Easy Peasy Three Ingredient Glazes
In today’s post, our own Holly Goring not only includes some versatile three-ingredient base glaze recipes, but she also gives … Read More
Tag: crazing
Very fine surface cracks in fired glaze surface—technically a fault in glazed wares, but often sought after, especially in raku. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Patterns of Memory and Experience: Katriona Drijber
If clay is a conduit for memory, then Katriona Drijber’s work speaks this truth in subtle volumes. The essence of … 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
Five Low Fire Alkaline Glaze Recipes
Alkaline glazes are popular low-fire ceramic glazes that can create bright beautiful colors without lead. As with a lot of … Read More
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
Techno File: Phase and Eutectics
There are three phases of matter: solid, liquid, and gas. Many substances that are solid at room temperature can be … Read More
Techno File: Subbing Fluxes
Many different glazes can easily be formulated from one base recipe by changing the source material for the flux, substituting … Read More
In the Studio: Mocha Diffusion
This intriguing method of surface decoration was initially developed and used in the southwest of England, and later in parts … Read More
Technofile: Chemistry for Potters
The Elements
The elements were forged in nuclear furnaces inside stars. Ordinary stars like the sun burn hydrogen, two hydrogen atoms … Read More
Precision Piercing
Pushing the limits of clay, both in the form as well as the finish, inspires me to create; raku firing … Read More
