Cone 6 Matte Glaze Recipes and Glazing Techniques
I looooove a good old buttery matte glaze surface! Donna Polseno creates beautiful buttery matte surfaces with a lot of … Read More
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Widely occurring aluminum silicate mineral resulting from natural decomposition of feldspar and granite. Composed of microscopic disk-shaped platelates that give clay its slippery, plastic quality. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Slip Casting Ceramics Using Colored Casting Slip
Slip casting ceramics is a forming technique that has endless potential. Andrew Gilliatt adds a whole new level of fun … Read More
How to Manage the Clay Drying Process
The clay drying process is one of the most crucial parts of the ceramic process to get right. Not paying … Read More
Successful Tips and Techniques for Raku Firing
We get a lot of questions from readers about the raku firing process. I think raku firing intrigues many a … Read More
How to Find the Best Kiln Wash for Your Firing Temperature and Methods
Most potters don’t give much thought to kiln wash and just use the recipe they used when they first learned … Read More
Make Custom Decorating Wheels with Furniture Casters
Rolling stamps are a really fun way to add texture to a piece. There are lots of commercial decorating wheels … Read More
How to Make a Pitcher on the Pottery Wheel
Pitchers are a challenging form because they are designed to hold a lot of liquid and, therefore, the vessel itself … Read More
Feldspars Used in Ceramic Glazes and Clay Making
Feldspars are important ingredients in clay bodies and glazes. In both applications, their primary function is to supply fluxes to … Read More
Clay Wedging 101: A Great Way to Teach and Learn to Wedge Clay Properly
In ceramics there are many things that you have to practice over and over before things click. Wedging is one … Read More
How to Create a Functional, Ornamental Handle
Handles are something I struggled with for a long time. Once I started to get my handles the way I … Read More
