Friday, July 17, 2015

Alternative Kilns and Firing Techniques

Author: James C. Watkins & Paul Andrew Wandless
Stars: 1
Review by: MandyApgar

Rather pointless really. Instructions are given on how to build kilns that are for the most part insanely complicated (and I professionally trained with this for years) and little detail is given on obtaining or mixing glazes. Certainly not for anyone near to beginner, and a bit redundant for those with experience. The open pit firing section was good, but that was about it, as details on various firing methods are given but little is spoken of their origins or actual methods. Just "stick the pot in here and light the crap on fire" sort of, nothing on what to do if something goes wrong, or any commonplace details that could help beginners - like they never mentioned not glazing pots to a certain level so they do not stick, hints like that. If they wrote a baby book they probably expect the kid to come out quoting Macbeth.

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