Glaze Chemistry 101: A Quick Course on Mixing Ceramic Glazes
Remember in high school chemistry class when you found yourself thinking, “when will I EVER use this stuff in my … Read More
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Slip Trailing for Beginners: A Primer on a Great Ceramics Decorating Technique
Slip trailing is a great way to use clay slip as a decorative tool. Like its cousin glaze trailing, slip … Read More
Slip-Cast Vessel Experimentation
Beginning with a complex sequence of dissecting, mapping, and stacking, Kyle Johns creates multifaceted slip-cast vessels. The infinite mold combinations … Read More
Clay Culture: The Dinosaur in Plaid
Craig and Carol Hinshaw learned of Diaguita ceramics while in Chile. Through the assistance and connections of local guide and … Read More
Archive Article: Pots with a View: The Work of Richard Hensley and Donna Polseno
Richard Hensley and Donna Polseno
Sometimes it is said that a thing of beauty is a joy forever. This is especially true in regard to … Read More
Archive Article: Lynn Duryea: The Energy of Edges
A common trait of sculpture since the early 1980s has been the deliberate reversal of the late-modernist tendency to reduce … Read More
Archive Article: Spodumene for Low Thermal Expansion
Clay bodies suitable for use in thermal shock situations require low or zero coefficients of thermal expansion. When spodumene (Li20 … Read More
