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 This is a MUST for all ceramist who want to know how May 4, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I read it in only few days and I learned more than a year of reading other books on ceramics and on the process of doing glazes.
It teach you how to master the very hard work of doing glazes in a right way letting you to follow your ideas but with strong bases and by using your brain.
It teach you also how to work in easy ways with the right organisation of your ceramist job.
This is the most useful book I have read in these last years together with two other books,that is : Clay and Glazes for the Potter and The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques
Great book, great service from Amazon September 5, 2005
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
The Ceramic Spectrum is filled with detailed information and wonderful color pictures of glazing procedures and results. Extremely detailed color pictures of different glazes, errors made during glazing as well as mixing or modifying glazes from existing compounds. This book covers details from simple glazing techniques to complex crystalline glazes, and textural glaze applications. It has detailed explanations of glaze testing, color testing, glaze application and application faults. Almost all subjects are covered with color pictures of different techniques, faults and treatments. A totally complex subject treated in understandable terms. If you want to mix glazes, understand glaze procedures and techniques, avoid common errors, etc. this is the book for you. Excellent.
 Read in 30 minutes and put it in the shelf. July 29, 2004
8 out of 18 found this review helpful
It is comparativelly expensive and with little procedural information.
More than a tutorial it may work as a reference for materials.
Buy it if you have extra shelf space and 30 bucks.
Really Great!!!!! February 27, 2002
30 out of 33 found this review helpful
This book has more information on glazes and colorants than any other book I own. Robin Hopper's explanation on the breakdown of glaze and color development is truly amazing. This is not a book for the "I want it done easy person", but a book for the the person who wants to know how something is done. He leaves computer technology out and leaves knowledge up to human resource and personal experience. Unlike other books, I truly LEARNED something from this one.
A Wonderful Book December 18, 2001
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
This book has information that I've long been looking for, especially related to color development in ceramic glazes. I've learned quite alot in the short time that I've had the book (only 1 week).Highly recommended.
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