An Introduction to Electric Pottery Kilns
Richard Zakin and Frederick Bartolovic
It goes without saying that kilns are a crucial part of the ceramic process, and increasingly, potters are using electric … Read More
Tag: flashing
Color change in fired clay or slip due to direct flame contact and residual ash deposition in wood firing, or due to variable currents of vapor deposition in salt and soda firing. Flashing can occur on almost any light-colored claybody, but is most dramatic on porcelain bodies and slips. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Tips and Tools: DIY Glaze Fountain
After purchasing a bucket, some aluminum flashing, a foot pedal, and a water pump, this quick-assembly project will make even … Read More
2019 Emerging Artist: Scott McClellan
The physical processes that have transformed the earth over the course of millennia have resulted in striking natural architecture in … Read More
2019 Emerging Artist: Nathan Willever
The US Mid Atlantic has a history of ceramic production dating back centuries with lead-glazed slipware and salt-glazed stoneware. The … 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
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 Plaster Mold for Slip Casting
Slip casting is probably the most popular way to make ceramic wall pieces, especially if the pieces are made up … Read More
Tessellated Wall Installations
Exposure to the possibilities of slip casting while in Jingdezhen, China, changed the way Jackie Head approaches clay and form. … Read More
Recipes for Cool Ceramic Glaze Colors
If you’ve seen anything I have made in the last several years, you know that I’m a little bit obsessed … Read More
