A Bisque Firing Schedule to Help Prevent Glaze Faults
When you pull a piece out of the kiln and there is a glaze defect on it, you might think there … Read More
Tag: ceramic materials
A Couple of Cool Clay Sculpture Techniques
There are a multitude of clay sculpture techniques for ceramic artists to choose from. The possibility for expression is unlimited … Read More
A Simple Test Determines the Best Ceramic Firing Temperature for a Clay Body
The glass phase that forms during the firing of a ceramic material can be thought of as the glue that … Read More
An Oxidized Bisque Firing
Many clay and glaze faults in ceramic wares are caused by incomplete burnout (oxidation) of carbon and sulfur during the … 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
Techno File: Geography Matters
The point of all this is clays, as well as other ceramic materials, are naturally occurring. Their history is almost … Read More
Clay Culture: Old Models, Made New
In the 1946 seminal text, A Potter’s Book, Bernard Leach declared the following: “A potter’s prime need is good clay. … Read More
May 2018 Call for Entries
Deadlines for exhibitions, fairs, and festivals … Read More
2018 Emerging Artist: Adam Knoche
Adam Knoche’s work is the definition of eye candy. His use of bright colors, asymmetrical compositions, and tactile textures seduce … Read More
2018 Emerging Artist: Autumn Higgins
Autumn Higgins uses her wheel-thrown and handbuilt porcelain vessels as a canvas to draw portraits of daily life. Her illustrations … Read More
