MC 46
Richard Behrens
Friend
Boxes 1-2
Acquisition: Viola Frey, Moon, 2003?
Processed: Elizabeth Gulacsy, 2008 Updated: Laura Habecker, 2020
The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Scholes Library
Richard (Herman) Behrens
(1895-1977)
Born: 1896, November 21, San Francisco, CA Died: 1977, September, Oakland, CA
Married: (from Denmark, died 1958)
Children: Daughter, Thurid Lininger Meckel (1923-2006) Parents: (father from Bremen, mother from Kassel) Education:
1915 1915-?
1958
Los Angeles Polytechnic High School
College of Chemistry, University of California California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland Richmond Art Center (with Ernie Kim)
Work/Teaching:
Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland (chemical warfare work WWI) Rainier Beer and Crocker Sugar Company.
High School Teacher, Monterey, California Berkeley School System
1976-1977 Lecturer, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland Publications: An Analytical Study Of The Duties Of The Chemical
Laboratory Technician. Berkeley, Calif., 1927
Ceramic Glazemaking: Experimental Formulation And Glaze Recipes. Columbus, Ohio, Professional Publications, 1976. Westerville, Ohio: American Ceramic Society, 1998,
©1967
Glaze Projects; A Formulary Of Leadless Glazes. Columbus, Ohio, Professional Publications, 1994, 1972, © 1971.
See also list of articles published in Ceramics Monthly below
Series Description
Notebooks of Richard Behrens, potter and educator, with recipes and notes on his research on glazes and clay bodies. He was known for his willingness to share his expertise, helping the new generation of studio potters.
Collection
Box 1
21 Glaze notebooks:
Books 1 – 10, Glaze 61-121 – 68-246 Book ?, Glazes 68-252 – 69-61
Books 13 – 20, Glazes 69-260 – 73-331
Books ?, Glazes 74:158 – 75-220 [two notebooks]
Book ?, Glazes 76-200 – 77-64 Miscellaneous Notebooks
Glaze Formulas (various numbering and dates) Clay Body Formulas
Notes/Diary (1973 – 1977) Reference Data (1974)
Notes (1975 – ) [includes recipes]
Undated Notebook [two]
Firing Schedules
Typescript of articles, including articles submitted to Ceramics Monthly. Some have notes, additions and/or corrections. A few are dated.
Folder 1 Amblygonite Glazes Arabic Chessmen in Clay Barium in the Glaze Bismuth Glazes
Color in the Clay Body
Colemanite and Gerstley Borate Colored Glaze Formulary
Compact Glaze Gormulary + Addition Cone 4 Red Glaze
Cone 6 Albany Slip Glazes
Cone Six Formulary (2 different articles) Cone 6 Frit Glazes
Cone 06 Glacial Lake Clay Glazes Cone Nine Ambligonite Glazes Cone Nine Bristol Glazes
Cone 10 Colemanite Mineral Glazes Cone Ten Glazes Fired in Reduction Cone 10 Wollastonite Glazes
Cone 014 Gerstley Borate Glazes Cullet Bodies
Fine Glay Suspension Slips
Flouride Glazes (2 different articles) Frit Porcelain
Fulfilling the Empirical Formula Gerstley Borate Foundation Glazes Glacial Clays
Glass Frits (2 different articles) Glaze Oxides and their Source
