Wood Firing Terra Sigillata
Terra sigillata is a material that is primarily used at low temperatures. But when Alan Willoughby was switching from low … Read More
Tag: sieving
The process of working a glaze or slip through a wire-mesh sieve to strain out impurities and to break up clumped raw materials. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Terra Sigillata in Wood Fire
By following his curiosity, Alan Willoughby found that a traditionally low-fired surface treatment reacts dramatically with flame, wood ash, and … Read More
Glaze Chemistry 101: A Quick Course on Mixing Ceramic Glazes
Remember, in high school chemistry class when you found yourself thinking, “when will I EVER use this stuff in my … 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 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
How to Make Agateware Pottery on the Wheel
Michelle Erickson and Robert Hunter
Agateware pottery is a type of pottery that is made from a prepared mixture of various colored clays and mimics … Read More
Effective Side Firing
I’ve always loved ash glazes. For a long time, I fired in other people’s reduction kilns, often waiting months in … Read More
The Power Sieve: Make Short Work of Sieving Glazes and Cleaning Ash
Anyone who is interested in ash glazes knows how tedious the cleaning process can be. And just sieving regular glazes … Read More
Mixing and Testing Pottery Glazes: A Great Way to Expand Your Understanding of Glaze Chemistry
Learning how different materials contribute to glazes is very important in expanding your abilities as a ceramic artist. And the … Read More
DIY Clay Tools Video Contest Winner!
The votes are in and I’m pleased to announce that Craig Rhodes is the grand prize winner of our DIY … Read More
