National Emergency Library
Hundreds of free ceramics books & magazines you can read now! Please spread the word to your fellow teachers, students, and pottery nerds.
The amazing @internetarchive has created a National Emergency Library to enable students and the general public to lend publications for free and without a waitlist.
Just search for keywords like "ceramics", "pottery" and "glaze". Then click "Borrow This Book" and enjoy the book online or as a downloadable PDF for 14 days. (The book can be renewed thereafter.) If you find the service useful, please consider donating to the Internet Archive! Just click the "Donate" button on their website. Here are just some of the titles available:
The ceramic glaze handbook : materials, techniques, formulas
Cooper's book of glaze recipes
Soda glazing
The ceramics bible : the complete guide to materials and techniques
The potter's complete book of clay and glazes
Clay and glazes for the potter
The potter's manual
Potter's Dictionary
The Kiln Book
Kilns : design, construction, and operation
Pioneer pottery
The practical potter
Postmodern ceramics
Pottery workshop; a study in the making of pottery from idea to finished form
Ceramics : mastering the craft
Ceramic form : design and decoration
The Art & Craft of Ceramics
The art of throwing
Studio Potter Book
The book of low-fire ceramics
Ceramic formulas: the complete compendium; a guide to clay, glaze, enamel, glass, and their colors
Pottery science : the chemistry of clay and glazes made easy
Ceramic science for the potter
Persian ceramics : from the 9th to the 14th Century
Clay today : contemporary ceramists and their work
Hamada : potter
The potter's challenge
Revolution in clay
The potter's brush : the Kenzan style in Japanese ceramics
Michael Cardew : a collection of essays
Color and fire
