Crazy Beautiful Crazing: Uncovering the Mysteries of Snowflake Crackle Glazes
I have been messing around with crazing as a deliberate decorative effect lately. Though it is technically a glaze defect, … Read More
Tag: amorphous
Materials such as glass, which have no regular repeating crystalline structure. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Techno File: Stoneware Maturity
The majority of ceramic artists buy their clay bodies or raw materials from a commercial supplier. With each purchase comes … Read More
“Really I Just Make Stuff”–Ron Nagle
Ron Nagle’s work is nothing less than astonishing—simultaneously odd and beautiful, it seamlessly incorporates multiple aspects; the grotesque, elegant, crude, … Read More
Techno File: Phase and Eutectics
There are three phases of matter: solid, liquid, and gas. Many substances that are solid at room temperature can be … Read More
Archive Article: Techno File: Matte Glazes
First we’ll discuss the general physical/optical phenomenon that makes a glaze matte. To understand matte, we need to understand gloss. … Read More
Julie Malen, Kansas City Art Institute: CM 2009 Undergraduate Showcase
Bull in a China Shop, 75 in. (1.9 m) in length, stoneware, commercial dishes, ceramic decals, found objects, 2009.
My interest … Read More
