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If you’re bored with glazing, working with colored clay is a fun way to get color and pattern onto your … Read More

In ceramics, one person’s fault is another person fancy. While crazing is technically a glaze fault, it can also be … Read More

If you’ve seen anything I have made in the last several years, you know that I’m a little bit obsessed … Read More

Ceramic pigments, often referred to as ceramic stains, have vastly opened up the color possibilities for potters. And as we … Read More

Clay undergoes a remarkable transformation when fired in a kiln, changing in molecular structure as the kiln heats up and … Read More

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

If you’re like me, the mention of the word chemistry can send you into a panic–admittedly not my favorite subject. … Read More

It used to be thought that crystalline glazes were only possible in an oxidation atmosphere. But as many more potters … Read More

Fuels are organic and carbon based, they burn readily. Until recently, all kilns were fuel burning; even now when we … Read More

Cristobalite can cause disastrous results in firings, so using a clay body in which it forms isn’t recommended unless one … Read More