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Underglaze pencils, pens, and crayons can be great for ceramic artists who may have started with a background in painting … Read More

Burnishing pottery is a technique in which clay is polished to a beautiful sheen without the use of glaze (like … Read More

Boris Robinson’s introduction to making pottery was at a well-equipped museum studio with two large gas downdraft kilns. When the … Read More

Terra sigillata is an ultrarefined clay slip that can give a soft sheen when applied to bone-dry wares and, if … Read More

Recently, I decided to replace the aesthetically challenged house numbers on my abode with something that better fit the character … Read More

Ready-made casting slip is commercially available in all firing ranges, making it super convenient, but if you were wondering how … Read More

Firing clay in an electric kiln is the most common firing method because electric kilns are readily available and relatively … Read More

In today’s post, David Gamble discusses a red hot topic for many a ceramic artist: how to achieve reliable red … Read More

Looking at the finished product of this project, it is obvious that it was slab built, but maybe not so … Read More

Every potter wants to be certain that the products they are selling are safe and will stand up to the … Read More