Crazy Beautiful Crazing: Uncovering the Mysteries of Snowflake Crackle Glazes
I have been messing around with crazing as a deliberate decorative effect lately. Though it is technically a glaze defect, … Read More
Tag: Chrome Oxide
Cr2O3—standard vivid green colorant—often softened with a little iron or manganese. Very refractory. With tin produces pink. May go gray-brown in reduction. Highly toxic in inhalation and ingestion. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Cool Colors: Ceramic Glaze Recipes for Greens, Blues and Turquoises
If you’ve seen anything I have made in the last several years, you know that I’m a little bit obsessed … Read More
Mid-Range Reduction Firing: It’s Not Just Cooler, It’s Cool!
As I have mentioned before on CAD, ceramics is not the greenest of art forms, but it is nice to … Read More
Color Clay and Make Incredible Patterns on Wheel Thrown Pots
Mixing ceramic stains into a clay body to color clay is an exciting way to create interesting surfaces on your … Read More
Movement and Flow
My approach to ceramics involves an effort to make discoveries about the physical and natural world—specifically the interaction between humanity … Read More
Cone 04 Clay and Glaze
1 Four plates, ram-pressed earthenware, various glazes, including Wood Ash Base with 6% MS 6600 Best … Read More
An Introduction to Color
Whether you’re working with homemade or commercial glazes, altering a base glaze to discover new color palettes can be easy … Read More
How to Incorporate Colored Clay into Delicate Pinched Coil Vases
With their delicate undulating rims, Cheryl Malone’s seemingly paper-thin vases bear a striking resemblance to flower petals. No surprise since … Read More
Technofile: Demystifying Chrome Oxide for Fantastic Ceramic Glaze Color
Chrome oxide or Cr2O3 is a common studio material that can help produce beautiful colors in the kiln. But it can be … Read More
Glazed and Confused? How to Mix a Color Blend and Interpret the Results
In today’s video, I am sharing a clip (and a recipe) from John Britt’s best-selling video Understanding Glazes. In this (much-condensed) … Read More
