This 34-page publication from the Orton Ceramic Foundation covers the following topics:
Understanding Heat Transfer;
Cracking and Thermal Shock;
Cracking and Warping Caused by Drying and Casting;
Using the Three Cone System;
Cones and Controllers;
Avoiding Carbon Burnout Problems;
Firing Handbuilt or Thick Cast Ware;
Firing Ceramic Bodies;
Firing Lead Free Glazes;
Firing Red Glazes;
Understanding Crazing;
Solving Glaze Defects, Blisters, Craters, and Pinholes;
Successful Glass Fusing;
Success with Golds;
Success with Decals;
and Making Foodsafe Ware
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