Red Hot Reds: All You Need to Know to Make Beautiful Red Glazes
In today’s post, David Gamble discusses a red hot topic for many a ceramic artist: how to achieve reliable red … Read More
Tag: glazed
Two Tests to Determine if Your Glaze is a Food Safe Ceramic Glaze
Every potter wants to be certain that the products they are selling are safe and will stand up to the … Read More
Tips and Tools: Standing Test Tiles
A slotted firebrick for firing flat test tiles and a wooden rack for handling them outside the kiln function in … Read More
Studio Visit: Trevor Youngberg, Woodbridge, Connecticut
After setting up shop in industrial spaces in Minneapolis, Minnesota, then moving back to the East Coast and building kilns … Read More
Clay Culture: Guest Potter Tips
Group firings bring together potters to share in the labor and rewards of the kiln. As a guest, maximize the … Read More
From the Editor: April 2020
Unless you don’t fire the clay objects you make, at some point you have to decide what type of surface … Read More
Crazy Beautiful Crazing: Uncovering the Mysteries of Snowflake Crackle Glazes
I have been messing around with crazing as a deliberate decorative effect lately. Though it is technically a glaze defect, … Read More
A Simple Watercolor Majolica Technique
Ceramic stains and underglazes mixed with water painted on unfired white-glazed bisque is pretty similar to watercolor painting on paper. … Read More
The Magic of Majolica: How to Create Vibrant Painterly Decoration on Pottery
Majolica, also referred to as maiolica, is a fabulous decorative technique for potters who wish to treat their surfaces like … Read More
Gesture and Fluidity
My porcelain pottery combines traditional functional forms with decorative surface design through hand-painted brushwork. I use a direct and spontaneous … Read More
