Building, Packing and Firing Saggars
Ceramic artist Joan Carcia delights in the fact that she never quite knows how each of her saggar-fired vessels will … Read More
Tag: iron oxide black ferrous
FeO—reduced form of iron oxide—gives same results as red iron in the firing, dependent on oxidation/reduction. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Roadside Glazes: Your Next Great Pottery Glaze Might be Just Down the Road
Ceramic artists in this day and age have it relatively easy when it comes to obtaining materials for their craft. … Read More
Slip Casting Ceramics Using Colored Casting Slip
Slip casting ceramics is a forming technique that has endless potential. Andrew Gilliatt adds a whole new level of fun … Read More
Online Extra: The New World of Crystalline Glazes
Crystalline glazes are seductive and instantly capture the eye. How exhilarating to create a glaze that suggests floating galaxies, frosty … Read More
Online Extra: Oil Spot and Hare’s Fur Glazes
As a category, oil spot glazes are sometimes called Black and Brown ceramics. They include a wide variety of iron … Read More
How to Incorporate Colored Clay into Delicate Pinched Coil Vases
With their delicate undulating rims, Cheryl Malone’s seemingly paper-thin vases bear a striking resemblance to flower petals. No surprise since … Read More
Reclaimed Iron Oxide: Ceramic Artists Use the Byproduct of an Environmental Clean Up
I grew up in Western Pennsylvania (coal country), and I can remember an orange-tinged stream close to my grandmother’s house. … Read More
Emerging Artist 2013: Jason Bige Burnett – Bakersville, North Carolina
There are layers of stories on the surfaces of Burnett’s pots; stories created using both traditional and contemporary ceramic processes … Read More
A Recipe, a Video, and a SALE!!! Happy Thanksgiving!
Here in the U.S., we celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday. Like many holidays, Thanksgiving celebrations typically involve lots of food, and family … Read More
How to Build a Solid Arch Ceramic Kiln with Castable Refractory
Kilns can be built out of many things and castable refractory is one of the materials we rarely consider. Perhaps … Read More
