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
Shifting a glaze from glossy to satin to matte is pure glaze chemistry. Discover how a glaze can come out … Read More
I looooooooooooove a matte glaze, especially those really buttery matte glazes that beg to be caressed. But I have to … Read More
Oil spot and hare’s fur glazes are beautiful and fascinating. In a nutshell, they are high-iron glazes that are applied … Read More
Firing clay is the most critical part of the ceramics process because it is the one thing that makes clay … Read More
Parian clay is renowned for its translucency and self-glazing surface. When mixing test batches using silica, kaolin, and a variety … Read More
Ceramic artists in this day and age have it relatively easy when it comes to obtaining materials for their craft. … Read More
Fuels are organic and carbon based, they burn readily. Until recently, all kilns were fuel burning; even now when we … Read More
Who can resist a beautiful bright red glaze? But red is also one of the most difficult colors to achieve … Read More
One of the things all ceramic artists have in common is that we all need to fire our work in … Read More
Nowadays, ceramic artists are spoiled. It wasn’t that long ago that getting the colors and surfaces you wanted took a … Read More