Going Batty: How to Choose the Right Bat for Your Work
If you have ever damaged a freshly thrown piece moving it off of the wheel, you know the value of … Read More
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Solid material characterized by regular repeating geometric molecular structure or lattice, with specific melting point, as compared to glass, an amorphous, non crystalline material that softens over broad temperature range. See glass, super-cooled liquid Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Clay Culture: Blue Kashi Tiles
The effect created on building façades and the interiors of holy spaces using intricately painted ceramic tiles made in the … 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
Tips and Tools: No Mess Extruding
"Holly McKeen’s 16-inch platter with extruder handles, cone 5 B-Mix clay, glaze, fired to cone 6 in oxidation."
This oh-so-simple idea of wrapping plastic around the clay before inserting it into the extruder can … Read More
NCECA’s National Student Juried Exhibition
The 2016 National Student Juried Exhibition (NSJE), organized by the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) and … Read More
In the Studio: A Pit Firing Color Palette
1 After the pit has reached temperature, allow it to cool naturally. Cover the ware if the ash layer will … Read More
Winter Blues
Slip decoration has been a favorite surface decoration method for many years and, over time, gravity, began to play a … Read More
The Magic of Majolica/Maiolica: How to Create Vibrant Painterly Decoration on Pottery
Majolica glazing techniques allow Posey Bacopoulos to create both bold lines and areas of bright color, as in the oil … Read More
Ten Basics of Firing Electric Kilns
Firing is the most critical part of the ceramics process because it is the one thing that makes clay durable, … Read More
Techno File: The Chemistry of Color
Understanding how to use color can happen in many different ways, including learning what happens at the atomic scale to … Read More