The Beautiful Variations of Chun Glaze
Glazes in the Chun glaze family are lovely light blue high fire glazes that feature opalescence caused by micro bubbles … Read More
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How to Make and Use Underglaze Pencils, Crayons, Pens, and Trailers
Underglaze pencils, pens, and crayons can be great for ceramic artists who may have started with a background in painting … Read More
How to Correct Five Common Ceramic Glaze Defects
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
7 Fun Ways to Decorate with Slips and Engobes
Slips, engobes, and underglazes are a lot of fun to use for ceramic decoration and there are endless ways to … Read More
Using Wood Ash in Glazes
Wood ash or, more correctly, ash from organic vegetation, has been used as an ingredient for the development of glazes … Read More
Mocha Diffusion and Slip Dotting Pottery
Though it might sound like a fancy coffee drink, mocha diffusion is a little-known technique of ceramic surface decoration developed … Read More
Deliberate Cracks: Creating Crackled Texture with Sodium Silicate on Pottery
Sometimes I feel like I was born in the wrong era because I just love old things: antiques, weathered old … Read More
Everything You Need to Know About Cobalt Blue Glaze Recipes
Cobalt blue glaze recipes are in most potters’ repertoires because they produce beautiful blue glazes. And what’s not to love … Read More
Photo Lithography on Clay: A Surprisingly Simple Way to Print Images On Clay
A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of watching Kristina Bogdanov demonstrate a really cool way to transfer … Read More
10 Questions to Ask When Designing Pottery for Use
Something every functional potter should consider when designing pots that are intended to be used, is how well the pot … Read More
