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A stacked place setting is one of my favorite things to make and fire in wood or soda kilns. I … Read More

A while back, we posted an article on using rare earth metals in high fire glazes. The rare earths metals, … Read More

Kiln shelf maintenance is a much hated but very necessary part of having a kiln. Neglected kiln shelves can result … Read More

Naked raku gets its racy name because during the process of firing, the outer shell of slip that was applied … Read More

There are a variety of rare earth metals—28 of them in the lanthanides and actinides, to be exact—and many are … Read More

Slips, engobes and underglazes are a lot of fun to use for ceramic decoration and there are endless ways to … Read More

Nowadays, ceramic artists are spoiled. It wasn’t that long ago that getting the colors and surfaces you wanted took a … Read More

Although glaze crawling – when glaze recedes away from an area in the firing, leaving bare clay – is often … Read More

I have been using commercial glazes lately, because I have been working out of my home studio since I bought … Read More

One of my favorite things about ceramics is that there seem to be endless ways to decorate clay surfaces. In … Read More