How to Use Latex Resist to Create Glaze Patterns
I just added latex resist to my ever expanding studio supplies shopping list. What is latex resist, you ask? Liquid … 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
2018 Emerging Artist: Andrew B. McIntyre
Andrew McIntyre’s pottery is designed not only for the home and everyday use, but also to enhance the user’s experience … 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
An Introduction to Electric Kilns: What to Look For When Buying an Electric Kiln or Test Kiln
Richard Zakin and Frederick Bartolovic
It goes without saying that kilns are a crucial part of the ceramic process. Without them, your work will not … Read More
Ben Bates: The Love of Learning
Atmospheric firing has a capriciousness and creates a depth of surface that Ben Bates finds particularly captivating. … Read More
Applying Colored Slips to a Plaster Mold Before Slipcasting For Surface Pattern
I first saw the work of Peter Pincus when I juried the 2012 ICAN Members Exhibition (formerly Potters Council). This large … Read More
Working with Ash in Glazes
An abundance of free wood ash from summer bonfires led Clausen to explore various ways to use this variable flux … 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
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
Inspired by Wood Firing: Ricardo Campos
Traditional wood-fired pots from La Bisbal d’Empordà, Spain, inspired Ricardo Campos’ process for creating distinctive, shiny black pots with controlled … Read More
