Get More from Your Glaze Testing with These L-Shaped Glaze Test Tiles
The first rule of glaze testing is never mix up a big batch of glaze and glaze a kiln load … Read More
Li2CO3—powerful AT alkaline flux, especially with soda or potash feldspars. Promotes hardness and recrystallization in LT glazes. Forms low-temperature eutectic with silica. Toxic in inhalation. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
The first rule of glaze testing is never mix up a big batch of glaze and glaze a kiln load … Read More
In ceramics, one person’s fault is another person fancy. While crazing is technically a glaze fault, it can also be … Read More
Egyptian paste or Egyptian faience is a low-fire mixture of ceramic materials containing clay, sand, colorants, frits, and soluble salts. … Read More
Today, we live in an age of super abundance of ceramic raw materials. Innumerable clays and glaze materials offer us … Read More
I have been testing glazes for many, many years and have either developed all of my own glazes or adjusted … Read More
Peach Bloom glazes (aptly named since they look like ripening fruit) are some of the most delicate and beautiful glazes … Read More
I have a long history of using sculptural glazes with frowned upon or, more appropriately what I call “use with … Read More
One of the characteristics of terra sigillata is the uniform opaque color created when it’s applied in multiple layers. As … Read More
Ah celadons, how I love celadons. These traditional east Asian glazes can produce translucent colors ranging from soft greens and … Read More
As I have mentioned before on CAD, ceramics is not the greenest of art forms, but it is nice to … Read More