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Ash Glazes and the Effect of Colorants and Firing Conditions: Volume 2. Plates (open access)

Ash Glazes and the Effect of Colorants and Firing Conditions: Volume 2. Plates

The study being undertaken was to ascertain the effect or effects of different firing conditions and colorants on glazes composed of wood ash from two trees indigenous to Texas. The problem was divided into two parts: first, to identify the best mixtures using the selected vegetable ash; second, to alter successful glazes with set percentages of colorants. The main objective of the study was to evaluate findings resulting from the variation of elements, firing conditions, and colorants used and to select successful glazes.
Date: June 1969
Creator: Jones, James Denny
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Audio-Visual Presentation Designed for Motivation of Certain Elementary Art Students (open access)

An Audio-Visual Presentation Designed for Motivation of Certain Elementary Art Students

In order to create a motivational device to help students become more aware of their surroundings, an audio-visual project was chosen as the most effective means of reaching intermediate grade children in a low socio-ecomonic area. Developing an effective sett of motivational experiences for enriching learning through seeing in the art education program was the task undertaken in this study.
Date: June 1969
Creator: Harris, Jan
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Use of Polyester Resin as a Material for Jewelry Making (open access)

The Use of Polyester Resin as a Material for Jewelry Making

This study was designed to provide information concerning polyester resin as a material for jewelry making. The secondary purpose was to develop processes which create an artistic form for jewelry sustained by a poetic tone based on the fluid and translucent qualities of the material.
Date: January 1969
Creator: Bracken, Marjorie Ruth
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Technique for Developing Interior Color Schemes Based on the Additive and Subtractive Principles of Color-mixing (open access)

A Technique for Developing Interior Color Schemes Based on the Additive and Subtractive Principles of Color-mixing

As its objective this study develops a modus operandi for the interior designer who must understand and work with both additively and subtractively mixed colors in constructing interior color schemes.
Date: May 1969
Creator: McDonnell, Michael L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Creation of Ceramic Forms Combining Stoneware and Porcelain (open access)

Creation of Ceramic Forms Combining Stoneware and Porcelain

The problem under investigation is the creation of ceramic forms using both stoneware and porcelain in the same piece of ware. Sub-problems are to experiment with the best techniques of joining different clay bodies and the creation of aesthetically pleasing pieces which combine the textural beauty and rich glazes of stoneware with the bright glazes and the white and sometimes translucent body of porcelain.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Havis, Charles K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ash Glazes and the Effect of Colorants and Firing Conditions: Volume 1. Text (open access)

Ash Glazes and the Effect of Colorants and Firing Conditions: Volume 1. Text

The study being undertaken was to ascertain the effect or effects of different firing conditions and colorants on glazes composed of wood ash from two trees indigenous to Texas.
Date: June 1969
Creator: Jones, James Denny
System: The UNT Digital Library