This new Harry Davis booklet is a storehouse of invaluable
information on the use of raw materials, not only geological
origins and chemical analysis, but a very practical section on
how to collect, prepare and test samples from your own
locality.

In addition to this there is a complete summary of work done
at the workshop in collecting and testing a wide variety of
materials, with colour pictures of some of the resulting glaze
tests; and also a section on the construction of pug mills,
complete with detailed diagrams.

Ruth Meechan

Book Review - KERAMOS, THE TEACHING OF POTTERY
Franz F. Kriwanek, Kendal/Hunt Pub.Co., Dubuque, Iowa, 1971

This is one of the latest publications about Ceramics. It
comes in paper back priced around $4.50. Mr. Kriwanek states
in his preface, "The purpose of Keramos is to provide the
teacher of pottery with a text which presents the necessary
technical Know-how of pottery making within a long overdue
humanistic context". The quick overview which I have given
the book seems to support his purpose. He includes all the
basic chapters: clay, glaze composition, kiln building,
techniques, etc. However, each chapter has been dealt with
from a different approach. The chapter on clay, for example,
contains several pictures of clay deposits. This is old hat to
the experienced, but to the beginner, or person living ina city,
what does a clay deposit look like ? He includes a map with
clay deposits in the U.S. marked. Each of his chapters seems
to have something different to offer. The book is laced with a
general sampling of photographs and diagrams. It has pug mill
plans, kiln plans, etc. It appears at this reading to be one of
the better basic books for the novice, both from cost and
content.

Jean Marie Weakland

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