Techno File: Four Ways to Reliable Red Ceramic Glazes
Who can resist a beautiful bright red glaze? But red is also one of the most difficult colors to achieve … Read More
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Lichens and Lizards and Leopards, Oh My! Reticulated Glaze Recipes For Wild Ceramic Surfaces
Although glaze crawling – when glaze recedes away from an area in the firing, leaving bare clay – is often … Read More
Ceramic Stains: The Easy Way to Create All the Colors of the Rainbow on Your Pottery
Nowadays, ceramic artists are spoiled. It wasn’t that long ago that getting the colors and surfaces you wanted took a … Read More
7 Fun Ways to Decorate with Slips and Engobes
Slips, engobes, and underglazes are a lot of fun to use for ceramic decoration and there are endless ways to … Read More
Charlie and Linda Riggs’ Naked Raku Technique
Naked raku gets its racy name because during the process of firing, the outer shell of slip that was applied … Read More
Techno File: Hard-Panning Glazes
Do you have a glaze that settles into a rock-hard layer on the bottom of the bucket? This annoying phenomenon … Read More
Easy Peasy Cone 04 Glaze Recipes
In today’s post, our own Holly Goring not only includes some versatile three-ingredient cone 04 glaze recipes, but she also … Read More
In the Studio: High-Fire Terra Sigillata
High-fire terra sigillata? Is this even possible? Yes! Terra sigillatas remain stable from low fire through mid range to high … Read More
How to Find the Best Kiln Wash for Your Firing Temperature and Methods
Most potters don’t give much thought to kiln wash and just use the recipe they used when they first learned … Read More
Using Rare Earth Oxides as Ceramic Colorants to Obtain Intense Colors
Ceramic stains make it possible to create glazes that fire to just about any color of the rainbow. But one … Read More
