How to create beautiful, unique pieces without destroying the planet
From extracting clay to exporting your work, this is a practical guide to producing unique ceramic pieces with minimal environmental impact.
Being a green potter is not an easy feat. Historically, a lot more attention is given to the finished pieces coming out of the kiln rather than to the damages made throughout the designing and making processes. However, as we progress into the twenty first century, and our awareness of our impact on the environment increases, caring for our planet in the studio has never been more important.
In this book, Kevin Millward explores how potters and ceramicists can be more responsible in sourcing and using the planet's finite resources. With tips for the whole making process such as firing, choosing fuels, extracting clays and raw materials, reclaiming water and glazes, disposing of ceramic materials, packing and shipping, this is a comprehensive guide to producing extraordinary pieces.
By accepting and embracing a green approach in ceramic processes, we are setting out an example for future generations and paving the way for a more creative and respectful industry.
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As more and more craft artists pay attention to the environmental effects of their work, Millward offers this timely and comprehensive guide to greening the ceramic process. * American Craft Magazine * ... one of the most important books on ceramics and where the ceramic industry needs to change. * Emerging Potters * Offers a wide-lens view on what ceramics has been in the past, and where we as potters can help it to go. It challenges potters to think critically: about material, about function, about meaning. It is also a wake-up call for any dedicated crafts person willing to make changes to their practice. * Anglian Potters * This book was in equal measures, informative, fascinating, thought-provoking and, at times, quite alarming. * Scottish Potters * There is much useful information, and a well balanced discussion on the sustainability of wood firing, as well as looking at alternativetechniques that can create similar results. * Shards, South Wales Potters Newsletter * [ Kevin Millward] has achieved an admirable way of intertwining the fundamentals of pottery with the more thorny subject of sustainability and conservation * Midlands Potters Association * This is an excellent and comprehensive book a great handbook of tips and advice. * Chiltern Potters * This is a remarkable book. * Emerging Potters *
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From extracting clay to exporting your work, this is a practical guide to producing unique ceramic pieces with minimal environmental impact.
1. Firing and fuels
Wood, natural gas, propane, oil and waste oil. Construction and efficiency of bricks used, kiln design and efficient use of fuel.
2. Clays and raw materials
Extraction of clays and raw materials, preparation and transportation.
3. Oxides and colours
Extraction and preparation. Toxicity and environmental effects.
4. Reclaiming preparation
Responsible preparation, storage and reclaiming of materials and water.
5. Disposing
The legal and ethical disposal of ceramic materials - plaster, clay, colours and metal oxides.
6. Dispatching
Packing materials, plastic bubble wrap, cardboard, paper and shipping.
7. What the future holds
The development of new and renewable fuels. Better insulation, waste heat retrieval, clean extraction, preparation and transportation.
8. In conclusion
Kevin Millward is an internationally renowned ceramicist who has been potting for over 40 years and has trained potters from all over the world. He has worked at studios such as Cooper's Pottery, the Gladstone Pottery Museum and alongside David Leach. He taught ceramics at Bucks New University and the University of Westminster and has more recently been series consultant to Channel 4's The Great Pottery Throw Down.
