The review of
red coloured glazes.
This book describes all possibilities known to man on how to create red coloured glazes for ceramic application.
This work describes all existing possibilities how to create red coloured glazes for ceramic application.
Information and recipes are given for the various methods using iron, copper, gold, chromium tin stains, chromium, nickel, uranium and finally cadmium selenium red.
For each method the history is described and the main investigations which have been done. Also the most relevant publications (also patents) are mentioned for that particular component.
The book was originally published in paperback format and has 140 pages, 17 tables, 7 figures and 19 photographs in full colour showing typical examples of the red colours as described.
The physical print run has sold out and new physical editions are not forthcoming, but the work lives on through the digital restoration.
Eight chemical elements, or combinations of them, represent everything known to produce the shades of red we need. Each element is described and illustrated in detail, each featured in a dedicated chapter.
The element with many-sided possibilities.
A wonderful red due to a ceramic conversion.
The noble red.
Red shades through calcination.
A purplish red.
Red results with a multi-colouring component
The radioactive red. ☢
A ceramic creation of real red colours.
Welcome to the digital restoration of The Defiant Red: A review of red coloured glazes by the late L.W. Baaij. For years, ceramists and students have been asking for copies of this highly regarded work. This is the labor of love that finally makes it happen: a complete extraction, correction, and professional typesetting of the long-lost manuscript into a gorgeous, modern, open-source PDF.
This is not a simple PDF export. The manuscript has been given the treatment it deserves: typeset with Typst, chemistry done right with the robust chemformula package, fact-checked & balanced, and all recipes meticulously aligned into semantic tables.
The open-source project and more details are available on GitHub.
All copies of The Defiant Red paperback have found their forever homes. Future physical editions? Not happening – this defiant little book is now officially a limited physical edition. If you're experiencing intense FOMO right now, wipe away those tears! While you snoozed on the paperback, you can now grab the digital PDF above. No need to make friends with someone who already has a copy... (unless you want to, of course).