Glaze Oxides, Source and Glaze Function Glaze Safety
Glazes from Pumice
Group of Glazes of Fixed Metal Content Han Dynasty Glazes
High Temperature Mineral Glazes Hygiene in Studio Potting
Jasper and Basalt Ware Laterite Glazes
Folder 2 Lead Glaze Leadless Glazes
Lepidolyte in the Glaze
Less Frequently Used Cone Level Firings Low Firing Glazes
Low Temperature Lead Borate Glazes Magnesium in the Glaze
Manganese Fluxed Glazes Manganese in the Glaze Mat Glazes
Matting the Glaze Mexican Majolica Ware
Mineral Lithium Glaze Materials
Natural Clay Slip Cone 5 Glazes in Reduction Once Fired Glazing
Pour Glazing with a Filler
Raku Glazes (2 different articles) Rare Earth Glazes
Rare Earths in the Glaze Reducing with Sawdust Reduction Blues
Reduction Glaze Formulary Rock Glazes
Rocks in the Glaze Ruckle Glazes Rutile in the Glaze Sagger Vapor Glazing Silico-Fluoride Glazes
Simple Low Temperature Formulary Simple Nepheline Syenite Glazes Spectacle Glass Frit
Tin Glazing
Two Colorant Blend
Vanadium in Reduction Fired Glazes
Vapor Glazing in a Sagger
Western Potter of a Century Ago
Typescript pages (incomplete paging or unfinished papers):
Page Title
21 Art Pottery Glaze Materials Cobalt Colors and Blends 9 Cone 9 Dolomite Glazes 8 Empirical Glaze Fabrication 10 Glaze Slip
4 Low Temperature Frits
5 Natural Clay Slip Glazes, Red Clay Glazes 2 Sandstone in Clay Bodies and Glazes 1-2 Smoke Reduction
3 Waterless Glazes
1, 6 Wide Range Firing Glazes
Glaze Recipes and Class Notes. Some dated 1965.
“Glaze Primer.” Mainly handwritten notes, some illustrations by V. Frey.
Correspondence (1975-1977)
Tom Buck correspondence and material for NCECA nomination and tribute.
Includes letters from Thurid Behrens Lininger (1998 – 2001)
Box 2
Roll book (name of students)
Recipe cards for glazes and clay bodies (including recipes for curried lamb and apple sauce meatloaf)
Rapid Glaze Calculator Photographs of glaze tests
Glaze Projects: A formulary of leadless glazes. A CM Handbook (1981)
Articles in Ceramics Monthly 1969-1979:
“Ash Glazes for Cone 6.” Vol. 17, 1969, January, p.31
“Cone 6 Stoneware.” Vol.17, 1969, March, p.32
“Testing Clay Bodies.” Vol.17, 1969, May, p.26-7
“Oven And Range-Top Clay Bodies And Glazes.” Vol.17, 1969, September, p.27+
“Crackle Glazes.” Vol.17, 1969, October, p.23+
“Raku Glazes.” Vol.17, 1969, November, p.29
“Chromium, the Swinging Glaze Colorant.” Vol.17, 1969, December, p.33
“Handcrafted Ceramic Buttons.” Vol.18, 1970, January, p.28-9
“Dust Glazing.” Vol.18, 1970, February, p.19
“Frits for the Art Potter.” Vol.18, 1970, March, p.21-3
“Cobalt Blues at Cone 9.” Vol.18, 1970, May, p.31
“Glazes from Barnard Slip.” Vol.18, 1970, September, p.33
“Alkaline Glaze.” Vol. 18, 1970, October, p.26+
“Yellow Glazes.” Vol. 18, 1970, November, p.31
“Volcanic Ash Bodies and Glazes.” Vol. 18, 1970, December, p.28
“Terra Sigillata.” Vol. 19, 1971,January, p.31
“Formulary of Leadless Glazes.” Vol. 19, 1971,February, p.24+
“Rosy Gold Glazes.” Vol. 19, 1971,March, p.26+
