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
Tag: overglaze
Any surface decoration applied over the glaze surface, either as an oxide wash applied over raw glaze surface before glaze-firing, or as a lower-temperature medium fired onto a previously higher-fired glaze surface, as in china paints and lusters. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Messing With Majolica: An Instructor Shares Tips for Learning and Teaching the Majolica Technique
As I continue to incorporate more imagery into the surfaces of my work, I have often considered taking a whirl … Read More
Microwave Kilns: Great Tools for Testing Low-Fire Lusters, Enamels, and China Paints
Many people know that a microwave oven can be used to dry clay quickly when you’re in a pinch. Dielectric … Read More
Reshaping Tradition
With its diverse array of objects and aesthetics, “Reshaping Tradition” (on view in 2016 at the USC Pacific Asia Museum … Read More
The Magic of Majolica/Maiolica: How to Create Vibrant Painterly Decoration on Pottery
Majolica glazing techniques allow Posey Bacopoulos to create both bold lines and areas of bright color, as in the oil … Read More
Exposure: September 2016
“Freshly Funk,”
at Clay Art Center (www.clayartcenter.org) in Port Chester, New York, through September 17, 2016.
1 Lauren Skelly’s Stacked, 15 in. … Read More
Exposure: November 2015
“West Meets East: Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada,”
at Oxford Ceramics Gallery (www.oxfordceramics.com) in Oxford, England, through November 22.
[gallery columns=”2″ link=”file” … Read More
Clay Culture: Geidai University
Get an inside look at the intensive, yet self-directed approach one university in Japan uses to prepare students for life … 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
