Arbuckle CERAMICS handouts© and resources

Note: these handouts are presented for educational use and may be reproduced, as is, for that use. They may not be reproduced for commercial publication without the author's permission.

The information is presented as-is, and is used at the user's discretion. Ceramic materials and processes should be researched for safety issues before use.

Some files are in PDF format where noted for convenient printing

AMACO Velvets for majolica use PDF
Arbuckle NCECA closing speech - text only: View from the Bridge
Bisque firing PDF
Book list of favorite sources (Word doc)
Ceramic Materials PDF: annotated list of materials
Ceramic Materials for glaze calc PDF - materials, formulas and wts. in condensed table format.
Ceramic Materials flash cards - study aid. See flashcards below.
Chinese Dynasties PDF
Clays and Clay Bodies PDF
Clay Earthenware PDF
Clay Midrange PDF
Clay Stoneware PDF
Clay Porcelain PDF
Colorants and Opacifiers PDF
Elements Common in Ceramics PDF

Flashcards for study help.PDF. These should be printed as 2-sided pages, then cut into individual flashcards. If you look at these as PDF files, the right and left columns are flipped so they print out correctly 2-sided.

  Ceramic Materials flashcard set: face file, back file. Print 2-sided.
Fluxes and Colorants and Opacifiers flashcard set - 3 pgs of flashcards as one 6-page file. Print 2-sided. Updated.
Fluxes PDF
Glaze calc homework problems PDF Answers to homework PDF
GlazChem recipe files (get GlazChem software for PC computers)
Link to patch to allow use of GlazChem HELP files in Windows 7
GlazChem files for HyperGlaze Import (learn about HG) for Mac computer users)
 

Lowfire
Mid-Range
HIghfire
Raku
Arbuckle Materials File for GlazChem- some additions
Arbuckle Preferences
file for GlazChem - some modifications


Lowfire
Mid-Range
HIghfire
Raku
Glaze tests- image and recipes
Laser-printed ceramic decals PDF
Learning to Use Color - article from Studio Potter magazine v. 35 no. 1 (Word)
Majolica and Lowfire PDF

Photographing work

Plaster handout PDF
Professional Practices Resources
 

Networking suggestions (Word .doc)
Recommendation and Resume suggestions (Word .doc)
Resume template (Word.doc)

Reduction Firing PDF
Reduction-glazing - UF shop glazes PDF
Re-firing work PDF
Test tiles PDF
  Vocabulary for beginning ceramics students PDF

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Last updated April 17, 2012