For those interested in what can be learned from recreating the production
process for ceramics I highly recommend the new journal Ceramics in America
.  It has two excellent well-illustrated articles with great color plates
of the processes for making slip decorated wares.  The first article is
"Dots, Dashes, and Squiggles: Early English Slipware Technology," is by
Michelle Erickson and Rob Hunter.  The color plates show the process of
creating sgraffito, combed slip, and marbled slipware in the 17th and 18th
century styles.  The second article is "Slip Decoration in the Age of
Industrialization" by Don Carpentier and Jonathan Rickard.  This article
illustrated the production of engine turning, mocha, and common cable
wares.  It has a great time-lapse photograph series of mocha coming into
bloom.  All of the photographs were taken by Gavin Ashworth who has done a
great job of capturing these process that have been recreated by the
authors. Ceramics in America was published by the Chipstone Foundation and
distributed by the University Press of New England.  Copies can be ordered
from Amazon.com at a discounted price.

George L. Miller
Florence, New Jersey