A Close Inspection of a Custom Clay Tool Kit
Selecting your tools is an important part of making. Every tool creates a different mark, and it is up to … Read More
Tag: high fire
High-temperature firing range usually including cone 8 to cone 12, for firing stoneware or porcelain. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
In the Studio: Crack Pots
I once heard someone ask Warren MacKenzie how he avoided S cracks. His reply was, “I don’t throw off the … Read More
Doug Casebeer: The Stories Tools Tell
2 Casebeer throwing a cup in his studio at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, Colorado, 2015. Photo: Brianna Horn, Anderson Ranch Arts Center.
3 Casebeer throwing a pitcher with a wooden throwing stick, 2015. Photo: Brianna Horn, Anderson Ranch Arts Center.
4 Casebeer using a wooden stamp on a tea bowl, 2015. Photos: Brianna Horn, Anderson Ranch Arts Center.
5 Casebeer’s throwing demonstration, pitcher and tea bowls, 2015. 6 A greenware and a fired tea bowl with a stamp, 2015. Photos: Brianna Horn, Anderson Ranch Arts Center.
The tools of a craftsman reveal much more than technique or the mastery of material. Tools … Read More
All About Pyrometric Cones
With today’s high-tech computerized kilns, you may have wondered why pyrometric cones are necessary when firing your ceramic art. Even … Read More
Elevating the Commonplace: The Bread Basket
Functional ceramics fill and enrich my daily life. Whether setting a table, greeting the morning with a favorite mug in … Read More
Recipes: Atmospheric Glazes
1 Bottle and shot glass, to 8 in. (20 cm) in length, porcelain with Blue Salt glaze, 2015.
2 Plates, to 7 in. (18 cm) in length, porcelain, Bray Shino and Oxidation Celadon glazes, 2015.
3 Mug, 5 in. (13 cm) in height, porcelain, flashing slip, and Honey Celadon glaze, 2015.
4 Yunomi, 4 in. (10 cm) in height, porcelain,Yellow Salt glaze, 2015.
5 Pitcher and cup, 11 in. (23 cm) in height, porcelain, Green and Yellow Salt glazes, 2015. All pieces fired in a reduced wood/soda kiln fired to cone 10.
Lisa York shares some of the high-fire glaze and slip recipes she uses alone, in combination, and … Read More
Following a Thread: Matte Glazes at Mid Range
Vase, 14 in. (36 cm) in length, Polseno Peach and Polseno Terra Cotta with additional glazes.
I am not sure when … Read More
From the Editor: November 2015
1. Soy bottle, 5½ in. (14 cm) in height, salt-fired stoneware, 1980s. Photo: Peter Lee.
Most artists’ work changes throughout their … Read More
Throw, Facet, Throw: How to Create Beautiful Cups with Undulating Texture
Frank Krevens had been making faceted cone 10 porcelain work for many years, but after a recent move, he lost … Read More
