5 Tips for Making the Most of Ceramic Glaze Testing
The best way to learn about ceramic glazes and glaze materials is to test them. By studying what happens when … Read More
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Designing and Developing Rolled, Curled Porcelain Sculptures
Today’s post falls into the “knock-your-socks-off inspirational” category. In this post, an excerpt from the January 2021 issue of Ceramics … Read More
Techno File: Surface Science
Shifting a glaze from glossy to satin to matte is pure glaze chemistry. Discover how a glaze can come out … Read More
Essential Guidelines for a Safe and Healthy Pottery Studio
Most of us ceramic artists know there are some dangers inherent in the art form we have chosen—from inhaling raw … Read More
Ten Basics of Firing Clay in Electric Kilns
Firing clay is the most critical part of the ceramics process because it is the one thing that makes clay … Read More
Inspired by Nature
As a fine arts major, I took a wide range of studio and art history classes, but never took a … Read More
Horizontally Layered Colored Clay: A Ceramic and Geologic Process
An interest in the forces that formed the earth’s strata led Allan Kluber to experiment with layering colored clays. A … Read More
Techno File: The Shino Myth
“Shino first or suffer the curse” is a phrase we have all heard, but what’s the science behind this mantra … Read More
The New Jingdezhen
Artists from all over China are moving to Jingdezhen to set up shop as independent studio artists, taking advantage of … Read More
A Material World: Janice Jakielski’s Impossible Objects
A commitment to craftsmanship, specialty equipment, rigorous materials testing, and detailed preparation converge in the thin-cast porcelain sculptures of Janice … Read More
