The flat-top kiln design has been around for decades. It typically uses two fuel-fired burners located near floor level, one  … Read More

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

The point of all this is clays, as well as other ceramic materials, are naturally occurring. Their history is almost  … Read More

Bloating and carbon coring form from a reaction of sulfur and carbons. The percentage of contaminants and the kiln environment  … Read More

Distributing particles by size to achieve maximum packing density has historically been he most common way to formulate a clay  … Read More

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

One of the most interesting aspects of eutectics isn’t how they melt, but how they solidify. When a eutectic mixture  … Read More

Plasticity is created by a negative electrostatic charge, and clay memory is caused by a positive charge. Check out how  … Read More

Have you been wondering about clay minerals lately? You’re in luck. Here’s a short guide to kaolinite, halloysite, montmorillonite, and  … 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