Ceramics: A Green Approach

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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.

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.

INTRODUCTION

1. CLAY, BODIES AND FIRING
2. HOW RAW MATERIALS ARE PROCESSED INTO A CLAY BODY
3. RAW MATERIALS AND OXIDES
4. COLOURS AND OXIDES
5. FUEL FOR THOUGHT
6. KILNS AND POWER REQUIREMENTS
7. ATMOSPHERES
8. FIRING
9. THE RIGHT STUFF
10. FIFTY SHADES OF BROWN
11. BURNERS
12. GLAZE APPLICATION
13. PACKING AND DISPATCHING
14. HOW CLEAN IS OUR FUEL?
15. POTTERS

CONCLUSION
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
ADDITIONAL REFERENCES
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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Published	21 Aug 2025
Format	Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition	1st
Pages	224
ISBN	9781789941951
Imprint	Herbert Press
Illustrations	Illustrated throughout with 150 beautiful colour images
Series	New Ceramics
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

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