How to Use the Subtractive Sculpture Technique to Create a Box
The opposite of the additive process of sculpture, the subtractive sculpture technique involves involves removing material to create a finished … Read More
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Tips for Stocking A Ceramic Glaze Pantry
Commercial glazes are awesome and super reliable, but I also like to include glazes that I mix on my own … 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
How to Make a Platter with a Simple Template
For a couple of years now, I have been trying to make the switch from wheel throwing to handbuilding so … Read More
Cone 6 Pottery Glazes and Firing Tips for Creating Exciting Surfaces in Electric Kilns
There has been a fairly prevalent belief in the ceramics world that cone 6 electric ceramic glazes are boring. But these … Read More
Aluminum Foil Saggars: An Easy Alternative to Traditional Clay Saggars
Saggar firing was originally developed to protect wares from ash-slagging and flame-flashing in wood firings, but in contemporary use, with … Read More
A Guide to the Ceramic Kiln and Various Firing Methods
One of the things all ceramic artists have in common is that we all need to fire our work in … Read More
How to Make a Cone Pack for Your Kiln Firing
Pyrometric cones are wonderful little thing-a-ma-jigs that help us to understand what is going on with ware inside a kiln … Read More
Studio Visit: Inge Vincents, Copenhagen Denmark
A bustling city street serves as a backdrop through the windows of this potter’s combined studio and shop. … Read More
Spotlight: A Void and a Need
Chris Corson found personal fulfillment and artistic challenge in making the switch from union lawyer to ceramic artist. … Read More
