The Magic of Majolica: How to Create Vibrant Painterly Decoration on Pottery
Majolica, also referred to as maiolica, is a fabulous decorative technique for potters who wish to treat their surfaces like … Read More
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Trade name for an historic English style of brightly glazed earthenware vessels made in the form of vegetables, animals, etc. Not to be confused with maiolica, which is defined as earthenware with opaque white glaze (traditionally a lead glaze made opaque white with the addition of tin oxide) and colored overglaze decoration. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
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
Istoriato Reborn: The Narratives of Lindsay Montgomery
Lindsay Montgomery uses majolica techniques and narrative imagery referencing historical tales of sacrifice and violence to reflect on current social … 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
Clay Culture: 52 Years in Clay
The recent retrospective “Julie & Tyrone Larson: 52 Years in Clay” at the Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, … Read More
Ceramic Surface Design Techniques on a Plate
Plates are an ideal form on which to play around with ceramic surface design techniques. That flat, blank canvas is … Read More
Underglaze Painting Techniques on Bone Dry Pots
Underglaze is a magical material in the ceramics world. There are so many things you can do with it, from … Read More
Beyond Wax Resist: Creating Interesting Resist Decoration on Your Ceramic Art
We’ve all used our trusty old friend wax resist to keep glaze from going where we don’t want it to … Read More
Gallery Guide 2019
Planning a trip to a new city? Want to find inspiration or something new for your collection? Find venues that … Read More
Bonhomie and Radishes: Christine Zablocki’s Humorous Earthenware
Her friends say Zablocki looks like her characters. She laughs, “You know, the woman with the long nose?” Her imaginary … Read More
