How to Handbuild Using Molded Sections
We’ve posted a lot of handbuilding techniques on CAD that utilize various types of slump molds or hump molds. From … Read More
Tag: bases
In glaze chemistry, the fluxes or melting agents that are combined with acids (glass-formers) and neutrals (refractories). Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
The Low Down on Ceramic Pigments and Stains
Ceramic pigments, often referred to as ceramic stains, have vastly opened up the color possibilities for potters. And as we … 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
Finding My Way into a Career in Clay
Following her interests and taking opportunities as they arose led Sue Scobie from a career in science and environmental policy … Read More
The Beautiful Variations of Chun Glaze
Glazes in the Chun glaze family are lovely light blue high fire glazes that feature opalescence caused by micro bubbles … Read More
Comforting and Enriching
Bread and pots, comforting and enriching, come together to make an exciting baking experience using a bread cloche! A cloche … Read More
Decorating with Nerikomi Colored Clay Patterns
If you’re bored with glazing, working with colored clay is a fun way to get color and pattern onto your … Read More
Hare’s Fur and Oil Spot Glazes
Oil spot and hare’s fur glazes are beautiful and fascinating. In a nutshell, they are high-iron glazes that are applied … Read More
Keep Plastic Out of the Landfill and Make Fun, Freeform Slab Bowl
There is no shortage of plastic containers in our world and all too many of them wind up in the … Read More
Techno File: Dirty Dishes
Ryan Coppage, PhD with Ruhan Farsin and Laura Runyen-Janecky, PhD
Taking test tiles to the lab and checking for food safety on a microscopic level, Ryan Coppage and a group … Read More
