How to Find the Best Kiln Wash for Your Firing Temperature and Methods
Most potters don’t give much thought to kiln wash and just use the recipe they used when they first learned … Read More
Tag: fluxes
Feldspars Used in Ceramic Glazes and Clay Making
Feldspars are important ingredients in clay bodies and glazes. In both applications, their primary function is to supply fluxes to … Read More
A Super Simple Analogy to Help You Understand Glaze Structure
Understanding glaze structure isn’t hard. Ceramic glazes consist of three main components: glass formers, fluxes, and refractories. If you can … Read More
Techno File: Stoneware Maturity
The majority of ceramic artists buy their clay bodies or raw materials from a commercial supplier. With each purchase comes … Read More
Techno File: Porcelain Bodies 201
Need a good porcelain clay body recipe, but having trouble choosing from the hundreds online? Here are some important rules … Read More
Wadding for Wood Firing
To Simon Levin, there is a science to every part of wood firing, including what goes into a wadding recipe … Read More
Wood Fired Pots Without the Wood Kiln
Wood firing clay is an exciting endeavor and if you ever have a chance to participate in a wood firing, … Read More
Technofile: Ian Currie’s Grid Method
Glaze Behavior and The Grid Method
Ceramic artists love to collect glaze recipes. We fill notebooks and save scraps of papers … Read More
Techno File: Underfired Glazes
Underfired glazes are usually matte and dry and can feel rough. Some gloss glazes seem like they were properly fired … Read More
