Macro-crystalline glazes present one of the most difficult challenges a potter can face. Ever since they first appeared in Europe in the 1850s, these spectacular and beautiful glazes have fascinated potters and collectors. In this manual, Peter Ilsley reveals his own researches and techniques in practical detail, and 13 other potters tell how they have met the challenge of crystals. With informative text and more than 150 colour pictures of crystal pots, old and new, the book seeks to instruct potters and provide a valuable ...
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Macro-crystalline glazes present one of the most difficult challenges a potter can face. Ever since they first appeared in Europe in the 1850s, these spectacular and beautiful glazes have fascinated potters and collectors. In this manual, Peter Ilsley reveals his own researches and techniques in practical detail, and 13 other potters tell how they have met the challenge of crystals. With informative text and more than 150 colour pictures of crystal pots, old and new, the book seeks to instruct potters and provide a valuable reference for collectors.
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Good+ in a Good++ dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is moderately shelfworn and edgeworn with moderate sun-fading to the spine area of jacket, but is otherwise clean and intact, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Clean boards with moderate edgewear and slightly "bumped" edge-corners; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75"-11.75" tall); 1.9 lbs; Glazing illustration to the jacket with title in white lettering; 1999, Crowood Press; 144 pages; "Macro-Crystalline Glazes: The Challenge of Crystals, " by Peter Ilsley.
