTER XV Glazes and Glazing — PART I — PART II Matt Glazes — PART III Fritted Glazes — PART IV Recipes — PART V The Defects of Glazes — PART VI Alkaline Glazes
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVI Decoration
  24. 24.CHAPTER XVII The Fire
  25. 25.CHAPTER XVIII High-Temperature Wares
  26. 26.CHAPTER XIX Clay-working for Children
  27. 27.NOTES
  28. 28.INDEX
  29. 29.Books for the Craftsman

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