Amazing Glaze Food-Safe Recipes
Innovative, Lab-Tested Techniques and Recipes

By (author) Bill Collins,Gabriel Kline

ISBN13: 9780760392287

Imprint: Quarry Books

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Hardback

Published: 30/10/2025

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Description
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 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
  • Ceramic arts, pottery, glass
  • Pottery, ceramics & glass crafts
  • Ceramics: artworks
  • General (US: Trade)
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