In the Studio: Developing Color: Yellow Glazes
The coloring oxides are the transition metal oxides vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel and copper. Transition metals can combine … Read More
Tag: chemistry
In the Studio: Group Studio Glaze Management
A community/group studio, by its nature, has a significant number of variables—not least of which is the glaze palette. Different … Read More
Easy Peasy Cone 04 Glaze Recipes
In today’s post, our own Holly Goring not only includes some versatile three-ingredient cone 04 glaze recipes, but she also … Read More
Recipes: Cone 6–11 Recipes
Joe Molinaro, Elena Renker, and Caleb Zouhary
Three potters in vastly different areas of the world share recipes that, in part, help to make their ceramic surfaces … Read More
Techno File: Dirty Dishes
Ryan Coppage, PhD with Ruhan Farsin and Laura Runyen-Janecky, PhD
Taking test tiles to the lab and checking for food safety on a microscopic level, Ryan Coppage and a group … 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
Sustainability in the Ceramic Studio
Let’s face it, the ceramic medium by it’s very nature is not a very green art form, but fortunately, there … Read More
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
A Simplified Ceramic Chemistry Lesson
If you’re like me, the mention of the word chemistry can send you into a panic–admittedly not my favorite subject. … Read More
Recipes for Cool Ceramic Glaze Colors
If you’ve seen anything I have made in the last several years, you know that I’m a little bit obsessed … Read More
