Wood Firing: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The ceramic scholar, Philip Rawson, gave the keynote address at the Iowa Wood Firing Conference in 1991, and compared contemporary … Read More
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A quantity of chemical material, usually salt or soda, which is inserted or injected into a hot kiln during vapor-glazing processes. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Guide Offers Business Advice for Artists
So, you’ve done all the hard work building your skills and developing an impressive body of work, but knowing how … Read More
Clay Culture: A Springboard
Gaining business skills can be difficult. Springboard for the Arts, a non-profit arts-services organization, has made it easier with their … Read More
Clay Culture: A Springboard
Noah Keesecker, Anna Metcalf, Adia Morris Swanger and Carl Atiya Swanson
The Work of Art Toolkit published by Springboard for the Arts in St. Paul, Minnesota, offer artists a free leg … Read More
NCECA’s National Student Juried Exhibition
The 2016 National Student Juried Exhibition (NSJE), organized by the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) and … Read More
Custom Dies for the Clay Extruder: Another Pottery Use for Old Credit Cards
Chances are, if you have a mailbox, it is filled to the brim every day with direct mail credit card … Read More
Techno File: Clay Structure
1 Close up of kaolinite in Jurassic sandstone, UK North Sea, clay type confirmed by X-ray diffraction. Width of image: … Read More
Demystifying the Reduction Firing Process
We all know what reduction firing is, right? Or do we? The science of what happens in a reduction kiln … Read More
Brushwork on Ceramics: A Multitude of Decorative Possibilities for Pottery
One of the great things about pottery as a creative endeavor is that it satisfies the desire to build an … Read More
Clay Culture: Freedom of the Press
Experiments printing raw clay on rice paper and nonwoven materials led to the birthday celebration for a clay slab that’s … Read More