I have been testing glazes for many, many years and have either developed all of my own glazes or adjusted  … Read More

A museum employee once told me how they used foam to pack valuable Chinese ceramic artwork for shipping across the  … Read More

We use a hexagonal wooden template to create the original clay paver models. After the original is leather hard we  … Read More

When I first attempted adding decoration onto my ceramic forms, the task was daunting. I was interested in translating some  … Read More

David Eichelberger explains how he was able to construct a large slip mixer out of a combination of fabricated parts  … Read More

Coils don’t have to be round and uniform. Thoresen explains how to make flat and triangular-shaped coils and the situations  … Read More

One of the things that really excited me when I started to work with porcelain was how lightweight my pieces  … Read More

A simple bed of nails can be used in the spray booth to prevent glazes and slips from pooling at  … Read More

Learn how a calligraphy nib can be altered to create crisp lines in clay, which are important for mishima drawings.  … Read More

Over the last 26 years, I’ve successfully bisque fired plates and platters of many sizes and weights on their rims.  … Read More