Books

Pigasus is good at collecting, organizing, tracking, and researching. Being a friendly pig, she willingly shares the resultant compilation with others who might also like to track or explore things. Thus the concepts for the books were born.

So far: some trackers for basic ceramics processes — testing, glaze recipes, and kiln usage. These are available via Amazon as “print-on-demand”. Check out these Peek Inside links to preview the innards. :0)

Cover	Title / Peek / Purchase	Description
	CERAMICS! Glaze Recipe Tracker Peek Inside Buy Now $ Amazon Affiliate Link	A tracker for glaze recipes and their trials for ceramics. 15 recipe pages. 30 tracker pages - 2 pages per recipe = 29 tracker slots per recipe. 25 notes/sketches pages (with faint grid pattern) - 1 per recipe, plus 10 additional at the end. Record data on base recipe % amount of each material, additives & colorants. Slots for 1:1 and 4 additional multipliers. Track glaze name, glaze source, transparency, surface, target atmosphere(s), target cone range, date used, Testing and Glazing Log reference -or- item description plus firing notes, tweaks made, and how it turned out. Grayscale interior. 8.5" x 11". 74 pages.
	CERAMICS! Kiln Usage, Maintenance, and Program Tracker Peek Inside Buy Now $ Amazon Affiliate Link	A tracker for kiln usage, maintenance, and programs. Designed to be used for one (1) kiln. 1 Kiln info page. 33 Usage and maintenance tracker pages (12 entries per page = 396 entries per kiln). 15 Program page sets (1 each to record segments and notes, 1 each to chart segments). 10 Notes / sketches pages. Record data on: Kiln -- brand, model, fuel, serial number, purchase date, purchase price, source, shape, size interior, volume, phase, volt, amps actual and recommended breaker, hard-wired or receptacle type, cycle, watts, firebrick thickness, shipping weight, max temperature, and max cone. Usage and maintenance -- date, start time, program #, max temperature reached, max cone reached, end time, hours run, hours total, run or maintenance notes, cost of this run or maintenance item, and total cost. Program -- program type, run type, target cone, purpose, segment action, temperature from, to, and difference, rate °/hr, approximate time of segment, approximate total time of run, and additional notes. Also can chart the segments as temperature over time, up to 48 hours, or use that page for additional notes and sketches. Grayscale interior. 8.5" x 11" 82 pages.
	CERAMICS! Testing and Glazing Log, Volume 2 Peek Inside Buy Now $ Amazon Affiliate Link	A tracker for test tile and glazing decisions for ceramics. 124 form pages (= 372 individual pieces or sections). 22 notes/sketches pages (with faint grid pattern). 150 pages in total. Record data on clay type, max cone, description of the piece, how and when you manipulated in the greenware stage, bisque settings, how and when you manipulated in the bisque stage, firing settings, and a space for additional notes. Grayscale interior. 6" x 9"