Extras
Some notes I wrote up for some artist friends on photographing your own work:
| photography_for_artists.pdf |
Following are some downloadable pdf files containing technical information that I have used with my students at Augusta University (formerly Augusta State University, Augusta College, and Georgia Regents University). The glaze recipes have been all been used and tested, though there is always the possibility that your materials and mixing conditions may vary from what we have used, yielding variations in results.
| lowfire_glaze_list.pdf |
| raku_glaze_list.pdf |
| highfire.pdf |
Instructions for mixing glazes:
| mixing_a_glaze.pdf |
Throwing and trimming instructions for beginning students:
| throwingdemo.pdf |
| trimming_demo.pdf |
Designing lids - old diagrams, not by me, but quite useful:
| lid_handout_1.pdf |
| lid_handout_2.pdf |
Firing instructions for electric kilns. These work for sculptors making pieces that vary from thin to quite thick. Potters making uniformly thin work won't need such long bisque cycles.
| firing_a_computer_controlled_kiln.pdf |
| firing_kiln_with_sitter_and_timer.pdf |