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Create stunning, food-safe glazes for functional pottery.
Take your ceramics to the next level with Amazing Glaze Food-Safe Recipes, the essential guide for potters who want to create beautiful, functional pieces designed for everyday use.
A collaboration between noted potter and author Gabriel Kline and chemist Bill Collins, PhD, this unique book explores the science of glaze formulation, explaining essential testing techniques, equipment, and materials, demystifying the science of food-safe ceramics while empowering artists with reliable, studio-friendly methods.
Discover a variety of recipes, techniques, and tips for creating vibrant colors, unique textures, and glossy or matte finishes—all tested for safety and reliability in functional pottery.
Comprehensive guidance on glaze safety: Learn essential information about toxic materials, leaching, and testing glazes for food use.
Step-by-step tutorials: From mixing and applying glazes to troubleshooting common issues, this book covers every stage of the process.
More than 100 beautiful food-safe glaze recipes and combinations: Tested and approved finishes suitable for mid- and high-fire temperatures and clays.
Inspiration from master ceramists: Explore stunning examples of food-safe pottery to spark your creativity.
Whether you're a beginner looking to make your first food-safe bowl or an experienced potter wanting to expand your glaze library, Amazing Glaze Food-Safe Recipes will become your go-to resource for creating ceramics that are as functional as they are beautiful.
The Mastering Ceramics series is for artists who never stop learning. With compelling projects, expert insight, step-by-step photos, and galleries of work from today's top artists, these books are the perfect studio companions. Also available from the series: Amazing Glaze, Mastering Hand Building, Mastering Kilns and Firing, and Mastering the Potter's Wheel.
Contents
CONTENTS
Introduction
1 | Defining "Food Safe"
A Term without Legal Definition
Drinking Water Standards
Beyond Leaching: Other Considerations
The Art of Science: Rose and Matt Katz
Gallery
2 | Testing For Food Safety
How We Test Our Glazes
The Lab Tests
What We Test For (and Why!)
The Art of Science: Linda Bloomfield
Gallery
3 | Anatomy of a Glaze
What's in a Glaze?
Complex Ingredients Made Simple
UMF Formula and Stull Charts Made Simple
The Art of Science: John Britt
Gallery
4 | Food-Safe Glaze Recipes and Combinations
Mixing Glazes Safely
Liners and the Safe Use of Unstable Glazes
Cone 6 Recipes
Cone 10 Recipes
Ultimate Peace of Mind: Glazes with Nothing to Test For
Glazes for Mason Stains
Combinations
The Art of Science: Joe Thompson
Gallery
5 | Firing for Durability
Heatwork: Cones and TempCheks
Firing Schedules and Best Practices
Reduction Firing
Glaze Defects and Troubleshooting
Finishing and Refiring
Oxidation Versus Reduction
The Art of Science: Alex Thullen
Gallery
Charts, Tables, and Resources
Appendix A: Other Glazes We Tested
Appendix B: Combination Test Results
Appendix C: Oxides and Stains
Appendix D: Cone Chart/TempChek Chart
Appendix E: List of Labs
Appendix F: Online Resources
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Index
