Volumes 6 to 10 -- 1977-1982

Cover - Vol.6, No.1

Volume 6, Number 1
December, 1977
$7.00

An Historical Review of Art, Commerce and Craftsmanship - a lecture by Harry Davis; Karen Karnes - a conversation; Hydroelectric Power and the Potter by Drich Bowler; Home-made Filter Press - design by by Annelies Kahn; Colored Clay Overlays Conceived as Landscapes by Leif Wicklund; 15 (Northwest) Oregon Potters; Joel Cottet - a conversation; Bennett Welsh - a conversation; Maya Bowl - commentary by Elizabeth P. Benson; Some Experiences with a Fiber Kiln by Jon Ellenbogen; Studio Glass by Thomas S. Buechner; Cyanotype in Clay - techniques, by Glenn Rand; PTO-Powered Portable Salt Kiln by Tom Turner; Death Valley Mining by Gerry Williams.

Cover - Vol.6, No.2

Volume 6, Number 2
June, 1978
sold out

Porcelain - history, experiences, formulas, and technology:

Also: Twenty-seven Texas Potters; A Mochica Portrait Head from Ancient Peru - commentary by John Lunsford; Black Core and Bloating by James McKinnell; The Liberation of Clay: The Roots of Modern Ceramic Art by Garth Clark; Making Restaurant Ware - story of a commission by Doris Licht-Tomono; Apprenticeship: The Master's Degree by Gerry Williams; Ceramic Fiber Refractories (Addendum) by Jon Ellenbogen.

Cover - Vol.7, No.1

Volume 7, Number 1
December, 1978
$7.00

Singlefire - techniques, tips, and recipes:

Also: Sam Haile 1909-1948: A Memorial by Garth Clark; Sam Haile - Recollections by Marianne Haile; Thirteen Maine Potters; Why Make Pots in the Last Quarter of the Twentieth Century by Michael Cardew; Chinese Water Flask - commentary by Patty Proctor; Salt in the City: The Sodium Carbonate Solution by Warren Mather and Bernice Hillman; The Extruder as Design Tool: An Expanded Usage by John Glick; Salt-Proof Heat Shield for Salt Kilns by Jere Lykins; Handcraft Pottery in the Chuang Autonomous Region of Kwangse, South China by Rewi Alley; Reems Creek Pottery - a photoessay by William A. Barnhill.

Cover - Vol.7, No.2

Volume 7, Number 2
June, 1979
$7.00

Clary Illian and Garrison, Iowa - a visit; Eleven Iowa Potters; The Raku Family Tradition - a history, by Rick Hirsch; Shigaraki Pot - commentary by Yoshiaki Yabe; Shigaraki's Clay by Louise Allison Cort; Old Kilns of Japan by Katsuyuki Sakazume; Saggar Firing - personal experiences by Chuck Hindes; The Phoenix Woodburning Kiln - plans and instructions by Gerry Williams; Heated Air Combustion System for Pottery Kilns - plans and technical details by Buddy Francis; Notes on a Fiber Salt Kiln - construction hints by Kirk Lockhart and Frank Ottinger; CO2 Gas Analyzer - a research report by George Wettlaufer; Apprenticeship and the Workplace by Ronald Hayes Pearson.

Cover - Vol.8, No.1

Volume 8, Number 1
December, 1979
$15.00

Copper Reds - recipes and firing techniques:

Also: Bernard Leach 1887-1979 - Towards a Standard; Bernard Leach: Two Recollections by Susan Peterson and Warren MacKenzie; Eleven Montana Potters; The Archie Bray Foundation - a short history; Tension and the Potter by Eliza Mallouk; Yoga: A Practical Guide for the Potter (with diagrams) by Deborah Haynes; Stress Problems in the Hands and Forearms - a discussion of tendinitis, muscular sprains, and nerve compression problems by Ronald L. Linsheid, M.D.; Water-Cooled Flue and Heat Storage Systems by Frank Boyden; A Percentage Analysis Method of Analyzing Glaze Formulae by Richard Zakin; The Onggi Potters of Korea by Ron duBois.

