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
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A Simple Watercolor Majolica Technique
Ceramic stains and underglazes mixed with water painted on unfired white-glazed bisque is pretty similar to watercolor painting on paper. … Read More
Place and Identity: Gukki Nuka and Kristine Spore Kreutzmann
These two Greenlandic artists share a focus on expressing their Inuit heritage through the forms and materials of their respective … Read More
From the Editor: November 2019
When I was in graduate school at the University of Colorado, Boulder, I had the opportunity to learn about the … Read More
How to Design Low-Relief Carvings in Wet Clay
This post is all about carving into clay and the best tools and techniques for doing so. In this post, potter … Read More
Glazing and Firing Techniques Atmospheric-like Effects in an Electric Kiln
There is something magical about the unpredictable surface effects that result from atmospheric firing techniques. Unfortunately, these types of kilns … Read More
The Clay Drying Process: Hints for Drying Pottery Evenly
Clay is a touchy material and it is important that potters understand the clay drying process to avoid problems. You … Read More
How to Make a Clay Ocarina
All kinds of musical instruments can be fashioned from clay, with one of the simplest being the clay ocarina. If … Read More
Tips for Centering and Preventing S-Cracks in Dinner Plates
Throwing large plate forms is tricky because it can be hard to master centering and spreading the clay out wide … Read More
Great Advice for Preventing Ceramic Warping
All potters learn early on in their careers that clay has a memory. Clay memory, or clay particle orientation that … Read More
