A Simplified Ceramic Chemistry Lesson
If you’re like me, the mention of the word chemistry can send you into a panic–admittedly not my favorite subject. … Read More
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In clay and glaze chemistry, the glass-formers, which combine with bases (fluxes) and neutrals (refractories or stabilizers). Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
The Particulars of Clay Body Plasticity
Ahhh plasticity! It’s the property of clay that got us hooked on it in the first place. Caused by just … Read More
How to Correct Five Common Ceramic Glaze Defects
It is especially true in the ceramics world that one person’s fault is another person’s fancy–especially when it comes to … Read More
Ceramic Stains: The Easy Way to Create All the Colors of the Rainbow on Your Pottery
Nowadays, ceramic artists are spoiled. It wasn’t that long ago that getting the colors and surfaces you wanted took a … Read More
In the Studio: Metal Marking on Functional Ware
Linda Bloomfield and Dave Finkelnburg
Testing standards are important to both the studio artist and his or her customers. While we may give specific instructions … Read More
In the Potter’s Kitchen: Fermentation Pusher Downers
I am a lifelong lover of all things pickled. On visits home to see family, a peek in the fridge … Read More
Dylan Beck: Chronicling the Road to Nowhere
Dylan Beck has ascended this past decade to pace-setter status in merging the use of technological tools and concepts with … Read More
Techno File: Bisque Firing 101
The fundamentals of bisque firing include whether to fire to a soft or hard bisque, the stages of firing and … Read More
Clay Culture: Inside the Dragon
If it is true that all creative arts begin with the flame of a great passion—then the Chinese potters of … Read More
The Crystalline Journey
I vividly remember my first introduction to crystalline glazes. I was in my second ceramics class of my undergraduate education, … Read More
