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Feldspars are important ingredients in clay bodies and glazes. In both applications, their primary function is to supply fluxes to … Read More

Nowadays, ceramic artists are spoiled. It wasn’t that long ago that getting the colors and surfaces you wanted took a … Read More

Many ceramic artists make a practice of reclaiming clay, but it is important to avoid clay fatigue when doing so. … 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

Ceramic artists in this day and age have it relatively easy when it comes to obtaining materials for their craft. … Read More

Ahhh plasticity! It’s the property of clay that got us hooked on it in the first place. Caused by just … Read More

The majority of ceramic artists buy their clay bodies or raw materials from a commercial supplier. With each purchase comes … Read More

Need a good porcelain clay body recipe, but having trouble choosing from the hundreds online? Here are some important rules … Read More

The best way to learn about ceramic glazes and glaze materials is to test them. By studying what happens when … Read More

Although glaze crawling – when glaze recedes away from an area in the firing, leaving bare clay – is often … Read More