How to Decorate Pottery Surfaces with Colored Slips in the Bisque State
Slip has many uses in the pottery studio. Most often, slip is used on clay in the green state, but … Read More
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Permanent contraction of the clay in both drying and firing stages. Overall may be as much as 18%. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
How to Determine Clay Shrinkage and Make a Clay Shrinkage Ruler
Clay shrinkage. Pesky clay shrinkage. Nearly every beginner with clay has had the experience of getting their first piece out … Read More
How to Find the Best Kiln Wash for Your Firing Temperature and Methods
Most potters don’t give much thought to kiln wash and just use the recipe they used when they first learned … Read More
How to Make Casting Slip from Your Clay Body
Ready-made casting slip is commercially available in all firing ranges, making it super convenient, but if you were wondering how … 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
Egyptian Paste: Building Sculpturally with Color
Egyptian paste or Egyptian faience is a low-fire mixture of ceramic materials containing clay, sand, colorants, frits, and soluble salts. … Read More
How to Make Underglaze in Your Ceramics Studio
The truth is, I was a nerdy ceramics undergraduate student. I wanted to learn everything, right away—and I loved my … Read More
Using Underglazes as Stains to Bring Out Texture
Screen printing on ceramic work can produce some pretty exciting surfaces. But combining screen printing with other surface techniques, like … Read More
How to Make a Handmade Martini Glass
One of the biggest reasons I am a potter is that I love to make things that people use and … Read More
Making Simple Molds for Slabware
My son is finishing up fifth grade this year (how could that possibly be?!), so the rapid pace at which … Read More
