Alternative Kilns & Firing Techniques: Raku * Saggar * Pit * Barrel Paperback – Illustrated, 28 September 2006

Present. Mother taking up pottery again after 3 decades. Said there were a few ways she could make a kiln without shelling out most of her retirement fund. Father also found it an interesting book to read, hes an engineer and found it had some detailed technical info in it too. On the whole both thought it was a well thought out and practical introduction to alternative kiln methods.

This book is an absolute gem. It is full of clear concise information about the different firing techniques. It provides great step by step photos and is explained really well. It also gives you some of the recipes used to create the pieces. I can’t wait to start trying out the Raku firing.

An interesting book for anyone interested in firing clay work. This book offers different ways to make kilns, shows you what you need and how to construct each kiln. Photo's of work fired is amazing,giving information on how the pot was fired and what was used to achieve the surface/colour etc.

This is a great book full of information and lots of good pictures , I would have given it 5 stars but for the length of time it took to deliver although it did arrive within the delivery estimate.

Really interesting read although the build for some kilns is a little beyind me (Igather there are kits available for these anyway). I found the explanations of each of the processes really informative. A great book if you like me want to understand the processes better. Really well written.