Studio Safety: Venting Electric Kilns
Having adequate ventilation for electric kilns promotes a safe work environment. Find out what you need to do to ventilate … Read More
Tag: draft
The flow of exhaust gases out of a fuel kiln, affecting intake of flames and secondary air. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
How to Press Mold a Large Bowl in Sections
Those of you who are avid CAN readers may remember the work of Belgian artist Ann Van Hoey from a … Read More
An Introduction to Fuel-Burning Kilns
Fuels are organic and carbon based, they burn readily. Until recently, all kilns were fuel burning; even now when we … Read More
Making Simple Molds for Slabware
My son starts fourth grade this year (how could that possibly be?!), so the rapid pace at which this summer … Read More
Wood Fired Pots Without the Wood Kiln
Wood firing clay is an exciting endeavor and if you ever have a chance to participate in a wood firing, … Read More
Techno File: Bisque Firing 101
The fundamentals of bisque firing include whether to fire to a soft or hard bisque, the stages of firing and … Read More
From the Editor: January 2017
While we do not really know where creativity comes from, we have all found ways to invite it in. In … Read More
Clay Culture: Petal Kiln
The ceramic world lost a major figure with the death of Danish artist Nina Hole last year. Nina was well … Read More
Techno File: Electric Wood Ash
Many of us keep day jobs and dream of that week we can pour into an anagama firing, only to … Read More
Studio Visit: Micki Schloessignk, Cheriton, Wales, United Kingdom
Just the Facts
Clay
French stoneware and Limoges porcelain
Primary Forming Method
throwing, extruding, and handbuilding
Primary Firing Temperature
raw-firing in wood/salt cross-draft kiln to cone … Read More
