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
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
Editor’s Note: Rabbit Hole
The modern idea of the rabbit hole no longer has a bound for Wonderland, but rather we’re in a long … 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
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
Slipped, Altered, and Soda Fired Pottery with Brenda Lichman
For Brenda Lichman, form and surface go hand in hand. She accentuates her soft, simple soda fired pottery with thick … 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 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
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
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
