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
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
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
How to Make and Use Underglaze Pencils, Crayons, Pens, and Trailers
Underglaze pencils, pens, and crayons can be great for ceramic artists who may have started with a background in painting … Read More
Clay Culture: Tradition and Change
Clay is used in Bhutan in a variety ways: for unfired sculptures related to the Buddhist faith, traditional cookware, and … Read More
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
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
Reshaping Tradition
With its diverse array of objects and aesthetics, “Reshaping Tradition” (on view in 2016 at the USC Pacific Asia Museum … 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
