Decorating with Nerikomi Colored Clay Patterns
If you’re bored with glazing, working with colored clay is a fun way to get color and pattern onto your … Read More
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
If you’re bored with glazing, working with colored clay is a fun way to get color and pattern onto your … Read More
Clay shrinkage. Pesky clay shrinkage. Nearly every beginner with clay has had the experience of getting their first piece out … Read More
It is especially true in the ceramics world that one person’s fault is another person’s fancy–especially when it comes to … Read More
As we all know, glaze defects are not all bad. Ceramic artists can use them to great effect on both … Read More
I have been messing around with crazing as a deliberate decorative effect lately. Though it is technically a glaze defect, … Read More
In today’s post, our own Holly Goring not only includes some versatile three-ingredient cone 04 glaze recipes, but she also … Read More
In ceramics, one person’s fault is another person fancy. While crazing is technically a glaze fault, it can also be … Read More
Ryan Coppage, PhD and Jenn Wicks
As ceramic artists we commonly focus more on the colorants than the other ingredients in a glaze recipe. But, maybe … Read More
A while back, we posted an article on using rare earth metals in high fire glazes. The rare earth metals, … Read More
Observing this collection of artifacts uncovered memories I had of these ever-present ornaments. I could not have described any of … Read More