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
High-temperature firing range usually including cone 8 to cone 12, for firing stoneware or porcelain. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Selecting your tools is an important part of making. Every tool creates a different mark, and it is up to … Read More
I once heard someone ask Warren MacKenzie how he avoided S cracks. His reply was, “I don’t throw off the … Read More
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.
The tools of a craftsman reveal much more than technique or the mastery of material. Tools … 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
Functional ceramics fill and enrich my daily life. Whether setting a table, greeting the morning with a favorite mug in … Read More
Lisa York shares some of the high-fire glaze and slip recipes she uses alone, in combination, and … Read More
Vase, 14 in. (36 cm) in length, Polseno Peach and Polseno Terra Cotta with additional glazes.
I am not sure when … Read More
1. Soy bottle, 5½ in. (14 cm) in height, salt-fired stoneware, 1980s. Photo: Peter Lee.
Most artists’ work changes throughout their … Read More
Frank Krevens had been making faceted cone 10 porcelain work for many years, but after a recent move, he lost … Read More