A Super Simple Analogy to Help You Understand Glaze Structure
Ceramic glazes consist of three main components: glass formers, fluxes, and refractories. If you can remember those, and familiarize yourself … Read More
Any materials highly resistant to the effects of heat. In kiln construction, high-temperature insulating materials, such as firebrick, ceramic fiber, etc. In clay and glaze chemistry, the neutrals or stabilizers that are resistant to melting and that combine with the fluxes (bases) and glass-formers (acids). Primary refractory material in ceramics is alumina, most often introduced in the form of clay (aluminum silicate). Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Ceramic glazes consist of three main components: glass formers, fluxes, and refractories. If you can remember those, and familiarize yourself … Read More
There is a constant striving by ceramic artists to improve the workability, color, and stability of porcelain clay bodies while … Read More
I was surprised when, a few years ago, I saw a pot by a former student, Steven Rolf, pictured on … Read More