Working with Ash in Glazes
An abundance of free wood ash from summer bonfires led Clausen to explore various ways to use this variable flux … Read More
Tag: slip glaze
A glaze with slip-clay or earthenware clay contributing the primary flux. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Oil Spot and Hare’s Fur Glazes: Demystifying Classic Ceramic Glazes
Oil spot and hare’s fur glazes are beautiful and fascinating. In a nutshell, they are high-iron glazes that are applied … Read More
A Colorful Variation on the Naked Raku Firing Technique
The definition of raku firing (American-style) is “a firing process in which work is removed from the kiln at bright … Read More
Local Color: A Potter Uses Local Vegetation in Ash Glaze Recipes
The late Sandy Vitarelli spent most of her life on tropical islands in the pacific and her pottery reflects that. … Read More
Working Potters: Studio Touya: Hitomi and Takuro Shibata
Hitomi Shibata with Takuro Shibata
In Shigaraki, we mass-produced pots for the commercial market. That was not necessarily what we wanted to do, but we … Read More
Earthenware with Intricate Surface Patterning
My work starts with patterns made with slips and glazes. The shape, scale, colors, and textures of my pieces are … Read More
Narrowing the Variables, Expanding the Parameters
How often are artists mindful of the parameters with which they’re working? Many are not conscious choices and are purely … Read More
Controlled Unpredictably
For Peter Beard, a large part of being a ceramic artist is in the honing of his craft. He has … Read More
