Everything You Need to Know About Cobalt Blue Glaze Recipes
Cobalt blue glaze recipes are in most potters’ repertoires because they produce beautiful blue glazes. And what’s not to love … Read More
Tag: opacifier
In glaze formulation, a material that produces inert inclusions or minute crystals in glaze, causing it to become opaque. Most common are tin oxide and zirconium silicate. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Techno File: Chasing Chun
Chun originated over a thousand years ago in China, first reported in the Song Dynasty, as Jun Ware. While many … Read More
Understanding Glaze and Clay Materials
Today, we live in an age of super abundance of ceramic raw materials. Innumerable clays and glaze materials offer us … Read More
In the Studio: Metal Marking on Functional Ware
Linda Bloomfield and Dave Finkelnburg
Testing standards are important to both the studio artist and his or her customers. While we may give specific instructions … Read More
Testing Ceramic Glazes and Colorants to Expand Your Palette in Mid-Range Firing
Though it would be nice to just mix up a glaze based on a photo and get exactly those results, … Read More
Techno File: Opacity: Color and Cost
There are two main opacifiers (one inexpensive, the other costly) commonly used in ceramic glazes. Aside from general opacity, their … Read More
In the Studio: Rare-Earth Oxide Glazes
The rare-earth oxides are not particularly rare, but they can be expensive and have only recently become widely available. They … Read More
A Potter’s Language
One of the foundations of our work in clay has been the development of a language of marks. This visual … Read More
Technofile: Chemistry for Potters
The Elements
The elements were forged in nuclear furnaces inside stars. Ordinary stars like the sun burn hydrogen, two hydrogen atoms … Read More
Painted Decoration with Slips and Underglazes
Ceramic artist Bede Clarke has explored a number of different paths in his career. Recently, after focusing primarily on wood … Read More
