Techno File: Cones in the Kiln
Learn more from the cones you load into each firing than how hot your kiln got. Bloated, leaning, and deformed … Read More
Tag: ceramic materials
Susan Beiner’s Garden of UN-Earthly Delights
Susan Beiner’s installations present a hybrid, often vibrantly colored world saved by an ecosystem able to adapt to and evolve … Read More
Making an International Move
Joe Molinaro shares why and how he relocated to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, for the next phase of his … 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
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 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
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
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