“Two-Component Glazes.” Vol. 19, 1971,May, p.33
“Nepheline Syenite Glazes.” Vol. 19, 1971,June, p.33
“Flouroide Glazes For Cones 06, 4 And 6.” Vol. 19, 1971,September, p.33
“Barium Glazes.” Vol. 19, 1971,October, p.27
“Low Temperature Frit Porcelain.” Vol. 19, 1971,November, p.33
“Basic Matt Glazes For Cone 4.” Vol. 19, 1971,December, p.33
“Cone 6 Reduction Glazes.” Vol. 20, 1972, January, p.12
“Some Glaze Faults... and Their Correction.” Vol. 20, 1972, January, p. 28-9
“High Magnesia Glazes For Cone 6.” Vol. 20, 1972, March, p.39
“Stoneware Glazes For Cone 7.” Vol. 20, 1972, April, p.27
“Zirconium Glazes.” Vol. 20, 1972, May, p.36
“Nickel Blue Glazes.” Vol. 20, 1972, June, p.38
“Simple Inexpensive Glazes.” Vol. 20, 1972, September, p.39
“Strontium Glazes.” Vol. 20, 1972, October, p.43
“Plant Ash Glazes.” Vol. 20, 1972, November, p.41+
“Using Kaolin In Simple Glazes.” Vol.21, 1973, January, p.36
“Basic Glazes Of Fluxing Metals.” Vol.21, 1973, February, p.33
“Simple Fritted Glazes.” Vol.21, 1973, March, p.39
“Glazes From Lithium Compounds.” Vol.21, 1973, April, p.42-3
“Cone 10 Reduction Glazes.” Vol.21, 1973, June, p.45
“Two Glaze Colorants.” Vol.21, 1973, September, p.40-1
“Common Glaze Colorants.” Vol.21, 1973, October, p.38-9
“Bismuth And Vanadium In Glazes. Vol.21, 1973, November, p.46-7
“Matt Glazes.” Vol.21, 1973, December, p.39+
“Tin And Calcium In Glass.” Vol.22, 1974, January, p.38-9
“Colemanite and gerstley borate.” Vol.22, 1974, February, p.40
“Cone 6 Oxidation Glazes.” Vol.22, 1974, March, p.44
“Four-Three-Two-One Glazes.” Vol.22, 1974, April, p.42-3
“Wide-Range Firing Glazes.” Vol.22, 1974, May, p.46-7
“Glazes For Infrequently Used Cone Levels.” Vol.22, 1974, June, p.50-1
“Making Your Own Frits.” Vol.22, 1974, September, p.52-3
“Alternative To Salt Glazing.” Vol.22, 1974, October, p.44
“Single-Fired Glazes.” Vol.22, 1974, November, p.44-5
“Crater Glazes.” Vol.22, 1974, December, p.50-1
“Zinc Glazes.” Vol.23, 1975, February, p.44-5
“Simple Glaze-Making Technique.” Vol.23, 1975, March, p.44-5
“Cone 8 Stoneware Glazes.” Vol.23, 1975, May, p.46-7
“Jasper And Basalt Bodies.” Vol.23, 1975, June, p.54-5
“Cone 06 Fritted Glazes.” Vol.23, 1975, September, p.65+
“Nepheline Syenite Glazes.” Vol.23, 1975, October, p.59+
“Cone 6 Glazes For Oxidation And Reduction.” Vol.23, 1975, November, p.55
“Consistent Glazes.” Vol.23, 1975, December, p.58
“Glaze Color.” Vol.24, 1976, January, p.57+
“Changing Glaze Firing Temperature.” Vol.24, 1976, March, p.56
“Cone 5 Slip Glazes For Reduction Firing.” Vol.24, 1976, April, p.58-9
“White Glazes.” Vol.24, 1976, May, p.53
“Vapor Glazing In A Saggar.” Vol.24, 1976, June, p.60
“Talc Glazes.” Vol.24, 1976, September, p.73
“Rutile In Glazes.” Vol.24, 1976, November, p.62-3
“Cone 6 Albany Slip Glazes.” Vol.24, 1976, December, p.55
“Compact Glaze Formulary.” Vol.25, 1977, January, p.62
“Manganese Glazes.” Vol.25, 1977, March, p.64
“Preventing Bubbles In Glaze.” Vol.26, April 1978, p.60
“Cone 6 Frit Glazes.” Vol.27, June 1979, p.38