Cover - Vol.8, No.2

Volume 8, Number 2
June, 1980
$7.00

Preserving the Past: A Restorer's Role by Matt Thomas; Twelve Arizona Potters; Woodfiring with a Bourry Box Kiln by Ann Stannard; Emile Bourry - excerpt from A Treatise on Ceramic Industries, 1911; Glazes from Native Quebec Materials by Julien Cloutier; A Nolan Amphora by the Brygos Painter - commentary by Ariel Herrmann; Bill Wilhelmi - a conversation; Japanese Wood-Reduced Electric Kiln by David Hergesheimer; Discrimination Against Women Potters? by Barbara Shaiman; Another Aspect of Health Issues in Ceramics by Julian A. Waller; Pottery in the 1800s: The Weis Pottery, Shepherdstown, West Virginia by Reynolds and Pamela Parziale; Making a Yunnan Steamer by Kira Fournier; Understanding Glass Calculations by Andre G. Billeci; The Firing by Gary Snyder; Frans Wildenhain.

Cover - Vol.9, No.1

Volume 9, Number 1
December, 1980
$7.00

Jim Makins: Urban Potter - a conversation; Urban Potter's Odyssey: An Interim Report by Michael Frasca and Richard Aerni; Opening in New Haven by Maishe Dickman; Observations of an Urban Potter - Notes from the Underground by Sarah Bodine; Shopsteading in Baltimore by Davida Kovner and Bill Lewin; Baltimore Clayworks Inc.; Nine Washington D.C. Area Potters; Two Galleries in Washington D.C.; Tenth Century Iranian Bowl - commentary by Esin Atil; Pottery Collections in Washington D.C. by Carolyn Hecker; Discipline and Growth by Brother Thomas; The Craft Movement Addressed Historically by H.C. Davis; Ugetsu: A Potter's Film by Charles Musser; Aesthetics, Criticism, and the Ceramic Arts - essays by Warren MacKenzie, Tony Hepburn, and George Woodman; Hybrid Feldspars by Phillip Garnick; View from Vienna: A Craftsman's Bill of Rights by Gerry Williams.

Cover - Vol.9, No.2

Volume 9, Number 2
June, 1981
$7.00

Extruders - evaluations, a conversation, and summaries by Michael Cohen and Angela Fina; Black Artists of Los Angeles; Mangbetu Figure Pottery - commentary by Ebenezar Quarcoopome; Iron Mountain: Shaping the Earth by Nancy Patterson Lamb; Tennessee - visits with 21 potters, organizations, and schools; Reflections: Part 1 - Leach at Alfred by Susan Peterson; Wholesale/Retail Crafts Fairs; Reduction Firing Control by Eric Havill; The New Brunswick Fibre Kiln - plans and construction by Gordon Robertson; Fear of Silica: An Approach to Stable Stoneware - a technical discussion of clay formulation by Jim Robinson; Burn Patients and Clay by Jean Waldberg; Ruth Gowdy McKinley.

Cover - Vol.10, No.1

Volume 10, Number 1
December, 1981
$7.00

Clay Underground - articles about clay mining, processing, and testing:

Also: Western Washington Potters - visits with twelve artists; Firing with Solar Energy by Harriet E. Brisson; The Bauhaus Pottery by Rose Krebs; A Letter from Gerhard Marcks to Rose Krebs; A Dornburg Apprentice by Rose Krebs; Natural Material Ash Glazes by Marge Schweizer; Peter Sabin; Reflections on Hamada by Susan Peterson (also available as a monograph).

Cover - Vol.10, No.2

Volume 10, Number 2
June, 1982
$7.00

The Computer Revolution - potters and computers:

Also: Born Remembering by Robert Turner; Ascending Bowl by Mark Lindquist; Looking at White Dew - an essay on a Japanese tea caddy, by Louise Allison Cort; Haiken - a Japanese way of seeing, by Derek Marshall; Confessions of an English Potter by David Winkley; Red Clay Tile Works - schematics and instructions for building a motor-driven extruder, a mixer, and a tile press, by Anders and Eileen Anderson; Mississippi Trace - visits with eighteen potters.