The Low Down on Ceramic Pigments and Stains
Ceramic pigments, often referred to as ceramic stains, have vastly opened up the color possibilities for potters. And as we … Read More
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
Ceramic pigments, often referred to as ceramic stains, have vastly opened up the color possibilities for potters. And as we … Read More
Who can resist a beautiful bright red glaze? But red is also one of the most difficult colors to achieve … Read More
Nowadays, ceramic artists are spoiled. It wasn’t that long ago that getting the colors and surfaces you wanted took a … Read More
I have been messing around with crazing as a deliberate decorative effect lately. Though it is technically a glaze defect, … Read More
Alisa Liskin Clausen shares the fired results of testing six matte base glazes from the Ceramics Monthly archives and numerous … Read More
If you’ve seen anything I have made in the last several years, you know that I’m a little bit obsessed … Read More
Whether you work with cone 5 glazes or do high fire reduction, there are so many variables involved in ceramic glazes. These … Read More
Today, we live in an age of super abundance of ceramic raw materials. Innumerable clays and glaze materials offer us … Read More
Chrome oxide or Cr2O3 is a common studio material that can help produce beautiful colors in the kiln. But it can be … Read More
As I have mentioned before on CAD, ceramics is not the greenest of art forms, but it is nice to … Read More