The following recipes, shared by Ceramics Monthly 2024 Emerging Artists Alex Olson and Will Talbot, create finished, high-fired surfaces with plenty of variation. 

1 Alex Olson’s wood-fired bowl (detail), 5 in. (12.7 cm) in width, wheel-thrown and altered iron-rich stoneware, Red Art Flashing Slip, wood-fired to cone 9/10, reduction-cooled. 1 Alex Olson’s wood-fired bowl (detail), 5 in. (12.7 cm) in width, wheel-thrown and altered iron-rich stoneware, Red Art Flashing Slip, wood-fired to cone 9/10, reduction-cooled.

2 Will Talbot’s tea cup, 4½ in. (9 cm) in height, Standard Clay 378 stoneware, David Shino, fired to cone 10, 2023. 3 Will Talbot’s tea cup, 3 in. (7.6 cm) in height, Sheffield 92700 porcelain, Higby Water Blue, fired to cone 11, 2023.

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