Chun originated over a thousand years ago in China, first reported in the Song Dynasty, as Jun Ware. While many  … Read More

Shino glazes are incredibly technical and complex, with a wide range of colors. While they have been one of the  … Read More

A while back, we posted an article on using rare earth metals in high fire glazes. The rare earth metals,  … Read More

There are a variety of rare earth metals—28 of them in the lanthanides and actinides, to be exact—and many are  … Read More

Rutile is that unbelievably beautiful glaze additive that produces colors ranging from light and dark blue, to tan, gold, yellow,  … Read More

Typically, a gemstone family possesses a base formula—just as a glaze has a base formula. The base formula is clear  … Read More

Traditionally, shino-glazed works are fired in reduction kilns—as a reducing atmosphere must be created for iron to be drawn into  … Read More

There are two main opacifiers (one inexpensive, the other costly) commonly used in ceramic glazes. Aside from general opacity, their  … Read More

Many of us keep day jobs and dream of that week we can pour into an anagama firing, only to  … Read More

Reduction firing is often not properly understood or explained. Find out what is really going on in the kiln so  … Read More