A Guide to the Ceramic Kiln and Various Firing Methods
One of the things all ceramic artists have in common is that we all need to fire our work in … Read More
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Burnishing Pottery: A Step by Step Guide
Burnishing pottery is a technique in which clay is polished to a beautiful sheen without the use of glaze (like … Read More
A Simple Watercolor Majolica Technique
Ceramic stains and underglazes mixed with water painted on unfired white-glazed bisque is pretty similar to watercolor painting on paper. … Read More
Aluminum Foil Saggars: An Easy Alternative to Traditional Clay Saggars
Saggar firing was originally developed to protect wares from ash-slagging and flame-flashing in wood firings, but in contemporary use, with … Read More
Clay Culture: The Afterstory
In March, a group of wood-fire potters delayed unloading their most recent firing due to concerns about COVID-19. Now that … Read More
How to Design Low-Relief Carvings in Wet Clay
This post is all about carving into clay and the best tools and techniques for doing so. In this post, potter … Read More
How to Combine Patterns for Beautiful All-Over Decoration
Inspired by cast glassware and vintage textiles, Colleen McCall decorates her stoneware pots from top to bottom using layers of … Read More
Mocha Diffusion and Slip Dotting Pottery
Though it might sound like a fancy coffee drink, mocha diffusion is a little-known technique of ceramic surface decoration developed … 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
How to Use Ceramic Luster Glaze
Ceramic luster glaze is an overglaze that comes in a variety of finishes (including gold, silver, platinum, and mother of … Read More
