reasons Archives - Ceramic Arts Network

Tag: reasons

Cracks, cracks, and more cracks! Why do cracks happen? It could be that you’re working with a clay body that … Read More

It is especially true in the ceramics world that one person’s fault is another person’s fancy–especially when it comes to … Read More

When preparing a piece to be fired again, the already fired, glazed surface can be difficult to reglaze because the … Read More

Hands are the place I often start as I think about and build my work. Our hands are powerful instruments … Read More

One of the biggest reasons I am a potter is that I love to make things that people use and … Read More

Firing clay in an electric kiln is the most common firing method because electric kilns are readily available and relatively … Read More

With the ease of electric kilns, many potters forego keeping a kiln log. But there are plenty of reasons to … Read More

The Cahokia represented one of the most social and political peoples of prehistoric North America. It is through their pots … Read More

Meg Beaudoin had been working for 20 years as a psychologist and psychoanalyst when she took a ceramics class and … Read More

When I was just starting out in ceramics, I thought that getting a disappointing pot out of the kiln was … Read More