While some glazes have additions that intentionally create a crawled, crackled effect when fired, this is rarely a welcome surprise  … Read More

There is a myth among some ceramic artists working in cold climates that if a clay body freezes, it’s ruined  … Read More

Do you have a glaze that settles into a rock-hard layer on the bottom of the bucket? This annoying phenomenon  … Read More

Plaster pop-outs are caused by wet clay becoming contaminated with pieces of hard plaster, which slowly work their way out  … Read More

Cristobalite can cause disastrous results in firings, so using a clay body in which it forms isn’t recommended unless one  … Read More

Years ago, I put a glossy, transparent, gray/off-white glaze into a wood kiln and it came out matte, opaque, and  … Read More

You may know about crystalline glazes, but are you aware of microcrystalline glazes? These consist of smaller crystals with subtle  … Read More

Bentonite is an amazing material, adding plasticity to clay bodies, greatly improving glaze suspension, and helping glazes harden. Properly adding  … Read More

As ceramic artists we commonly focus more on the colorants than the other ingredients in a glaze recipe. But, maybe  … Read More

Turning the terra-sigillata making process on it’s head, Tom Anderson has found a way to use temperature to eliminate time,  … Read More