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High-temperature firing range usually including cone 8 to cone 12, for firing stoneware or porcelain. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook

Ceramic stains make it possible to create glazes that fire to just about any color of the rainbow. But one … Read More

Glazes in the Chun glaze family are lovely light blue high fire glazes that feature opalescence caused by micro bubbles … Read More

Purple is one of my favorite colors. From pale lavender to deep eggplant there are so many gorgeous purple hues. … Read More

Oil spot and hare’s fur glazes are beautiful and fascinating. In a nutshell, they are high-iron glazes that are applied … Read More

Firing clay is the most critical part of the ceramics process because it is the one thing that makes clay … Read More

With today’s high-tech computerized kilns, you may have wondered why pyrometric cones are necessary when firing your ceramic art. Even … Read More

Ceramic artists in this day and age have it relatively easy when it comes to obtaining materials for their craft. … Read More

I adore flowers and love gardening, so it’s no surprise then that flowers make an appearance in my work from … Read More

Fuels are organic and carbon based, they burn readily. Until recently, all kilns were fuel burning; even now when we … Read More

One of the things all ceramic artists have in common is that we all need to fire our work in … Read More