Why Use Coils?
This process requires you to consider color first, rather than last, as there’s no glaze on the outside of the … Read More
Tag: fire clay
Highly refractory secondary clays with minimal fluxes and usually fairly coarse particle size—low shrinkage, buff-color, often nonplastic. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Natured Inspired Firing
I’m inspired daily by the world around me; my interests range from the microscopic to the celestial. I’m also fascinated … Read More
Your Art Does Not Have to Match Your Sofa!
Your art does not have to match your sofa: this has been my tongue-in-cheek mantra for … Read More
A Potter’s Language
One of the foundations of our work in clay has been the development of a language of marks. This visual … Read More
Cooking Moroccan at Home
The tagine, an iconic vessel synonymous with Moroccan cooking, resembles a casserole dish with a distinctively conical lid. It’s traditionally … Read More
Techno File: Vitrification
1 Shrinkage curve for a cone 3 clay body. Note that the shrinkage reverses as the body begins to bloat … Read More
Honoring the Past, Embracing the Future: AMOCA’s 10th Anniversary Exhibition
1 Installation view, grid-wall display in the “Steeped in History” section of the exhibition.
The exhibition, “Honoring the Past, Embracing the … Read More
A Close Inspection of a Custom Clay Tool Kit
Selecting your tools is an important part of making. Every tool creates a different mark, and it is up to … Read More
Doug Casebeer: The Stories Tools Tell
2 Casebeer throwing a cup in his studio at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, Colorado, 2015. Photo: Brianna Horn, Anderson Ranch Arts Center.
3 Casebeer throwing a pitcher with a wooden throwing stick, 2015. Photo: Brianna Horn, Anderson Ranch Arts Center.
4 Casebeer using a wooden stamp on a tea bowl, 2015. Photos: Brianna Horn, Anderson Ranch Arts Center.
5 Casebeer’s throwing demonstration, pitcher and tea bowls, 2015. 6 A greenware and a fired tea bowl with a stamp, 2015. Photos: Brianna Horn, Anderson Ranch Arts Center.
The tools of a craftsman reveal much more than technique or the mastery of material. Tools … Read More
All About Pyrometric Cones
With today’s high-tech computerized kilns, you may have wondered why pyrometric cones are necessary when firing your ceramic art. Even … Read More
