Ryan Coppage, PhD, Author at Ceramic Arts Network

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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