How to Make a Plaster Mold for Slip Casting
Slip casting is probably the most popular way to make ceramic wall pieces, especially if the pieces are made up … Read More
Tag: porcelain
High-fired vitreous claybody containing kaolin, silica, fluxes, and often ball clay to increase plasticity, with total clay component not more than 50%. Usually pure white or “eggshell” in color; some porcelains may fire translucent where thin. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Quick Tips: Decorating with Foam Supports
Handbuilding with porcelain has a well known problem: It often warps. And when you are doing a lot of beautiful … Read More
Neriage and Nerikomi Explained
In Japan, the words “neriage,” “nerikomi,” and “zougan” are all used for specific colored clay processes and there is some … Read More
Make a Custom Clay Texture Tool from Scrap Wood
There are many ways to make texture on pottery, and making custom clay texture tools is great because it really … Read More
Passion for Pagodas
Like yoga and meditation, clay has always been a part of my spiritual practice. Creating ceramic vessels allows me to … Read More
Casual Cocktails
Having grown up on a farm as the youngest child in a large family, I spent my childhood observing nature, … Read More
Applying Colored Slips to a Plaster Mold Before Slipcasting For Surface Pattern
I first saw the work of Peter Pincus when I juried the 2012 ICAN Members Exhibition (formerly Potters Council). It was … Read More
Adding Depth to Your Ceramic Surfaces with Commercial Glazes
Glaze mixing and testing is really complicated and can involve a lot of testing and time and effort, but not … Read More
Recipes: Clay to Glaze Recipes
Emerging artists Kate Marotz and Jacob Monroe share the clay, terra sigillata, wash, and glaze recipes they use to make … Read More
2021 Emerging Artist: Samantha Momeyer
Color is deeply tied to place and memory, emotion, and nostalgia. When I use a pink mug, I remember the … Read More
